This weekend we were able to enjoy the crops from our garden, picking the vegetables and turning them into a delicious meal.
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“Status quos are made to be broken.” -Ray Davis
Something about growing your own veggies makes them so much tastier when you eat them. We grew these gigantic cucumbers and the boys and I were eating them last week and will do again next week, just whole, as a snack. They are crunchier, tastier, they just feel so fresh, so real, and so ours. [...]
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” – Nelson Mandela
”They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” – Julia Alvarez
A Short Story by GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
Published under Favorite Quotes, Interesting Random Stuff, Introspection Jun 14, 2013This is sweet story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez with a beautiful message. See the full story in its original Spanish as well as the English translation below. Cuento corto de García Márquez Un científico, que vivía preocupado con los problemas del mundo, estaba resuelto a encontrar los medios para aminorarlos. Pasaba días en su laboratorio [...]
“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” -Dean Acheson
“It’s not where you sit that counts, it’s where you stand.” -Senator Frank Lautenberg (1.23.1924 – 6.3.2013)
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa