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San Cristobal, Mexico

kgiovacco — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:25 +0000

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be. - Karen Ravn

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Life Lessons from Slovenia’s Lipizzaner Stallions

Jackie — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:54 +0000

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. ~Saint Augustine, 354 – 430 Slovenia’s Lipizzaner stallions gave me hope that even the most headstrong and high-strung of creatures can acquire grace under pressure. In fact, the Lipizzaners’ spirit and sensitivity are what make them so beloved and extraordinary at their [...]

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Isla Verde, Puerto Rico

kgiovacco — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:49 +0000

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894

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Barboursville, Virginia

kgiovacco — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:21 +0000

A still, small voice. - Bible, Kings xix. 12

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PLAIN VANILLA IT IS NOT – Los Campesinos, Costa Rica

Meg Pier — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:12 +0000

The Guest Room Musings, Memories & Epiphanies Inspired by Place PLAIN VANILLA IT IS NOT Los Campesinos, Costa Rica By Jeffrey Willius It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places. - Paul Theroux,1941 - We were headed from Alajuela, Costa Rica’s second largest city after capital San José, south [...]

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Ambergris Caye, Belize

kgiovacco — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:43 +0000

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder. - Eberhard Arnold, 1883-1935

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Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

kgiovacco — Sun, 12 May 2013 10:30:27 +0000

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965

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Arundel, England

kgiovacco — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:30:18 +0000

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. . . . A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. — Thomas J. Watson, 1874–1956

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Glacier Bay, Alaska

kgiovacco — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:30:43 +0000

Prayer is essentially man standing before his God in wonder, awe, and humility. - George Appleton, 1902-1993

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Ogunquit, Maine

btihides — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:30:37 +0000

We move along the surface of things {but} there times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. – James Carroll, 1943-

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