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52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. WORLD ALPHABET
JOY TO THE WORLD
Joy to the world,
All the boys and girls.
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea,
Joy to you and me.
- written...
52 ODES TO JOY: FRIENDSGIVING
ODE TO FRIENDSGIVING
Let’s not wait until November’s fourth Thursday
To give thanks for, and also with a friend.
Today, tomorrow, Friendsgiving can be any such day.
Be...
52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. AMERICAN ALPHABET
“Joyous aging” is as easy as 1-2-3-4, which you can remember with the simple S.U.N.S. (Smile-Making, Uniting, Neighboring, Spellbinding) acronym.
S.U.N.S. AMERICAN ALPHABET reflects on...
52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. MUSIC
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination,
and life to everything.”
- Plato
“Speak to one another with psalms,...
52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. TEAS
TEA FOR TWO
Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone.
- Music by Vincent Youmans;...
52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. WINE
“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
—Francis Bacon
Wines...
52 ODES TO JOY: RADIATE S.U.N.S. JOY
RADIATE S.U.N.S. JOY to add more sunny happiness and warm contentment to your world and to others. American literary legend, Edith Wharton, glowed with...
52 ODES TO JOY: S.U.N.S. EXPLORERS
“The JOYrontologist” is saluting joy-seeking explorers this Columbus Day holiday. As we raise flutes of Prosecco and chow down on veal pizza (recipe below),...
52 ODES TO JOY: AUTUMN S.U.N.S.
ODE TO AUTUMN
Autumn days are here, blue sky clear and dear.
Let’s harvest a bushel of joy and fall cheer.
Our S.U.N.S. (Smile-Making, Uniting, Neighboring, Spellbinding)...
52 ODES TO JOY: MORE F-WORDS
F-WORDS ̶̶ there are so FLIPPIN’ many FANTASTICATIOUS ones! Here are a few more fun, FLAVORFUL faves after all of these from the former...
