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Henry Miller and a Sunday in Big Sur

Alex Henry | Posted 11.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Hieronymus Bosch, Tropic of Cancer, Carmel, California, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Big Sur, Henry Miller, Tropic-of-Capricorn, Dumas, Emil White, Voltaire, Gombrowicz, Montaigne, Style News

I was not far into Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, but I was sufficiently delighted by what I had read that I decided I must visit this place.

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Are You Perfect?

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Human, Jon Meacham, Senator Edward Kennedy, Perfect, Enemy of the Good, Voltaire, Teddy Kennedy, Newsweek, Perfecting, Perfection, Living News

I no longer expect myself to be perfect. Instead, I borrow the verb form of that word. I definitely expect myself to be perfecting at all times.

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Uncommon Sense

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Senator Steve Russell, Media, Voltaire, Common Sense, Politics, President Obama, Politics News

In words that I can only describe as abominably ignorant, a number of state legislators and others have said the following regarding President Obama's...

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3 Ways To Bring Gratitude Into Your Life

Anne Naylor | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Clean Water, Michael Pritchard, Voltaire, Gratitude, Creativity, Tsunami, Attitude, Hurricane Katrina, Appreciation, The Inner Life, Anne Naylor, Living News

There is a lot of bad news around. No news in that. Does it get to you? I limit the amount of news I read, hear or watch because it gets me down. B...

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Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Paris, Earl Grey, Beethoven, Enlightenment, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Honest Tea, Coffee, Voltaire, Tea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, Brillat-Savarin, Schubert, Living News

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

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