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The Power of Harmony

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Eugenie (Jane) Fernandes, 1943 – 2026

I went to the celebration of life for author/illustrator Eugenie (Jane to her friends) Fernandes last week. It was a beautiful occasion, although I kept thinking how much Jane would have liked to be there chatting with her friends and family. Her son and daughter (both artists) had arranged a lot of her books (covering close to 7 decades) around the room, We were invited to take one of her recent

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“A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world.”
― Jan L. Coates, The Hermit

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. Not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God. I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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