No.182

WISE MEN SAY

Have an attitude
Of gratitude
And everything else will follow
(Anon)

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THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS

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POETRY FOR PLEASURE

Mother to Son
by Langston Hughes

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor - bare.

But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.

So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now -
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

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THEN AND NOW . . .

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MY KIND OF MUSIC

Uploaded by HSVideoArt, this is Badinerie by Bach played by the Croatian Baroque Ensemble

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A QUOTE FOR 80 PLUS

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis. (Leon Edel)

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Next post here Friday 10th February

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