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Every step is a miracle
And we’re never alone
Those we love walk beside us
And the journey goes on...

From the poem "3 score and 10" by Tia Gow (Jan 2011)

This is our last Bumbleseed post for the time being. We hope you've enjoyed our words and pictures. Thanks for accompanying us on this leg of our journey. All the best.
Tia and Mike

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Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories...

Terry Mckay (Deborah Kerr) in
"An Affair To Remember" (1957)

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On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet

From George Gordon, Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (1812-1818)

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...Why live life from dream to dream
And dread the day that dreaming ends...

Randy Crawford "One Day I'll Fly Away" (1972)

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...Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home...

Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" (1972)

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Maya: "... it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes..."

From the brilliant film
"Sideways" by Alexander Payne (2004)

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If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

Wise words from Winnie the Pooh in Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by "A.A. Milne" (1882-1956)

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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks,
is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit,
the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares,
and the slavery of Home, man feels once more happy.

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 -1890)

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I bounced into Wellington
Viewed the town through windswept hair...

From "NZ" by Tia Gow (Nov 2010)

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Karen Blixen: Perhaps he knew, as I did not,
that the Earth was made round
so that we would not see too far down the road.

From the Sydney Pollack film "Out of Africa" (1985)

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...every time a bell rings,
an angel gets his wings...

From the Frank Capra classic
"It's A Wonderful Life" (1946)

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...Up where the girls fly
On ribbons and bows,
Where babies float by
Just counting their toes...

From the song "Wonderful Baby" by Don McLean (1975)

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... And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me...


From the song "Angels" by Robbie Williams (1997)

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I’m the shifting sands
Waves on the shore
A leaf caught in the breeze
I‘m a rock in the surge
Sun, moon and stars
The roots that feed the trees

A poem "Who am I?" by Tia Gow (Oct 2010)

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The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind...

From the song "Blowin' in the wind" by Bob Dylan (1963)

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A million tiny things
decide our mutual fate
A hidden scent
Implicit devotion
A look of recognition
discernible only to the heart

A poem by Tia Gow (Oct 2010)

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Boundaries. Borders. Distances.
Don’t exist.
No limits – nor land to cross.
No other boundary but our imagination
No borders, just the edge of our hearts
The only distance between you and me
the in-road to our souls.

A poem by Tia Gow (Oct 2005)

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My cold hands in your pockets
Your warm breath on my face
We stand amid the debris of summer
And give thanks for autumn’s grace

A poem by Tia Gow (October 2010)

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Paula McFadden: I thought you said you were decent.
Elliot Garfield: I am decent. I also happen to be naked.

From the film "Goodbye Girl" by Neil Simon (1977)

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...Memories, may be beautiful and yet
What’s too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...

From "The Way We Were" sung by Barbra Streisand (1973)