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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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Only I can change my life

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” Carol Burnett Sunshine

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My attempt to keep motivated

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “You can\’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water” Rabindranath Tagore Sunshine

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Kindness brightens like Sunshine

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Kindness is spreading Sunshine into other people’s lives regardless of the weather” RAKtivist Sunshine Thoughts: I

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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Be silly.\” Be honest. Be kind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Sunshine Thoughts: Today was a run around

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How to be kind

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “We are made kind by being Kind” Frederick William Faber Sunshine Thoughts: Here is a wonderful

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Kind words produce happiness

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “Kind words produce happiness” Frederick William Faber Sunshine Thoughts: I am going to try to stick

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My religion is kindness

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama Sunshine Thoughts: Ok – I

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Two factors to create Enthusiasm

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: ENTHUSIASM Can be aroused by two things: FIRST an idea which takes the imagination by storm;

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The real secret of success

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: “The real Secretof Success isEnthusiasm!”Walter P Chrysler Sunshine Thoughts: Here is the recipe for the Beet

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Happy Fourth of July!

Today’s Sunshine: Motivation Quotes: \”If you want to be HAPPYBe\”Leo Tolstoy Sunshine Thoughts: Fourth of July – looking forward to

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