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Posted on March 18, 2026March 17, 2026

“We look up in the skies today with a new awareness—knowing that ours may well be the last generation that thought itself alone.”—Arthur C. Clarke, British science and science-fiction writer, 1917-2008

Posted on March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

“I think all the talk about age is foolish. Every time I’m one year older, everyone else is too.”—Gloria Swanson, American actress, 1899-1983

Posted on January 16, 2026

“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul….”—Emily Dickinson, American poet, 1830-1886

Posted on May 24, 2025

“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.”—(“Julius Caesar”), William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

“The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.”—Peter Marshall, American entertainer, 1926-2024

Posted on January 7, 2025

“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on September 1, 2024September 1, 2024

“Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

“I plan for the future. I yearn for the past. And, meantime, the present is leaving me fast.”—Anonymous

Posted on May 31, 2023

“A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clean conscience.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

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