Author: cryskie
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Happier
If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. — Montesquieu
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This is not a recipe: Hobo Joes
Some of my favorite dishes don’t come from a printed recipe – they come from a friend or family member or acquaintance who jots something down or tells you the ingredients quickly over the phone. My mom used to make Hobo Joes for us when I was a kid. I have no idea where that…
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When you’re old
When you’re old, you might whine a little bit. You might complain that people don’t pay enough attention to you, or that the temperature is too cool, or that no one gave you water from the sink. You might yell when people are on the phone, or pout in a corner, or hide in the…
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And then there’s this.
Some days, life seems like so much mud, and you’re sloshing through, trying to make progress, trying to move forward. It’s so hard, so tiring, so thick with doubt, and you feel like maybe you should just stop and become one with the mud. But some days, the sun sets just so, and the music…