Matthew Dowd
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Father, friend, believe love conquers hate, and truth wins over prevarication.
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Good day, Matthew. Tolkien’s Samwise has moved me for years. My own Samwise is equally faithful and good. Perhaps he is a bit more introspective than Frodo’s dear Sam, but the heart is equally pure.
January 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Good day, Matthew. Tolkien’s Samwise has moved me for years. My own Samwise is equally faithful and good. Perhaps he is a bit more introspective than Frodo’s dear Sam, but the heart is equally pure.
RIP South African writer Keorapetse Kgositsile, died this day 2018.
"When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky."
"deep in your cheeks
your specific laughter owns
all things south of the ghosts
we once were."
"When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky."
"deep in your cheeks
your specific laughter owns
all things south of the ghosts
we once were."
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
RIP South African writer Keorapetse Kgositsile, died this day 2018.
"When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky."
"deep in your cheeks
your specific laughter owns
all things south of the ghosts
we once were."
"When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky."
"deep in your cheeks
your specific laughter owns
all things south of the ghosts
we once were."
happy bday English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, b.1892.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
happy bday English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, b.1892.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost."
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
happy bday Roman statesman/orator Cicero, b.106 BC
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable...
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable...
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
happy bday Roman statesman/orator Cicero, b.106 BC
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable...
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable...
happy bday abolitionist/women's right leader Lucretia Mott, b.1793, Nantucket, MA.
“Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.”
“If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?”
“Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.”
“If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?”
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
happy bday abolitionist/women's right leader Lucretia Mott, b.1793, Nantucket, MA.
“Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.”
“If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?”
“Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.”
“If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?”
happy bday Croatian painter Slava Raškaj, b.1877.
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
happy bday Croatian painter Slava Raškaj, b.1877.
happy bday French Carmelite nun Thérèse of Lisieux, b.1873, known as The Little Flower and saint.
"My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love."
"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;...
"My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love."
"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;...
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
happy bday French Carmelite nun Thérèse of Lisieux, b.1873, known as The Little Flower and saint.
"My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love."
"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;...
"My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love."
"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word;...
happy bday writer Leonard Michaels, b.1933.
“Courage is continuing to perform your daily tasks, and being hopeful despite the odds, not inflicting your fears on others, and remaining sensitive to their needs and expectations, and also not supposing, because you're dying, nothing matters any more.”
“Courage is continuing to perform your daily tasks, and being hopeful despite the odds, not inflicting your fears on others, and remaining sensitive to their needs and expectations, and also not supposing, because you're dying, nothing matters any more.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
happy bday writer Leonard Michaels, b.1933.
“Courage is continuing to perform your daily tasks, and being hopeful despite the odds, not inflicting your fears on others, and remaining sensitive to their needs and expectations, and also not supposing, because you're dying, nothing matters any more.”
“Courage is continuing to perform your daily tasks, and being hopeful despite the odds, not inflicting your fears on others, and remaining sensitive to their needs and expectations, and also not supposing, because you're dying, nothing matters any more.”
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
Happy New Years Day and Global Family Day!. Global Family Day is about interconnection, unity and peace, and the idea we are all a global family.
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Happy New Years Day and Global Family Day!. Global Family Day is about interconnection, unity and peace, and the idea we are all a global family.
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happy bday English writer E. M. Forster, b.1879.
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm,...
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm,...
January 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
happy bday English writer E. M. Forster, b.1879.
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm,...
“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm,...
happy bday Chinese artist Qi Baishi, b.1864.
"We may have our unique qualities too which the men of old would admire too if they could see them".
"We may have our unique qualities too which the men of old would admire too if they could see them".
January 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
happy bday Chinese artist Qi Baishi, b.1864.
"We may have our unique qualities too which the men of old would admire too if they could see them".
"We may have our unique qualities too which the men of old would admire too if they could see them".
on this day in 1818, "first print run of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus—500 copies, with no author identified—was produced by a largely unknown publisher in London. The novel soon gained wide popularity, which prompted 20-year-old Mary Shelley to go public as its author."
January 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
on this day in 1818, "first print run of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus—500 copies, with no author identified—was produced by a largely unknown publisher in London. The novel soon gained wide popularity, which prompted 20-year-old Mary Shelley to go public as its author."
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Happy New Year my friend. May the new year bring peace, love, happiness and joy into our lives.
" Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one." ~ Brad Paisley.
" Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one." ~ Brad Paisley.
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy New Year my friend. May the new year bring peace, love, happiness and joy into our lives.
" Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one." ~ Brad Paisley.
" Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one." ~ Brad Paisley.
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Happy New Years Eve and thank you for the beautiful words you share
December 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy New Years Eve and thank you for the beautiful words you share
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Good morning
what a lovely new years eve thought
'...Full of things that have never been'
thank you
may love - light - peace - hope soar - be yours - and all here - too
what a lovely new years eve thought
'...Full of things that have never been'
thank you
may love - light - peace - hope soar - be yours - and all here - too
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good morning
what a lovely new years eve thought
'...Full of things that have never been'
thank you
may love - light - peace - hope soar - be yours - and all here - too
what a lovely new years eve thought
'...Full of things that have never been'
thank you
may love - light - peace - hope soar - be yours - and all here - too
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Agree 💯 With Matthew Dowd......
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Agree 💯 With Matthew Dowd......
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Best of everything to you in the coming year, Mr. Dowd.
Have thoroughly enjoyed your posts quoting those who have turned mere words into beauty, inspiration & encouragement.
Here's to what lies ahead!
Have thoroughly enjoyed your posts quoting those who have turned mere words into beauty, inspiration & encouragement.
Here's to what lies ahead!
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Best of everything to you in the coming year, Mr. Dowd.
Have thoroughly enjoyed your posts quoting those who have turned mere words into beauty, inspiration & encouragement.
Here's to what lies ahead!
Have thoroughly enjoyed your posts quoting those who have turned mere words into beauty, inspiration & encouragement.
Here's to what lies ahead!
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Happy New Year! Thank you for treating our eyes and minds to poetry and kind thoughts throughout the years.
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy New Year! Thank you for treating our eyes and minds to poetry and kind thoughts throughout the years.
Happy New Years Eve sisters and brothers.
A bit of Rainer Maria Rilke:
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been."
Wishing you each more light and love, and may the endings of 2025 highlight for each of us that new beginnings are ahead.
A bit of Rainer Maria Rilke:
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been."
Wishing you each more light and love, and may the endings of 2025 highlight for each of us that new beginnings are ahead.
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy New Years Eve sisters and brothers.
A bit of Rainer Maria Rilke:
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been."
Wishing you each more light and love, and may the endings of 2025 highlight for each of us that new beginnings are ahead.
A bit of Rainer Maria Rilke:
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been."
Wishing you each more light and love, and may the endings of 2025 highlight for each of us that new beginnings are ahead.
happy bday Spanish writer José María Gironella, b.1917.
"The true battle isn't between science and faith, but between a shallow heart and a searching one."
"The true battle isn't between science and faith, but between a shallow heart and a searching one."
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
happy bday Spanish writer José María Gironella, b.1917.
"The true battle isn't between science and faith, but between a shallow heart and a searching one."
"The true battle isn't between science and faith, but between a shallow heart and a searching one."
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happy bday English writer Rudyard Kipling, b.1865.
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools..."
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools..."
December 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
happy bday English writer Rudyard Kipling, b.1865.
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools..."
"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools..."
happy bday Swedish writer Sara Lidman, b.1923.
"The lake had received the sky and held its breath with happiness".
"Love, it's strange anyway, isn't it? He throws himself down anywhere. And you can't reason with him".
"Every leaf is an eye".
"The lake had received the sky and held its breath with happiness".
"Love, it's strange anyway, isn't it? He throws himself down anywhere. And you can't reason with him".
"Every leaf is an eye".
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
happy bday Swedish writer Sara Lidman, b.1923.
"The lake had received the sky and held its breath with happiness".
"Love, it's strange anyway, isn't it? He throws himself down anywhere. And you can't reason with him".
"Every leaf is an eye".
"The lake had received the sky and held its breath with happiness".
"Love, it's strange anyway, isn't it? He throws himself down anywhere. And you can't reason with him".
"Every leaf is an eye".