Secret Work

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 27, 2012

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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. ~ Thomas Carlyle

[Image: Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, California.]

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Finding A Way

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 20, 2012

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It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. ~ Claude Monet

[Image: Artist's rendition of lotus pond, Denver Botanic Gardens.]

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Return

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 15, 2012

in Monthly Post

As the days begin to grow shorter following the Fall Equinox in North America, migrating monarch butterflies set out on their long journey ~ as far as 2,000 miles ~ to escape the cold of Winter. They are the only butterflies to regularly migrate both north and south as birds do.
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Two Flowers

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 13, 2012

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I am the woman offering two flowers – whose roots are twin – Justice and Hope. ~ Alice Walker

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Hawaiian Snow Bush

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 9, 2012

in Monthly Image Post

I first noticed this striking yet subtly attractive shrub on Maui’s southeast shore, on the verdant grounds of Palapala Ho’omau Church in Kipahulu, where famed aviator, Charles Lindbergh, who spent his final years near Hana, lies modestly at rest.
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Spontaneous Generation

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 6, 2012

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The life we have on earth must have spontaneously generated itself. It must, therefore, be possible for life to be generated spontaneously elsewhere in the universe. ~ Stephen Hawking

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Friendships

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by Viktoria Vidali on December 30, 2011

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Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing. ~ Randolph S. Bourne

[Image: Biloxi, Mississippi Gulf Coast.]

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The Brightest Light

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by Viktoria Vidali on December 23, 2011

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The brightest light you can have to guide a harmonious life that blossoms with higher values is already your heritage. You can find it just like a great work of art is brought to light from a granite or marble piece, by chipping off whatever conceals that form in the block of marble or stone. ~ Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati

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A Higher Law

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by Viktoria Vidali on December 16, 2011

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The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

[Image: Evening skies over western Texas.]

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Crossing America With Cameras And Open Eyes

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by Viktoria Vidali on December 12, 2011

in General,Monthly Post

It’s been quite a few years since the release of America, Simon and Garfunkel’s popular tune about a young man and woman traveling by bus across country in search of the soul of America.
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