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James Osborne
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NEW BOOK — COVER REVEAL !!
I’m delighted to share with you the fabulous cover for the first in a series of two collections of my short stories to be published soon.
DRAGONFLIES AND THE GREAT BLUE HERON is named for the lead story in the collection of thirty-nine feel-good stories. It’s the love story of my wonderful wife Sharolie and me.
The second collection, MIRACLES AND MISADVENTURES includes thirty-two stories that
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“About Differences: Those who would believe in a higher power by whatever name must also believe that same higher power made all things. On that basis, people of good character will recognize that some people are different from ourselves, in color, gender, speech, opinion, lifestyle, and in other ways. Different is not an evaluation. As I taught my children while they were growing up, "Different is only different." Celebrate differences for therein lies the basis for much of what we learn in life.”
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“We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best version of ourselves.
-- Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life”
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-- Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life”
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“The true measure of a person's worth is found not in wht they own but in how they treat themselves and others." -- James Osborne”
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“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.”
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“The very best writing will invite you in so completely you will become unaware that you are reading it.”
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“About Differences: Those who would believe in a higher power by whatever name must also believe that same higher power made all things. On that basis, people of good character will recognize that some people are different from ourselves, in color, gender, speech, opinion, lifestyle, and in other ways. Different is not an evaluation. As I taught my children while they were growing up, "Different is only different." Celebrate differences for therein lies the basis for much of what we learn in life.”
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“The true measure of a person's worth is found not in wht they own but in how they treat themselves and others." -- James Osborne”
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“We all need people in our lives who raise our standards, remind us of our essential purpose, and challenge us to become the best version of ourselves.
-- Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life”
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-- Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life”
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