I no longer yearn “to be happy.” If all you want in life is to be happy you are bound to be miserable. Happiness depends on circumstances. Serenity is that deep abiding sense that all will be well even if circumstances are against us. But while happiness is not something we are enti...
When Sheila and the children were small, mom and I would paddle up from the old warehouse, which is in the center of the ranch. We always boiled up at the spruce point, then wander up on top of Strawberry Hill. This is great moose country. The flat top is like a park, no under...
The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, is on the two-dollar bill. He was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence in seventeen seventy-six. Jefferson was one of the most influential of the nation’s Founding Fathers. He was also a plant expert, architect, mus...
What the Commissioners can and are required to investigate is set out in the terms of reference.” Alison’s reply was to tell the Commissioner that she held her and the other Commissioners partly responsible for Dave’s death. I can’t say that I disagree with her, as I have had issues...
With a great dry sob, she is in the act of dashing down the journal, when her glance is arrested by the letters of a familiar name, Harborough. It seems that there is a Harborough dead. Can it be that Betty has gone to her account? or that her complaisant husband has carried his ...
I would argue, however, that there are some important differences in the examples I am going to present. For one thing, if (a) you had taken 225 million orangutans distributed roughly as the U.S. population is; if (b) 215 winners were left after 20 days; and if (c) you found that...
I’ve written here with comments in the past, “Well finished is well started.” Find a job that has good retirement benefits and stick with it for an easy way to secure the after work life. I was with that company for 16 years 10 months until 6 months before my 70th and then I ...
13. What is Nancy going to do next week? A. Take a school test. B. Have a check-up. C. Go in for a competition. 14. What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy? A. Rewrite her lines. B. Drive her to the theatre. C. Help her with the practice. 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下...
“there was a wreck on the bridge,” he said. "and we got stopped for about an hour so i finished the song on the seven mile bridge, which i thought was apropos.” buffett also was the author of numerous books including “where is joe merchant?”...
“And we got stopped for about an hour so I finished the song on the Seven Mile Bridge, which I thought was apropos.” Buffett also was the author of numerous books including “Where Is Joe Merchant?” and “A Pirate Looks At Fifty” and added movies to his re...