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A country within a country, Wales is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south: Wales. It has an ancient history with human activity for at least 29,000 years. It has a long and occasionally tense relationship with Great Britain. It is…

“The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book — a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as dearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be…

“… it is not that one thing is a miracle, but that the whole thing is a miracle!” Albert Einstein

There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. Amanda Gorman

“Joy Unspeakable erupts when you least expect it, when the burden is greatest, when the hope is gone after bullets fly. It rises on the crest of impossibility, it sways to the rhythm of steadfast hearts, and celebrates what we cannot see.” Barbara A. Holmes Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church, 2nd ed.…

“1. I entered into unknowing Yet when I saw myself there Without knowing where I was I understood great things; I shall not say what I felt For I remained in unknowing Transcending all knowledge. . . . . 4. He who truly arrives there Cuts free from himself;  All that he knew before Now…

“It becomes more obvious the longer you live that all life is full of patterns. Reality is trying to tell us something. Life is speaking to us. There’s lots of mystery out there, to be sure, and no shortage of chaos and unpredictability. But there’s also lots of meaning . . . messages trying to…

I seldom offer advice Unless it is requested But this is expert advice, Proven, well-tested, Based on firsthand knowledge, Not something I picked up in college. Say “please” and “thank you,” Mind your p’s and q’s. Don’t waste money on bad food But never buy cheap shoes. A stitch in time saves nine; Pride goeth…

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd” Flannery O’Conner

Stagger onward rejoicing  (From a poem: Atlantis by WH Auden) [One stanza of the poem:] Stagger onward rejoicing; And even then if, perhaps Having actually got To the last col, you collapse With all Atlantis shining Below you yet you cannot Descend, you should still be proud Even to have been allowed Just to peep…