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    Dancing to my own tune

    January 31, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are.  You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own instrument in the orchestra of life.”  ~Dale Carnegie Grandpa Finney’s violin / Cindy La Ferle ___________________             To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

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    Cultivating our relationships

    January 30, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “A friendship can weather most things, and it can thrive in thin soil. But it needs a little mulch of notes and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often, just to save it from drying out completely.”  ~Pamela Brown Indoor gardening / Cindy La Ferle ___________________             To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

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    Deep listening

    June 4, 2022

    Summer sunsets

    July 20, 2023
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    Integrity

    January 29, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “Who you are in public is a test of your conviction;  who you are in private is a test of your integrity.”  ~Criss Jami  At LeBear on Lake Michigan / Cindy La Ferle ___________________             To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

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    To your good health

    June 1, 2022

    Happy Mother’s Day

    May 7, 2022

    Star power

    January 10, 2022
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    Celebrating creativity

    January 27, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?”  ~Rollo May Dessert at Lily’s Seafood in Royal Oak / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

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    April Fool’s Day!

    April 1, 2022

    Knowing your limits

    May 13, 2021

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    September 17, 2020
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    Suit yourself

    January 26, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “We wouldn’t worry so much about what other people think of us if we realized how seldom they do.”  ~attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt At SoftSurroundings in Rochester Hills / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

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"Life Lines" features inspirational quotes paired with my photos, plus links to my published lifestyle columns and essays. New posts are added daily, so please visit often or subscribe for email updates. ~Cindy La Ferle

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