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How to Do Get A Lot Accomplished

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Working on new paintings is a real joy even though one may look at it as work sometimes when a person gets down to the knitty gritty and does some art, its not so bad as it seems before you get to work on it. I don't know about you but my fears often paralyzed me and kept me achieving my greatest dreams. Once I took things in small pieces by not looking at how far I had to go, but instead working on what I had in front of me, I was able to get much more finished if I just tried to get started on it. Not matter what I do now I enjoy my life by just doing what I need to do for today and I let everything else take care of itself later on. In this way I am not overwhelmed by big projects or big paintings or an overwhelming task. The Japanese paintings are a good example of this, I looked at all my Dad's photos and thought that there was a lot of work to do, how was I to ever get it all done. After realizing just that I put it aside and just got to work on starting just

Thoughts On My Pet Oreo

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My cat Oreo is getting more and more involved in our life at home. She has gott'n use to a routine and gets bothered if I deviate from it. She sulks but for a little while so it's not really that bad. And thank God she doesn't hold a grudge, she's very forgiving of me so far. I accidentally sat on her when she was on my black and purple computer chair but she moved and fast to get out of the way. I had her a year and one month, and she still seems to find things to like about this apartment. She's doing better than me as far as that goes. She spends a lot more time here than I do, but she finds stuff to do or watch or eat or places to rest. I like her. She's a gift I don't take for granted due to knowing what it's like to live alone for many years without being able to have a pet. Thanks Landlady for allowing me the joy of my pet Oreo .

"The Old Homeplace" by Alice Power

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I had a chance to go up north to Loudoun County where a new theater had opened with a play about a family that grew in Northwestern Virginia. I was quite good. The Very Special Arts committee of Loudoun County was the group that made the theater what it is today. It was built over the last ten years and the play that I saw was only the second show to have played in it. It is a beautiful place. The play was the best. The actors were all people with disabilities and they were all great in their craft of acting. I truly enjoyed myself. The highlights were listening to all the original songs during the performance. What a good job everyone did, it was a thrill unlike anything I've seen before to have witnessed this play by people with disabilities. The play was " The Old Homeplace " by Alice Power and Alice is multi-talented because she had some of her original paintings in the lobby of the theater, it was very impressive to see it this weekend. The mu