Happy Birthday Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian writer, born 3/6/1927
This quote by Emily Dickinson “We turn not older with years but newer every day” seems to suggest she would agree with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The Pentagon is providing a live update. My heart goes out to all those impacted by war...loss of life, homes, stability, safety
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Hello March 🌹
Rabbit rabbit 🐰 🐇
In 1872, Yellowstone is established as the first national park. 🏞️
Catch me on this episode of Erin Talks Money: youtu.be/vZE4-Uwbk34?...
Good Morning March, we look forward to Spring, a time of renewal, and Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 8 when we move the clocks an hour ahead.
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
🍁 Khalil Gibran
As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.
So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.
Good morning, Matthew! From last year’s pilgrimage to the Monterrey Peninsula. One of the favorite stories I came away with is back before they were famous, a young Steinbeck hung with an equally young Joseph Campbell, the mythologist.
#VictorHugo, French writer, was born 2/26/1802. Sharing a couple of quotes from his book Les Misérables:
“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.”
“Those who do not weep, do not see.”
“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
― Anais Nin
“You cannot save people. You can only love them.”
― Anaïs Nin
“The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.” - Carson McCullers, writer born 2/19/1917
The best way out is always through," a famous line from Robert Frost's 1915 poem "A Servant to Servants" , means that facing hardships, fears, and painful situations directly is the only effective way to overcome them."
I love this quote. It is as true as "it is what it is" which I love too.
happy bday Australian poet Peter Porter, b.1929.
“Answers to all the problems that there are,
Except the love that kills, the death that lives.”
Happy Valentine’s Day 💛
BDG feature: The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/23e8jb4w
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
"Choosing between itemized deductions and the standard deduction is usually a matter of math."
#Retired should track #Medicare, RX & Late Enrollment Penalty, Dental, LTH Premiums, and annual (IRMAA) Income - Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts.
Quantify especially when health expense is high.
"With refunds likely bigger, but fixes harder, accuracy—not speed—is what actually gets you across the finish line."
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it
With snow and ice in so many places, and for so long, this is a fun graphic. Thx.
Thursday silly 😛
Got the mittens ready 🧤
happy bday civil rights leader/teacher Florida Ruffin Ridley, b.1861, Boston, she was one of first black public school teachers in Boston.
"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."
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“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853
When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.
"#Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561
"The ultimate form of optimization is elimination. Nothing is more effective than removing the ineffective."- @JamesClear
Doing the job right helps to prevent doing it again.
Compare forms used on your 2024 #tax return to forms needed for your 2025 #taxes.
Match before file.