Episode 15 - Illusions

Word of the Day - Illusions

Definitions, revealing family secrets, optical illusions, small worlds, Sammy Shelor and fame, 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell

Chris Bohjalian

A Little Sweet...

Beth's struggles with sciatica. 

"Sidna Allen's Dream"

Sidna Allen House

Carter House in Hillsville, Virginia

Hand dyed yarns

Leslie is dyeing much yarn for Olde Liberty Fibre Faire, held in Goode, Virginia, on April 23.

Greenberry House is Meadows of Dan is open!

A Little Tart...

Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

Leap of Faith with Steve Martin

M. C. Esher

“The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.” - Richard Bach

50 Optical Illusions by Sam Taplin

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” - Mark Twain

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” - Virginia Woolf

“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?” - Edith Wharton

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” - Alan W. Watts.

“It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.” - Virginia Woolf

“One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.” - Guy de Maupassant

A Little Unexpected...

Things are happening in Meadows of Dan!

Willville Motorcycle Campground

High Country Lavender

Greenberry House

Izzy's Treasure Chest

Poor Farmer's Market

Toy Time Folk Toy and Science Museum

Woodberry Inn

and much more!

College for Older Adults, Reynolds Homestead.

Your hosts wrap things up and will be back with a new word in a couple of weeks.

Music Attribution

Reverie (small theme)

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featuring Pitx

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