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Relaxing into the dance

Grasses dance in the meadows.
Grasses dance in the meadows.

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well.  Just get up and dance.  Great dancers are great because of their passion.

~ Martha Graham

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If we were having coffee: After the party edition

The heart of the rose.
The heart of the rose.

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

~ Robert Fulghum

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Monday meander: Horseshoe crabs and other signs

A moment on the beach.
A moment on the beach.

Here is a moment of extravagant beauty: I drink it liquid from the shells of my hands and almost all of it runs sparkling through my fingers: but beauty is like that, it is a fraction of a second, quickness of a flash and then immediately it escapes.

~ Clarice Lispector, A Breath of Life

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