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Youth, when health is last and play is first believes we’re made of stainless steel and never worried how we’d feel, but age begs don’t make my back worse.</ -Lynne

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The Pats did drop their last ditch pass and I was glad the Giants won, but football is not as much fun while play is first and health is last. -Lynne

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Vast place, light bulbs, closed sky, hard grass under the dome of an oil drum, we watched Giants in Colt kingdom force the Pats to drop their last pass. -Lynne

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I long for sunshine on my face, hot sand scorching my heels with heat, waters to wade lapping my feet, sun light, blue skies, soft sand, my place. -Lynne

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Far summer seems too long to wait; while the sun shines its cold comfort and breezes freeze fingers for sport, I long for sunshine on my face. -Lynne

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I feel distinctly second rate when winter skies are overcast. Spring breezes surely come full blast but summer seems too far to wait. -Lynne

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Cold winter escapes do create old memories of summer sun, but thoughts of warm sand are no fun and feel distinctly second rate. -Lynne

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Clean homes are not nature’s landscapes. Stack a pile of broken branches in your garden for the finches to create cold winter escapes. -Lynne

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Cleansing, the new hygiene, creates a clean so clean it shines like rust. Soap and rags and bleach and brooms just clean our homes not nature’s landscapes. -Lynne

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I interrupt this mess of guts to announce my sister’s birthday. Many good thoughts I send your way because, Schatzi, gifts cost too much. The mess in one’s gut is the clean of… Read More