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Joy shall be yours

“Villagers all, this frosty tide,     Let your doors swing open wide,      Though wind may follow, and snow beside,     Yet draw us in by your fire to bide;               Joy shall be yours in the morning!” — Kenneth Grahame,   from The Wind in the Willows Christmas Eve has long been my favorite day …

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A real and active virtue

“True contentment is a real, even an active, virtue – not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it.”  — G. K. Chesterton Although my habit of taking photographs wherever I go sometimes annoys my companions, a few friends share this passion and understand.  Photographs …

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