ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME

photo by Rachael Towne

Built in 1853 for socialite Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones in Rhinebeck, New York, Wyndclyffe Castle sold this month for a mere $120,000.  Most interesting fact is the currently rundown and deserted estate gave "birth to the idiom 'Keeping up with the Joneses,'" when first built.    I guess Joneses come, and Joneses go.    news

Principle in the type:  "Comparison is the thief of joy."   Theodore Roosevelt 

NOT PUTTING ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE PURSE BASKET

photo by Mauro Cateb

Some babe returned to a department store her purchased, unused purse -- but forgot she had "began to stock it with belongings . . . "   Oh, you know, stuff like jewels, rings, watches.  Central Pennsylvania is trying to find the precious things' owner.    story         

Principle in the type:  "The best things in life are free.  The second best are very expensive."    Coco Chanel   

POWER NO POWER

photo by Arturo Pardavilla III

Not a big fan of the government-run-gambling-thingy-programs that go on.  I know, it can be tempting though.  I didn't cave, did you?   Here's what you were thinking when you threw your hard-earned money at the Powerball, right? 



                                  

Principle in the type:  "May I plead with us not to be hurt--and certainly not to feel envious--when good fortune comes to another person?   We are not diminished when someone else is added upon.  We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed."  Jeffrey R. Holland