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May 30, 2009 by Patsy

Appreciating Disappearing Scenes

I took a long drive yesterday. I was out and about anyway and I just needed some time to think. There’s something magic about the steering wheel. It seems to engage different parts of the brain and I can think things through as the miles pass.

Yesterday I was thinking about things that are disappearing from our world. One of those is cattle grazing in a field. It’s becoming rare. They’re almost always crammed into a feed lot where a particular diet can quickly fatten them up for slaughter.

I’m not sure when that change happened, exactly. I just became aware that it had – past tense. It makes me wonder what I’ll be longing to see again five years from now that is commonplace today. I hope I’m appreciating whatever it is.

I guess that’s always the trick – to be appreciating what is right in front of us.
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Epitaphs for Patsy

In a document she left behind for a good friend, Patsy listed five possible epitaphs that could be used at the time of her passing.

  • ‘Lived Fully. Laughed Loudly. Gave generously. Gone.’
  • ‘Lived, Laughed and Loved. Continuing that elsewhere.’
  • ‘Lived fully every day. No regrets now.’
  • ‘The journey continues It has been magical.’
  • ‘A magical journey so far no regrets.’

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