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“Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can’t, you’re right.”
-Henry Ford

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Life Lessons

What is the most important lesson you would like your kids to learn in Life?

Nothing is impossible to a valiant heart. ~ Jeanne d’Albret

 

Sausage Dumplings

1 pound sausage
Your or My favorite Surefire pie crust recipe
2 medium onions, chopped
2 tablespoons flour
½ to 1 cup or more of milk or water

Make sausage into 12 balls and brown; cook thoroughly. Wrap balls in dough made from pie crust.  Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
While baking, saute onions until brown in sausage grease. Add flour and water to make gravy. Pour gravy over dumplings and serve.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of nature. ~ Agnes Repplier

 

Quotable Quotes

Welcome Christmas! Heel and toe, come and fill us ere you go! ~ Mary Mapes Dodge

“The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” ~ Ann Frank

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

“Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance!” ~ Fritz Reiner

“One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.” ~ Lewis Mumford

“A man is always known by the company his mind keeps.” ~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“The degree to which I can create relationships which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.” ~ Carl Rogers

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up” ~ Thomas Alva Edison

“If you’re scared, just holler and you’ll find it ain’t so lonesome out there.” ~ Joe Sugden

“Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” ~ Mary Tyler Moore

“Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.” ~ Henry Van Dyke

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And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?  It came without ribbons.  It came without tags.  It came without packages, boxes or bags.  And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore.  Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.  What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store.  What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.  ~ Dr. Seuss

 

Don’t forget…

that we are ultimately judged by what we give, not by what we get.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. ~ Acts 20:35

 

Remember…

that the nicest thing you can do for yourself is to do something nice for someone else.

If you were to go around asking people what would make them happier, you’d get answers like “a new car,” “a bigger house,” “a raise in pay,” or “winning the lottery.” Probably not one in a hundred would say ” a chance to help people,” and yet that is what brings about the most happiness of all. ~ GEORGE BURNS

 

Appalachian Forest School continuing education:Forests of the Far South

 

The Appalachian Forest School
Sponsored by the non-profit Arc of Appalachia Preserve System
www.arcofappalachia.org

presenting: Forests of the Far South – March 10-17, 2010

A week long natural history course exploring
Florida’s Panhandle & the Red Hills of Alabama
with leading naturalist, ecologist, & herpetologist — Dr. Bruce Means
Author of Priceless Florida, and Stalking the Plumed Serpent
Director of the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy

See course description and details: www.highlandssanctuary.org/WE/AFS.htm

l Witness the North American continent’s first spring wildflowers l visit rare remnants of old-growth longleaf pine forests harboring red-cockaded woodpeckers, brown-head nuthatches, indigo snakes and gopher tortoises l canoe down crystal-clear spring-fed rivers l see the last of the vanishing Torreya Pines l walk through wet meadows of carnivorous pitcher plants in bloom l study Florida’s epiphytes and explore hillside seepage bogs l don your headlight and search for Alabama endemic Red Hill salamanders at night l visit old growth dwarf cypress stands and tupelo swamps

    As part of its non-profit offerings, The Appalachian Forest School is sponsoring a week-long field exploration of the exceptionally rich and diverse ecosystems of Northern Florida and southern Alabama, where the leading edge of America’s Eastern Temperate Forest dances with the evergreen pines and subtropical hardwoods of the deep South.

Leading the trip will be Dr. Bruce Means — the man who literally wrote the book on Florida’s rich plant & animal communities called Priceless Florida. Sixteen years in the making, this is the book that set a new standard for richly illustrated, thoroughly scientific yet readable by the layman, regional natural history guides. On this trip, Bruce will guide participants into a Florida far off the usual tourist paths. His lifetime dedication to preserving Florida’s natural heritage enables him to access destinations which are normally closed to the public or are restricted, giving registrants the opportunity to experience both the romance as well as the natural science of Panhandle’s “Old Florida,” where there remains some of the largest tracts of forest east of the Mississippi.

What is the Appalachian Forest School? The non-profit Appalachian Forest School sponsors natural history courses which focus on the global significance of America’s Eastern Temperate Forest, a biome which covers the eastern third of the North American continent. While it is not difficult to find introductory natural history workshops for beginners, or indoor technical seminars for specialized experts; The Appalachian Forest School fills an important niche for citizens who wish to benefit from in-depth education without sacrificing the relevance of breadth. Courses are designed for professionals of all fields: conservationists pursuing continuing education, teachers, and committed parents. Program content is outdoor-focused, holistic, tangible, and cross-disciplinary. Course text is the out-of-doors. Required equipment are our five senses, sharpened with an inquiring, curious mind.