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A true friend

Who is a true friend? A very good friend—a true friend—sent me a card with this wonderful quote. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though she/he knows that you are slightly cracked,” Bernard Meltzer once said. –Joy

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Great friends

My friend Eva gave me a big sticker while we were visiting her and her husband Hal in Bellingham. It says: “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.” I am going to edit those words. I prefer: “Life is best when you experience great adventures with great friends!” –Joy

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Good company

I am watched the movie Persuasion—based on the book by Jane Austen, of course. The movie was delightful, and I am going to read the book again. Jane Austen writes: “My idea of good company…is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.” […]

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Keep swimming–and keep singing

My friend whose husband has brain cancer visited me. What can we do when something bad happens? Sometimes you can take action to find a solution, but sometimes there is no solution. These words are from a poem from How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr.  One of the best kinds of friends are friends […]

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The heart’s a deep well

Squander it all! Hold nothing back. The heart’s a deep well. And when it’s empty, It will fill again. These are words from How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr.  One of the best kinds of friends are friends who give you a book—a book you never would have read if it wasn’t a gift. […]

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Poems from a friend

Friends who give you a book are some of the best kinds of friends—especially when it is a book you never would have read if it wasn’t a gift. One of my special friends gave me a book of poems How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr. Orr writes about appreciating the world you live […]

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Lunch with a friend

I had lunch with a friend—a friend I hadn’t had lunch with since before the pandemic. The lunch was a reminder that it’s wonderful to have friends—friends we see often and also friends we don’t see so often. It is special to have friends who are friends and remain friends even when we don’t see […]

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Friends and happiness

My friends make me happy. “I count myself in nothing else so happy/ As in a soul remembering my good friends,” Shakespeare once said. –Joy

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The small gesture

Nina Totenberg explains her friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her book Dinners with Ruth. Friendship is about supporting and helping, Tontenberg says. “It is not always about the grand gesture, but rather the small one. It is about extending the invitation, making space at the table, picking up the phone and also remembering….It can […]

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We showed up

Nina Totenberg explains her friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her book Dinners with Ruth. “What we shared was the special warmth and closeness of longtime friendship. We were present in each other’s lives, especially when it mattered most. We showed up,” Totenberg says.

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