From the Quote of the Week Files, First Day of Summer!

Ahhhh. first day of summer..

...and to celebrate, the Quote of the Week is featuring, not only a quote, but also a poem, lyrics to a song, a question (with a link) and a request to share your top 5 summer songs!. Happy Summer Everybody!

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The Quote..

That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Poem...

A something in a summer's Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me.

A something in a summer's noon -
A depth - an Azure - a perfume -
Transcending ecstasy.

And still within a summer's night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see -

Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle - shimmering grace
Flutter too far for me -

The wizard fingers never rest -
The purple brook within the breast
Still chafes it narrow bed -

Still rears the East her amber Flag -
Guides still the sun along the Crag
His Caravan of Red -

So looking on - the night - the morn
Conclude the wonder gay -
And I meet, coming thro' the dews
Another summer's Day!

Emily Dickinson
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The Song...

In the Summer Time

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh
Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh...

In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

Mungo Jerry
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The Question..

Is there a cure for the Summer Time Blues?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_wu_v7NvTI
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By the way, here are my top 5 all time favorite summer songs...

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Sunny Afternoon--The Kinks
Vacation--The Go-Gos
Walkin' on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Anything by the Beach Boys (That is 6, sorry)

What are yours?
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Wishing you a most beautiful summer, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week Files; June 14, 2010

Welcome to the Quote of the Week; Your First Aid for Pessimism! The Reality of your life is the theme for this week's quote!
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“People talk about the reality of their life as if it is important. And we want you to understand, it’s only the temporary indicator. Do you go to the gas station-your gas gauge is on empty-do you go to the gas station and look at your gas gauge in horror? “How did this happen? Why, why, why did this happen to me?” Do you lay your head on the steering wheel and just sob? “Oh, look what it’s come to. I’m finished. I’ve lived all of this life, and look where I am.” Or do you just fill up.”

Esther & Jerry Hicks from Money, and the Law of Attraction
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight inside the bud was greater than the risk to blossom."

Anais Nin
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

Happy Birthday Dad

Today, June 8th would have been my father's 87th birthday. He passed away this past September and my sisters and I were blessed to have him as our father for those many years.


Here he is with my mother around 1947 or 1948 out in Long Island. They met in Germany during World War II. She was a refugee from Estonia and he was a Lieutenant from Brooklyn, NY. They were married just a month shy of 50 years and she passed away in 1995.


We miss them both very, very much.



“Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night that helps us survive.”

Veronica Chambers

From the Quote of the Week Files, June 7, 2010

Every once in a while, someone has something that is truly meaningful, important, apropos, interesting, irreverent, or just plain funny and my job is to present them to you as the Quote of the Week.
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"Our time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. "

Steve Jobs
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;A
nd all good things are yours.

Swedish Proverb
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!