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Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand. - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Education
"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education." -David Polis
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it... but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one becomes to feeling ill... Thus if one just keeps walking, everything will be all right." -Soren Kierckgaard
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard

February 17, 2008

Family Fun

I haven't been blogging much lately, because we've been so busy visiting. Marsha & Bernie are still in town and the boys have really been enjoying afternoons with them at their apartment. Tiny hasn't spent very much time away from me in the past, but he isn't even a little sad about packing up his bag of toys, leaving his Momma & heading off with Nana & Opa.

On Wednesday, my sister Karen came to town. She left today after a fun-filled four day visit.

We shared some great meals, took a lot of walks and soaked in the hot springs. Karen was afraid of the hot springs at first, thinking she'd be too cold, but she tried it & loved it so much that we returned three days in a row. Yesterday, we drove to Silverton.