Daily Jots

As the holiday season approaches, I find myself thinking more and more about the topic of… happiness and what it means.
Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur ever day
Benjamen Franklin
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
What’s the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
George Asaf
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man …read more

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It’s funny how you can go through 11 months of the year, but the minute that December arrives (or nearly) you entire way of thinking changes. I went looking for some quotes about the season and thought that I would share some of the best…
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.
Edna Ferber
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It …read more

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Not being the cook in the family, I wouldn’t know where to start if someone suggested that I cook dinner. At least with my family, they would know what to expect and probably all bring a dish that would lend to a Pot Luck style of Thanksgiving. But I was doing a bit of searching around for advice and found this page. That very question was posed to a lot of celebrity cooks and they all had some great advice to offer.
My favorite has to be…
Invite mom over.
George Duran
lol… but just in case you can’t hand all the planning/cooking …read more

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It’s Sunday evening and my thoughts are turning to all things romance, so I thought that I would share some of the more memorable quotes on love that have passed my way!
Memory is to love what the saucer is to the cup.
Elizabeth Bowen
“Lust is what makes you keep wanting it, even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.”
Judith Viorst
I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I …read more

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I guess it was this scent that started me thinking about the topic tonight so, I thought that I would go looking to see what I could find on the subject.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Anonymous
While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls.
Anonymous
We should not forget to entertain strangers, lest we entertain angels unaware.
Hebrews 13:2
People are born to become angels.
Anonymous
Angels do find us in our hour of need. –Amy Huffman
Angel by Thierry Mugler for Women 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Flacon Refill

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I don’t know how I would feel if I was Madonna these days. Here’s why…
“He’s quoted as saying in the Sun newspaper:“She’s quite extraordinary. When I was 14, the first single I ever bought was Like A Virgin. She was kind of my sexual awakening. I had some full-on posters of her on my wall. I don’t know what my parents thought. She still looks damn fit.”
This is a grown man, Dr. Who actually who is probably young enough to be her son. I don’t know, but reading that in the newspaper would make me feel awfully …read more

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Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
- – -Jilly Cooper
I spent a long time looking for just the right quote for today, but none seemed to be perfect until I saw this one. I just love it.
and then I found more… Yes, I am craving coffee this morning!
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.
Alphonse …read more

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I’ve never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me I say, ‘That’s none of your business’. So that means I’ve never once lied about my age. Now that’s true.
Calista Flockhart
You know, I have no idea how old she is and I never really thought about it until I read this quote. She can be whatever age she wants to be. Me, I think nothing about lying about my age. In fact I think that I have always stopped for about ten years on any number ending with a nine. It’s getting harder now though. …read more

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I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. ~Author Unknown
Well, no more needs to be said about that now does it!

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There is music in the meadows, in the air–
Autumn is here;
Skies are gray, but hearts are mellow,
—William Stanley Braithwaite, (1878–1962)
“A Lyric of Autumn,” Lyrics of Life and Love (1904)
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