Like many of us, I dream of summertime’s sweet pleasures. This lovely scene of the blue bench in a dear family member’s garden pictured in this photo, graced as it is with late June-early July sunlight once again, speaks to me of the many sweet things, sweet pleasures of the season. Its quiet beauty enhanced …

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Are you ever tempted to read the last chapter of a book before you have even begun reading the first chapter? Or, if you’re somewhere in the middle of reading it, have you been tempted to skip ahead to the end to see if you really want to read the whole thing? Or maybe you …

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