“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.” - Alcibiades For my last Art S...

“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss The days of Yahoo are numbered. Every time I log in, I get the...

“I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.” - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.” - Mark Twain Rapa Nui is the indigenous name of Easter...

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” - Kenji Miyazawa We often hear that one does not appreciate what one has until o...

“Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.” - Seneca The Hoshi Matsuri is a Shinto festival celebrated in Japan today. It comme...

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” - G.K. Chesterton I ha...

“A portrait is a picture of a person with something wrong with the mouth.” - John Singer Sargent Today for Art Sunday, John Singer Sargent (...

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” - Thomas Paine Happy Fourth of Ju...

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” - Carl Sagan When I was visiting the USA several y...

“To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.” - Ben Jonson Seeing that Yahoo 360 is soon closing, and...

“The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.” – Francis Atterbury How ...

“Without labor nothing prospers.” - Sophocles The sunflower , Helianthus annuus , is today’s birthday flower. The generic name means sunflo...

“In war, truth is the first casualty.” – Aeschylus While it was a very busy Weekend, during which I worked mainly on my book, we found time ...

“I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.” - Dr. Jonas Salk For Art Sunday today, a bit...

“And weep the more, because I weep in vain.” - Thomas Gray A very busy Saturday today, with much work on my book. I am finalising the illust...

“Mellow nuts have the hardest rind” - Sir Walter Scott Most people seem to think that eating nuts is not good for their health because they ...

“The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.” – Françoise Bertaut de Motteville Yesterday, I had...

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.” - Seneca The context of our existence changes our experience of the same stimuli. Sun...

“In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!” - Alexander Pope I don’t know if you kept up with the story of Kimberley Vlaminck of Belgium and ...