I promise this year will be better than last year, in just about every way.
“Quarantine has me realizing why Lexi gets so excited about something moving outside and going for walks and car rides. I just barked at a squirrel” -Me, but I changed the words to fit my little Lexi.
“Travel expands the mind and fills the gap” – Sheda Savage
“Time flies. It is up to you to be the navigator” – Robert Orben
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places. (from Desert Places by Robert Frost)
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”— Anais Nin
“Surround yourself with people who make you hungry for life, touch your heart, and nourish your soul.” — Unknown”This is a day that will live in infamy. The very people who believe they are protecting our democracy have succeeded in destroying it.” – Marcia Fudge, US Rep.
“The work of putting America back together, of truly repairing what is broken, isn’t the work of any individual politician or political party. It’s up to each of us to do our part. To reach out. To listen. And to hold tight to the truth and values that have always led this country forward. It will be an uncomfortable, sometimes painful process. But if we enter into it with an honest and unwavering love of our country, then maybe we can finally start to heal.” – Michelle Obama
“As with any journey, who you travel with can be more important than your destination” – Cecily von Ziegesar
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be itAmanda Gorman
“Leave behind your sorrows Let this day be the last Tomorrow there’ll be sunshine And all this darkness past Big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams” – Bruce Springsteen
“The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is … It is somewhat of a liberating feeling.” – Dr. Anthony Fauci
“Whether you’re going 50 miles from your home or 5,000 miles from your home, it’s about discovering something new” – Jessica Nabongo (who has visited every country in the world)
“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” – Winston Churchill
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”— Anais Nin
“Surround yourself with people who make you hungry for life, touch your heart, and nourish your soul.” — Unknown“You’d be surprised who the love of your life turns out to be. After all, adventure fell in love with lost.” — Mary Oliver
We are young
Wandering the face of the earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we’re only immortal
For a limited time – Rush, Dreamline
And by turning our attention to the physical landscape that sustains and connects us, we can nourish “topophilia,” a sense of attachment and love for place. You’ll never get that from waiting for a satellite to tell you how to find a shortcut. — M.R. O’Connor, Journalist, Author
The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it’s gone. — Rumi
And this pearl: “I liken making pinot noir to waking up a woman at three in the morning. You never quite know what you’re going to get.” – Luke Smith (a smart, insightful man who likes to live dangerously).
“(Hope is) more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war.” – Pope Francis
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru
“Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”– Paul Brandt
“I don’t know the question, but travel is definitely the answer.” – Unknown
“Adventure should be part of everyone’s life. It is the whole difference between being fully alive and just existing.” – Holly Morris
“Of all the books in all the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” – Unknown
OK, see you next quarter. Send me your favorites.
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