Pickleball has become very popular in our area so I thought I would post several instructional videos to help those who are just beginning their Pickleball journey. You can find them at the link below. Have fun!
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“Winter came down to our home one night, quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow, and we, we were children once again.” – Bill Morgan Jr.
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” – Dan Gilbert The psychology of Your Future Self
“Better to start up a thousand wrong roads than to stay on the path to nowhere just because you know the way.” – Robert Brault
“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.” – Iris Murdoch
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“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.” ― Napoleon Hill
“Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.” ― Danny Kaye, American actor and singer
“They want to see you do good, but never better than them. Remember that.” ― Unknown
“Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.” ― William Lyon Phelps
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“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.” ― Steve Irwin
“All great truths begin as blasphemies.” – George Bernard Shaw
“When you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing” – Unknown
“I always say beauty is only sin deep.” – H. H. Munro
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“One way to change your life is to be interested instead of interesting.” ― Henrik Edberg
“If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you’ve just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.” ― Seth Godin
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost
“When your ex says,’You’ll never find anyone like me,’ reply with ‘that’s the point'” ― Unknown
Sonoran Storm
This may not seem worrisome to many viewers, but when one lives in mostly sunny, northern Phoenix, this is very threatening. December is our “rainy season” and we do get quite a bit of whatever moisture accrues to the desert at this time of the year. We generally average between 10 – 12 inches per year. Today we received .07 of an inch, but it all adds up.

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“When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten.” – Molly Wizenberg
“Everyone is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit [ed].” – Elbert Hubbard
“The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.” – A. E. Housman
“Admiration: our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.” – Ambrose Bierce
Clark the Dog Loves Bacon – Video
This is one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time. For anyone who has ever loved a dog, this will make you laugh and hit home!
A Train Called Life*

At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.
As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant I.e. Our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize that they vacated their seats!
This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.
Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers…requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way – love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty — we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
* I tried to find the originator of this story, but could not locate a precise attribution and many variations are marked “author unknown.” Should you be able to find an exact attribution, kindly send it to me at the email address below and I will update the post.