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Garden dreaming
“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.” ~George Kneller Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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Teaching by example
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.” ~Brené Brown, Daring Greatly Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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Patience and persistence
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe Sailing in Key West / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.
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Springtime surprises
It doesn’t happen as often as I’d like, but sometimes my work gets published in a magazine without much effort on my part. Late last year, for instance, I received an unexpected letter and a contract from an editor at Ideals magazine, requesting my permission to reprint an Easter essay from my book, Writing Home. This week, I received my advance copies of Ideals Springtime 2018. My essay in this issue is about a surprise gift (a box of ducklings) that I received one Easter when I was a kid. Ideals is a soft-cover anthology of stories and poems by a variety of nationally published authors. Owned by Guideposts and…
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Perfectly simple truths
“You must love in order to be loved. You must be inclusive in order to feel yourself among the included. You must give in order to receive.” ~Cheryl Strayed Beach treasure / Cindy La Ferle ______________________ To view additional content, or to share on social media, please visit the home page.