Saratoga Springs Race Track

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." - Winston Churchill

She Walks in Beauty

"She Walks in Beauty" - Lord Byron

SHE walks in beauty, like the night
  Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
  Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
  Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
  Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
  Or softly lightens o'er her face;  
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
  How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
  So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,  
  But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
  A heart whose love is innocent!

Stop and Smell the Roses

"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness.  You have to catch it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

In Bloom

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - e.e. cummings

In the Country

"God made the country, and man made the town." - William Cowper

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"The past is not a package one can lay away" - Emily Dickinson
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