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When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice

When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice First published on Sixty and Me My husband has always

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Home Patty Grasher

Welcome. I’m Patty Grasher, a guidebook author, radio host, and local book event organizer in Southwest Washington. This site brings

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Recreating a 1908 Vancouver Cookbook, One Chapter at a Time

I seem to have zero energy but I have started a tiny new project. When I first came to Vancouver

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My Journey to Write a Cozy Mystery

This is probably going to be very boring to 99.9 percent of the world. Maybe I should make that 99.99999

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Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online for all Ages

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online Playing free jigsaw puzzles online offers a wealth of benefits, making it a valuable pastime for

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Detours & Side Trips

So I am bit more spasmodic with my daily as usual but continuing on.   Since I always have a good

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Every day is a play day

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”Every day is a play day\” Ed Lester   Sunshine Thoughts So – my new thought

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When you treat a garden with care

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”When you treat a garden with care and love, it grows\” Ed Lester   Sunshine Thoughts

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We continue

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”We continue to shape our personality all our life.\” Albert Camus   Sunshine Thoughts Not sure

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Obtain the Impossible

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.\” Albert Camus   Sunshine Thoughts I was

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Point of view

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find

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Love is the only thing required

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”I know of only one duty, and that is to love\” Albert Camus   Sunshine Thoughts

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There is in me

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

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For you to enjoy

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”Nature study will show you how full of beautiful things God has made the world for

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Gratitude makes me happy

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”Gratitude allows me to be happy\” Will Arnett   Sunshine Thoughts Gratitude puts one in the

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The most important thing

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.\” Robert

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