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Are You Real?

Mom, is that a real lizard? A little levity! Reposted from LainesBlog September 2012 ©LaineQuinn2023 Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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If Life Is But a Dream...

Life is but a dream! Continue reading

Posted Sep 14, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Time...

As I grow older and and can glimpse the end of my days, there seems to be more time or time is more expansive somehow. Although the weeks zoom past with the years, the present moment is huge! You realize that you don't have to be in a hurry all... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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The Fruits of Summer...

Delicious sweet watermelon. A gift from the gods. (And a friend, and a farmer in North Carolina!) Thanks to all, and to sun and rain and earth, and to seeds that are so willing to grow. Enjoying the fruits of summer. Reposted from Laine's Blog, July 2014 ©LaineQuinn2023 Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Last Chance...

A Last Time For Everything... Last call, last chance Last song, last dance Sometimes you just don't know when that's gonna be Hold me baby, give me a kiss Like tonight is all there is Cause there's a last time for everything It's a Brad Paisley song that someone mentioned... Continue reading

Posted Jun 26, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Your Core...

Is there a part of you that is the essence of who you are? A part that is not corrupted by the culture that you grew up in or the family that tortured you one way or the other? I call it your core. It is pure, whole, and located... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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A Welcome Ordinariness...

Friends, paddling along together through life's currents. It's a calm evening and mild in between the storms and troubles. There's peace and quiet and a kind of welcome ordinariness, a rightness about things. All's well. Reprinted from LainesBlog May 2013 Two Pelicans in the quiet evening, St. Augustine ©Laine Quinn... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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A Welcome Ordinariness...

Friends, paddling along together through life's currents. It's a calm evening and mild in between the storms and troubles. There's peace and quiet and a kind of welcome ordinariness, a rightness about things. All's well. Reprinted from LainesBlog May 2013 Two Pelicans in the quiet evening, St. Augustine ©Laine Quinn... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Hibiscus...

Hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii was once commonly called good night at noon because it blossoms for only a short time! I like that, "good night at noon!" Some days are like that. From the book Garden Flower Folklore by Laura C. Martin Blog post from Laine's Blog, May... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Make Good Trouble...

You Don't Have to Choose Between Happiness and Being Informed We are living in an amazingly beautiful world and when you focus on that more than on the bad news of the day, you begin to see that as confused and crazy as our civilization is the world is crazy... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Clinging Vines...

Delicate clinging vines - this is a time when clinging is good. Good for the vine and the wall benefits too, aesthetically. Is clinging ever good for us? We humans? Holding on to that good or bad feeling - joy or anger? Being in the moment is preferred, but if... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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No Other Way...

There are paths taken, and paths not taken. It doesn't pay to have regrets. Each life is so unique, yours, mine, that it can only be lived by a you or a me. There is no other way. No one will ever get the whole story of your life except... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Treasure Enough...

When we have long departed from this beautiful blue/green planet, will we one day long for a glimpse of a new leaf in springtime, missing the seasons and colors of Earth? Perhaps that depends on the treasures that we find on the other side. For now, a new green leaf... Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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In Sync...

These two pelicans, flying and diving together in the shallow waters of Tampa Bay, in time to their own music - Reminded me of the two humpback whales dining together off Cape Cod, and the pilot whales, cruising in perfect harmony. Occasionally humans can, without a word, step together harmoniously... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Remember?

Sometimes it is impossible to remember that we live on an improbable accidental planet that might not have come into existence without the perfect balance of gravity and heat and cold and atmosphere and water at the perfect distance from our star. Spinning on its axis and orbiting around the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 30, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Meow!

Curiouser and curiouser! Mural of Cat in Baltimore, Remington neighborhood. Sensa the cat on the rail and watching the fish! ©LaineQuinn2022 Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2023 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Light...

Here comes the sun! Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Gratitude...

Sincere, unapologetic gratitude goes a long way towards opening our hearts. And there is lots to be grateful for, lots! Maple tree in Baltimore. ©LaineQuinn2022 Continue reading

Posted Nov 24, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Love...

Love is why we came here To learn how to love Everything Everyone All the time It's a lot to learn But worth the effort Continue reading

Posted Oct 13, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Yesterday...

The beauty around us No matter where you are There is beauty around you! The Inlet St. Augustine ©LaineQuinn 2022 Continue reading

Posted Sep 15, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Shedding...

Like snakes, lizards shed their skin. This one is in the middle of that shedding, frozen almost, not moving. It must be a difficult process, making them vulnerable, like us when we go through changes - shedding the layers of our defenses, opening up to the world and love! When... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Go Placidly...

Does anyone remember this? You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. That worthiness is the thing that was missing in my early years. There is a book that has convinced me that I am equally... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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Why Not?

Life longing for itself... Quote from Sweet Honey on the Rocks quoting Kahlil Gibran. Tadpoles, 2 generations, life goes on and on - no matter what the humans are doing! Birds, bees, bugs, frogs,squirrells - all of it! And Why not? ©LaineQuinn 2022 Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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That Light...

The way the light catches the sails at a certain time of day... it's irresistible, delicious, wonderful. The Schooner Freedom returning to safe harbor. ©LaineQuinn 2022 Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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A Thing Among Others...

I am a thing among other things. That line from the book The Alphabet of Grace, seemed to me to equalize everything. Me, the lizard, the leaf, you- We are all just here, doing what we do with all of the rest of nature and things! Why be so serious?... Continue reading

Posted Aug 5, 2022 at Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

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