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Sometimes truth emerges after much thought and soul-searching. Other times it's while you're driving or performing other mundane tasks.

A few things that have occurred to me this week:

• Is there such a thing as organic fruit snacks? Yes. They're called raisins.
  
• If you want to learn a language try a children's music tape. When you awaken in the middle of the night you'll be singing yourself to sleep saying things like, "Il ragno fila la su hotella (sic)," or "Tante auguri a te, spendi li candellini!" or "Mi piace la spiagia."
  
• The Paradise Valley United Methodist Church needs a little instruction in verbage for their road signs. The sign that welcomes you to their driveway says, "It's the children, for Christ's sake." I don't think they mean it that way.
  
• It's easier to go back to work than to stay home with your child--easier on one's mental health anyway.
  
• I'm going to wrap some empty boxes for Stella to open for her birthday and Christmas because she prefers packaging to toys.
  
• I like hanging my clothes out to dry.
  
• If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
  
• Who are the Joneses anyway? As in who is it that everyone is keeping up with these days? What's the norm--for anything?
  
• It's very easy to judge others. Yet I undoubtedly judge others incorrectly all the time.
  
• "Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold."