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“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. It represents the...

by Cynthia Brian “Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze.” Don McLean In 1889,...

by Cynthia Brian When it’s 2:15 in the morning, the power is out, the air smells of smoke, yet you are fast asleep, then you realize that...

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” F. Scott Fitzgerald P.G.E. has informed the community that the power may be...

Cynthia Brian’s Gardening Guide for October https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1316/Cynthia-Brians-Gardening-Guide-for-October-...

https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html by...

by Cynthia Brian “Digging the garden, tending the weeds. Who could ask for more?” John Lennon and Paul McCartney Because I enjoy...

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in...

https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1313/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Controlled-chaos.html Digging Deep...

by Cynthia Brian “…many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms...

by Cynthia Brian “There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.” W. Somerset Maugham Perhaps because I practiced...

By Cynthia Brian “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body...

“Any instance of inequality is worth writing about, sighing about, crying about, even laughing about.” So writes teen Zahra Hasanain in...

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measure by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King How do we...

“As the scent to the rose, are those memories to me." Amelia C. Welby Cooler weather has bidden a sweet goodbye, and warmer days beckon...

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge.”...

“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” Juvenal Excited about the glorious weather at the beginning of May, I spent two...

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” - George Bernard Shaw It’s no surprise that art...

The loss of lives and the devastation to California forests and homes in the past couple of years has many people re-thinking global...

“Do what you can for as long as you can and when you can’t, do the next best thing.” Chuck Yeager Back in 1999 when I was co-authoring...