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Thought of the Day May 9, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Your freedom is only limited by your defenses. Be open and let the universe teach you wonder…
Lanterns along the path…
Thought of the Day May 8, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Ever looking to optimize
We have traded
Gratitude for payment
Collaboration for utilization
Meaning for productivity
Compassion for exploitation
We have succeeded in moving fast
Forgetting we have nowhere to go
Beastie blossoming…
Thought of the Day May 7, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Apple blossoms burst
In joyous celebration.
Drifting clouds. Blue sky.
Welcome spring!
Thought of the Day May 6, 2026
Dr. Prittipaus enjoying the warm spring sun.
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Nature is not attempting to kill us.
A tick harbors no more malice toward us than we do toward a maple tree when we tap it for its syrup.
The conflict is an imaginative expression of our fear.
Thought of the Day May 5, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
I sprayed one wasp and
Promptly stepped on another.
My aching toe
the price of balance maintained.
A pending pink explosion…
Thought of the Day May 4, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Life is like listening to yourself on playback; you can choose to love either your intentions or your effort.
Sir Farley Hambane in for the sneaky snuggle.
Thought of the Day May 3, 2026
Dubie and Daffodils
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
It's not about knowing what to do. Life is a creative process. We don't repeat we invent.
Thought of the Day May 2, 2026
Crab apple blossoms about to explode…
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
We are wonder;
Waves of joy and loss
Continous and ungovernable
The subtle violence that shifts the world.
We are the pebble
that moves the pond.
Thought of the Day May 1, 2026
Professor Prittipaus taking a break.
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
When anxiety steals the stage and tells terrible tales about life, I ask, “who is this happening to?“
The answer is almost always, “no one at all…”
Thought of the Day April 30, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Slow down.
Take a good look at who you are, not who you think you should be, not who your boss wants you to be, who you are right here right now.
You are not an easy thing to be.
In fact, you are the only one in the whole of existence that has the skills, experience, and perspective to be you.
You are the hard fought victory over every obstacle that impeded your path.
Well done.
It's OK to take a break and just rest.
Sir Farley Hambane dreaming his paisley dreams…
A Guest Post From Mac
Work To Do
Come with me,
We have work to do.
Grab a shovel and help me dig;
Uncover the joyful children
Hidden within these piles of adult.
Bags once carefully stacked
Now bursting at the seams.
It was never going to hold for long,
Expansion was always the plan.
Time to clear them away and
Open up to the only place
Meant to hold us;
Everywhere all at onceThought of the Day April 29, 2026
A lotus emerging…
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Today, yet one more
Opportunity to be
Happiness; seize it.
Thought of the Day April 28, 2026
Spring flowers with last spring’s buds…
Dubie’s Thought of the Day:
The more clearly you understand what you truly need, the less effort is required to acquire it.
Toil spent on “just in case" is wasted effort.
Thought of the Day April 27, 2026
Dubie's Thought of the Day:
Telling tales, inviting fear, anxiety, and doubt
We anticipate our future
Our fictions driving how we feel.
No one else is choosing these stories
Original compositions all
Perhaps it's time to change our genre;
Tell the tales of birds and blossoms
And sing our songs of happiness instead.
My friend Nanuk presenting her blooms to the coming day.