Monthly Archives: June 2005

Patty in the Morning

Posted on June 30, 2005 by imgpat

"I don’t have any recent pictures of myself that are any good," says I. "You have a digital camera, Mom," says he (youngest son). I wondered how that would help me. I walk early every morning, and my camera is … Continue reading →

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I Hear It Said – Barbara Young

Posted on June 29, 2005 by imgpat

Last night my friend–he says he is my friend– Came in and questioned me. "I hear it said You have done this and that. I come to ask Are these things true?" A glint was in his eye Of small … Continue reading →

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Posted in Friendship, Affection | 7 Comments

Jessamyn West

Posted on June 29, 2005 by imgpat

It is very easy to forgive other’s mistakes; it takes more grit and gumtion to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

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Who Are My People? – Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni

Posted on June 27, 2005 by imgpat

My People? Who are they? I went into the church where the congregation Worshiped my God. Were they my people? I felt no kinship to them as they knelt there. My people! Where are they? I went into the land … Continue reading →

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Hyacinths To Feed Thy Soul

Posted on June 27, 2005 by imgpat

(Attributed to the Gulistan of Moslih Eddin Saadi, a Mohammedan sheik and Persian poet who lived about 1184-1291)   If Of Thy Mortal Goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell … Continue reading →

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Henry Van Dyke

Posted on June 26, 2005 by imgpat

Use what talents you possess:  the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

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The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane – Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett

Posted on June 25, 2005 by imgpat

Little Gal has spent some time with Grandma this week. She went to a pool party next door and ate ice pops. Brandon splashed her and teased her, and she bounced on the trampoline with Katie. She floated in the big … Continue reading →

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Red Geraniums – Martha Haskell Clark

Posted on June 23, 2005 by imgpat

    Life did not bring me silken gowns,     Nor jewels for my hair,     Nor signs of gabled foreign towns     In distant countries fair, But I can glimpse, beyond my pane, a green and friendly hill, And red … Continue reading →

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Friendship – Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Posted on June 21, 2005 by imgpat

Oh, The Comfort–the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, Having neither to weigh thoughts, Nor measure words–but pouring them All right out–just as they are– Chaff and grain together– Certain that a faithful hand will Take and sift them– … Continue reading →

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Living – Unknown

Posted on June 21, 2005 by imgpat

To touch the cup with eager lips and taste, not drain it; To woo and tempt and court a bliss–and not attain it; To fondle and caress a joy, yet hold it lightly, Lest it become necessity and cling too … Continue reading →

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