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The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea, and sky and their amazing life.

The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea, and sky and their amazing life.

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know then to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know then to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.

This book may take a while to read. Rambling thoughts are not my favorite reads.

About halfway through and this is fascinating.

Another long distance book read with my sister. We plan to take all year for this one.

"It's much easier to remember to pray when life is going badly, or we've just been given a gift, than simply to stop from time to time to acknowledge how much awesomeness is often around us."

...be kinder than necessary

Quote by James Baldwin
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented my most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive."

“He wants you to serve Him well where He needs you most, and serve Him wholeheartedly and cheerfully.”

"God's Will Hath No Why."

"old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in."

The twenty-first century belongs to friendships...

"I'd promised myself I'd shed ten pounds for this race. ... But I'd made the pledge within reach of a bag of sour cream and onion chips at two in the morning, and my priorities became confused."

LOL
This is so me. I love those chips.

OCEAN: Traits for longevity

Should finish this weekend with my sister.

Reading a chapter a week with Judy my sister. We are on Chapter 18 this week, so have been doing so for a few months.

About halfway through, a bit of a slog. Obviously I must not "get" the satire.

"She understood her father, she understood them all. Anyone who understands does not hate."

Well honestly, just meh so far.

Ever get into a reading slump and just not liking whatever it is you are reading? Well this book will help you get out of that slump.

The simple rule was never to refuse any one or thing in need. "It's not your job to read their hearts." ... "Your duty is not to doubt but to give."

Nice installment of the series so far, although the story seems a bit slower than some of the others.

Interesting, but a bit more scholarly than I enjoy. I'm learning many things, but this won't be a favorite read.

I put this one down and was not sure I'd finish it. Just picked it up again -- what was I thinking -- truly enjoying the read now

For my F2F book club. Need to put all other books done and get this one read now.

For my F2F book group July read. It is the first of the Western genre, so a classic in that sense. And I'm impressed with the list of people that Wister knew during this time era.