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Today it was an effort just to get up.  I managed to spend an hour on my exercise bike, which gave me slightly more energy. Posting on my blog was enjoyable. This afternoon Lynette and I are going to a farmer's market in "Old Town Winchester".  It's a small "city center" with restaurants and small locally owned stores.  The farmer's market is a one day event from 1 PM until 4 PM. Later we're going to the grand opening of Castiglia's Pizza Amore.  It's a small family business. We like the owners.  They offer some of the best Italian food we've ever tasted. This is one of the owner's restaurants but they had to shut down their old restaurant.  Now they just have this one. I liked the atmosphere of the old place. Hopefully they can turn this one into more of a restaurant than a pizza parlor. I wish them luck!

“The Pythagoras Letter two ways spread, Shows the two paths in which Man’s life is led. The right hand track to sacred Virtue tends, Though steep and rough at first, in rest it ends; The other broad and smooth, but from its Crown On rocks the Traveler is tumbled down. He who to Virtue by harsh toils aspires, Subduing pains, worth and renown acquires; But who seeks slothful luxury, and flies, The labor of great acts, dishonored dies.” From:   “The Pythagorean Source-book and Library” So much meaning from one simple letter surprised me. I first found this symbolism for the letter "Y" in a book my wife found in a Boarders bookstore, which was going out of business. She thought I could use it in the novel I was working on. I don't remember the cost of the book but it was marked down very low, considering all the work that went into writing it. "The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols" by Adele Nozedar.  It mu

They are talented! They have good melody and lyrics. They are better than some of the groups that are out there today. Hopefully an agent will discover them. I wish them the best. facebook Link: thesevensofficial

Here is a connection to one of the downspouts. They look like giant scars across our garden!  The grass will eventually grow over the buried pipes. Hopefully this will help keep the basement dry.