All you need is love, But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. –  Charles M Schulz

My professional writing career started in college. After entertaining some friends with a home cooked meal, the editor of the college newspaper asked me to consider writing a regular cooking column. Upon graduation, I approached the editor of my hometown newspaper, The Springfield Press and La Cuisine Denycoise, my first professional writing column was born.

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The earth laughs in flowers – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This post includes a sampling of a few of my favorite flowers that I’ve photographed at various places over the past year.  Enjoy and remember to breath in joy and exhale laughter at least once a day!

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil – Plato

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember everything – Mark Twain

Ask no questions, and you’ll hear no lies – James Joyce, Ulysses

What is it about lying that brings out such intense reactions from so many people?  What I’m referring to is the subtle form of lying that involves the perception that someone is lying to you.  The facts may or may not be true but you believe the words are false.  The result is once you label the liar, you are unlikely to trust anything the person says or does. Just hearing their words could send you into a fit of rage as you expect to hear more lies.

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