Check out this great new coffee shop in downtown Clearwater. Reminds me of Queen St West in Toronto. And the coffee is excellent! They are open from 7 am to 2 am so it feels even more like Queen Street. I’ve included one picture but you really have to go there to get the feel of it. It’s just north of Cleveland on Fort Harrison. Check it out:) and give them your feedback – they want to know what the community needs and wants.
A friend of mine sent me this
absolutely great quote from
Dr Seuss:
“Be who you are and
Say what you feel,
because those who mind
don’t matter and those
who matter don’t mind.”
– Dr Seuss
I love reading Sun Tzu – The Art of War
So many applications to many areas of life. Here’s a great quote:
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
Chapter 10 – Terrain
Have a great day.
Martin
The coolest thing happened yesterday. I do sales calls as one of my jobs and get calls from all over the country. Yesterday I got a call from a woman and I needed to ask her where she was from. She told me Brandon, Vermont. I said that I had a cousin that had lived there – that she had died last year in August. It is a small town, so she asked me her name. I said Edna Jones. “Oh! I loved Edna!!” was her immediate reply. She went on to tell me several stories about how playful Edna was. Edna was about 87 when she died. My new friend told me that she taught exercise classes and did so for the elderly, one of which was Edna. Well, they had a young man there fresh out of college. Both of the women told this young man, very seriously, that Edna’s dog – a miniature pit bull – needed exercise. Well, next class, sure enough, Edna brings in the dog and the young trainer has him on the treadmill – what a hoot!
Well, if you want to see one of the prettiest towns in America, visit this beautiful place. For some reason I didn’t take any photos while I was there. I always thought I’d get back to see Edna. I was there about 3 summers ago and we were having lunch in an outdoor restaurant on the main street. Some of Edna’s elderly lady friends came by and Edna introduced me to them mentioning that I was a photographer. Well, we almost had a whole calendar planned by the end of lunch! (Remember ‘Calendar Girls’?)
Make sure that you visit some of the Galleries when you are in Brandon and ask about Edna Jones.
Have a good one.
– Martin
If you are into travelling and have never been to Niagara Falls, check out: Campark Resorts. If you do a search to check out other activities, remember it's Niagara NOT "Niagra". Check it out. You may want to wait till Spring - the flowers are unbelievable - but if you can stand the cold, if there's snow, that's quite beautiful as well.
Enjoy!
- Martin