tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59040457758040638552024-03-12T20:55:35.077-04:00The Daily MuseMy creative challenge ... to post a photo creation with an inspirational quote and a three line narrative, each and every day in 2010.EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.comBlogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-67481542377677673642014-01-27T19:24:00.002-05:002015-04-19T21:17:21.528-04:00Not So Daily<div style="text-align: center;">
You may notice that this DAILY MUSE</div>
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isn't quite so daily anymore.</div>
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It was initially meant as a one year project<br />
and I completed it.</div>
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There are 450 quotes and photos here ...</div>
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still relevant -<br />
lots of inspiration and wisdom.<br />
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Not mine ...<br />
I didn't make them up.<br />
I'm just passing them on with<br />
a photograph.<br />
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I did that part.</div>
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EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-3671053862143911882013-02-24T00:00:00.001-05:002013-02-24T00:00:05.376-05:00#54 Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QEMTh5hiKlg/USgwWzsIEnI/AAAAAAAAELg/mSNjEEpa5VQ/s1600/7+Mark+Twain+woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QEMTh5hiKlg/USgwWzsIEnI/AAAAAAAAELg/mSNjEEpa5VQ/s640/7+Mark+Twain+woman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-33457177890344226472013-02-24T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-24T00:00:01.754-05:00#53 Drag Them Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dmQqinh9g-k/USgv-32FuWI/AAAAAAAAELY/SB9jig1igXY/s1600/5+Mark+Twain+thoughts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dmQqinh9g-k/USgv-32FuWI/AAAAAAAAELY/SB9jig1igXY/s640/5+Mark+Twain+thoughts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-8130644922686794432013-02-22T21:56:00.000-05:002013-02-22T21:56:26.254-05:00#52 Eat the Frog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BErvrMUeVR4/USgvvT5LoKI/AAAAAAAAELQ/BU3hCCkaVUw/s1600/6+Mark+Twain+frogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BErvrMUeVR4/USgvvT5LoKI/AAAAAAAAELQ/BU3hCCkaVUw/s640/6+Mark+Twain+frogs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-2640420811400920522013-02-21T21:54:00.000-05:002013-02-22T21:54:59.800-05:00#51 Getting Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rHwIeShJA0/USgvWxEMpxI/AAAAAAAAELI/BHSlkEwDUWk/s1600/4+Mark+Twain+old.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--rHwIeShJA0/USgvWxEMpxI/AAAAAAAAELI/BHSlkEwDUWk/s640/4+Mark+Twain+old.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-9235114686685636112013-02-20T21:53:00.000-05:002013-02-22T21:53:38.355-05:00#50 Pause<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nH_uyAQXdOE/USgvFjFwebI/AAAAAAAAELA/CVFV6sbKrfI/s1600/3+Mark+Twain+pause.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nH_uyAQXdOE/USgvFjFwebI/AAAAAAAAELA/CVFV6sbKrfI/s640/3+Mark+Twain+pause.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-9604518834097173942013-02-19T21:52:00.000-05:002013-02-22T21:52:24.501-05:00#49 Fish Stories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MsTMWSFCEMI/USgumW0Q51I/AAAAAAAAEK4/bX3oHEeG9-k/s1600/2+Mark+Twain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MsTMWSFCEMI/USgumW0Q51I/AAAAAAAAEK4/bX3oHEeG9-k/s640/2+Mark+Twain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-91682141550276675372013-02-18T21:49:00.000-05:002013-02-22T21:50:12.566-05:00#48 Put Off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJUCkgrS3as/USguOl2JCKI/AAAAAAAAEKw/T38YmX4pVyg/s1600/1+Mark+Twain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJUCkgrS3as/USguOl2JCKI/AAAAAAAAEKw/T38YmX4pVyg/s640/1+Mark+Twain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-32174989746087989012013-02-16T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-16T00:00:05.457-05:00#47 Be Done With It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e8ncueAc_aQ/URzs3I4yKGI/AAAAAAAAEKM/CPMtI4JWwEI/s1600/6+Emerson+Be+Done.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e8ncueAc_aQ/URzs3I4yKGI/AAAAAAAAEKM/CPMtI4JWwEI/s640/6+Emerson+Be+Done.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, if this were only possible at all times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nights would be ever so much more restful.</span></div>
EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-69054651535964865292013-02-15T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-15T00:00:09.973-05:00#46 Rise Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GTzaKZU89gM/URzrWWzAZzI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/haPDqXJ8r-0/s1600/4+Emerson+Get+Up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GTzaKZU89gM/URzrWWzAZzI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/haPDqXJ8r-0/s640/4+Emerson+Get+Up.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is there any other choice?</span></div>
EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-2339632541756613202013-02-14T08:51:00.002-05:002013-02-14T08:54:37.369-05:00#45 Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFQh2XNoBZo/URzrkipC_2I/AAAAAAAAEKE/AW52ilnnxxo/s1600/5+Emerson+Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WFQh2XNoBZo/URzrkipC_2I/AAAAAAAAEKE/AW52ilnnxxo/s640/5+Emerson+Love.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today and Every Day.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-5487963514355406412013-02-13T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-13T00:00:09.168-05:00#44 Old Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nwOYTxe7G3w/URmd4iZpNFI/AAAAAAAAEJY/yBp-2xJJVKg/s1600/3+Emerson+Old+Friends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nwOYTxe7G3w/URmd4iZpNFI/AAAAAAAAEJY/yBp-2xJJVKg/s640/3+Emerson+Old+Friends.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we just happen to be 'stupid' together. Or 'FUN' as we prefer to say.</span></div>
<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-29801917376567549402013-02-12T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-12T00:00:01.530-05:00#43 Growth & Friendship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WX9wxv_4VU/URmXd1UBsLI/AAAAAAAAEIo/7NV3FnsQzHQ/s1600/2+friends+bdr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WX9wxv_4VU/URmXd1UBsLI/AAAAAAAAEIo/7NV3FnsQzHQ/s640/2+friends+bdr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first Tuesday each month is our WINGS meeting ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 'Women in Networking Groups Soar'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It is all about Growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And Friendship.</span></div>
EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-11279968753782413562013-02-11T00:05:00.000-05:002013-02-11T00:05:00.434-05:00#42 Patience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2b18-FvMG6k/URhfKLYUxII/AAAAAAAAEEk/X2wXdM1rErI/s1600/Emerson+Patience.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2b18-FvMG6k/URhfKLYUxII/AAAAAAAAEEk/X2wXdM1rErI/s640/Emerson+Patience.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a morning walk today, I snapped this icy fellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The earth is patiently waiting for spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So am I.</span></div>
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<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-84204989108023268852013-02-11T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-11T00:00:08.171-05:00WEEK 7: Ralph Waldo Emerson<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May as well follow up Henry David Thoreau with his good friend:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">RALPH WALDO EMERSON</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882</span></div>
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<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-16909316308151626002013-02-10T19:33:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:39:55.759-05:00#41 Go Confidently<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SxenCiD4gjg/URg6O8cUJmI/AAAAAAAAED4/zV1cPmLAPbU/s1600/7+Thoreau+go+confidently.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SxenCiD4gjg/URg6O8cUJmI/AAAAAAAAED4/zV1cPmLAPbU/s640/7+Thoreau+go+confidently.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always loved the strength and determination in this quote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Confidently. Such a good word.</span></div>
EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-71750071828270317892013-02-09T19:31:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:40:23.606-05:00#40 Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2KYmLtZLwso/URg58ejQsxI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/LjR2CXmIUbU/s1600/2+Thoreau+children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2KYmLtZLwso/URg58ejQsxI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/LjR2CXmIUbU/s640/2+Thoreau+children.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though Thoreau did not have children, and seems to have spent most of his time as a philosopher in nature, he understood this essential concept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A wise man, that Henry David Thoreau.</span></div>
EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-80058481786990457672013-02-08T19:30:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:40:43.631-05:00#39 Forest, Meadow & Corn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxLyZ2Icgvc/URg6MojU04I/AAAAAAAAEDw/KTXMztRzr0U/s1600/6+Thoreau+cornfield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxLyZ2Icgvc/URg6MojU04I/AAAAAAAAEDw/KTXMztRzr0U/s640/6+Thoreau+cornfield.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surrounding himself with nature at Walden's Pond would have been so inspiring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And peaceful.</span></div>
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<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-17116253944955256472013-02-07T19:28:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:41:05.492-05:00#38 Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rJu-B1YvTck/URg6ZZPdC9I/AAAAAAAAEEA/Vve2Hw0dGGs/s1600/4+Thoreau+walk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rJu-B1YvTck/URg6ZZPdC9I/AAAAAAAAEEA/Vve2Hw0dGGs/s640/4+Thoreau+walk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's very true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple as that.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-29310898963213187792013-02-06T19:27:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:41:27.243-05:00#37 Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i8yIMDGO5f0/URg59nQ-UaI/AAAAAAAAEDY/5wiSwxdemUU/s1600/1+Thoreau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i8yIMDGO5f0/URg59nQ-UaI/AAAAAAAAEDY/5wiSwxdemUU/s640/1+Thoreau.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flowing. Moving. Sustaining life itself.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-91089617091319271102013-02-05T19:26:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:42:16.260-05:00#36 Thought<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r0AAHrrA15s/URg6B1AmGaI/AAAAAAAAEDg/bjezlkzrl-k/s1600/3+Thoreau+sculptor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r0AAHrrA15s/URg6B1AmGaI/AAAAAAAAEDg/bjezlkzrl-k/s640/3+Thoreau+sculptor.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is much more depth to that statement as it would first appear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think about it.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-14382901089079134832013-02-04T19:25:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:42:55.693-05:00#35 A Different Drummer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nA8ItbMPOYI/URg6CpW5ceI/AAAAAAAAEDo/jGqwA8LJjLU/s1600/5+Thoreau+drummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nA8ItbMPOYI/URg6CpW5ceI/AAAAAAAAEDo/jGqwA8LJjLU/s640/5+Thoreau+drummer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Thoreau's passage about 'marching to his own drummer' was likely the first quote</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> that I remember paying attention to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">. It struck a cord with me perhaps because it gave me permission to be a little different.</span></span></div>
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<br />EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-80200316379561293282013-02-04T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-10T22:09:13.307-05:00WEEK 6: HENRY DAVID THOREAU <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">February 4-10th</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Henry David Thoreau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">July 12, 1817- May 6, 1862</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Thoreau, an American author, poet, philosopher & naturalist left a great deal of wisdom in his short lifespan. He is likely best known for his book 'Walden', in which he wrote about his four year stint in Walden's Pond in order to 'live deliberately'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">One of his friends was Ralph Waldo Emerson. You can just imagine the creative and inspired discussions between the two of them. Perhaps one of them went like this: "W<i>hat do you think we should do to ensure our perpetuity?" "Well, Ralph ... for one, I think you need to make your name more memorable ... Ralph Emerson doesn't sound important enough." "Well, do you think Henry Thoreau does?" "You've got a point ... let's stick in our middle names." "Good idea, Ralph." </i></span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">In fact though, I suppose most people know them simply by their last names - 'Thoreau' ... 'Emerson'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Being known as an anarchist, his book Walden was inspirational to Mahatma Ghandi, who read it 1906, declaring Thoreau to be "one of the greatest and most moral men America has produced."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Thoreau, who had contracted tuberculosis in 1835 died at 44 years of age, after three years of declining health suffering the effects of bronchitis. As his health failed, he became bedridden, editing his unpublished manuscripts, writing letters and journal entries and impressing his friends with his tranquility and peace of his eminent passing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">He apparently said to his Aunt Louise, in response to her question as to whether he had made peace with God: "I did not know that we had ever quarreled." His last written sentence was: "Now comes good sailing."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau#cite_note-53" target="_blank">Henry David Thoreau</a></span></span></div>
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EvScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03815230840488725330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904045775804063855.post-60264688670358066842013-02-03T23:16:00.000-05:002013-02-10T20:46:56.293-05:00#34 Burning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some very important wisdom in this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lesson ... slow & steady endures longer.</span></div>
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