It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. Pierre Beaumarchais

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.

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SITES 2c http://www.gavmag.com/poetry/fromgeese.htm

Filed under: ARGUMENT AND QUARRELS, CONTEMPT PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION, CONTROVERSY, COOPERATION, FELLOWSHIP, SUPPORT, UNDERSTANDING

There can never be enough said of the virtues, dangers, the power of a shared laugh. Françoise Sagan

Often I sit, looking back to a childhood
Mixt with the sights and the sounds of the wildwood,
Longing for power and the sweetness to fashion.
Lyrics with beats like the heart-beats of passion;
Songs interwoven of lights and of laughters
Borrowed from bell-birds in far forest rafters.

HENRY KENDALL BELLBIRDS.

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foto – monique and kathryn at kati b’s baby shower in bello dec 2009

sites 2c – http://www.quotegarden.com/laughter.html

http://www.oldaussierecipes.com/

Filed under: CHILDREN, CHRISTMAS, DARKNESS AND LIGHT, FAMILY, FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDS, LAUGHTER, PAST, STEP 6, SUMMERTIME SECRETS, SUPPORT, WAITING, WOMEN, YEARNING

The qualities of a tree depend on those of the seed from which it sprung and those of a man on the company he keeps. (Persian).

The antiquity of proverbs

A tree often transplanted neither grows nor thrives" (Spanish)

foto – tree in bellingen church street 2009

Filed under: A WAY OF LIFE, CHARACTER, FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDS, GEOGRAPHICALS, GROWTH

Give me a comrade who will weep with me — one who laughs with me I can easily find for myself.

"National proverbs: Serbia"

Among those who stand, do not sit; among those who sit, do not stand. Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh. Jewish Proverb

foto – tree in coldstream street nov 09

Filed under: FELLOWSHIP, FRIENDS, LAUGHTER, MEETINGS., SORROW AND WEEPING

Tree leans on tree in the forest and man on man in national life.

"National proverbs: Serbia"

Each swipe of the dish-sponge is anger or regret,
choices have consequences, consequences constrict
to the tightness of skin on a fruit, this feijoa
I slice into, savagely, and stop. Pineapple-scented.
The soft, fragrant jelly within.

MIRIAM WEI WEI LO

Australia – Poetry International Web 

foto – fruit on a coldstream street tree ulmarra nov 09.

Filed under: FELLOWSHIP, FRUITS OF RECOVERY, HELP, MEETINGS., MEN, OUTCOMES AND CONSEQUENCES