“Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers on...

“Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furn...

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothi...

“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.” - Ovid Well they say that in Spring a young man’s thoughts turn to love. Maybe not only a ...

The days in Brisbane went extremely well despite the problems with the technology. I was able to recover my presentations from the injured ...

I am in Brisbane for work for a couple of days and I have been hit by rather unfortunate ill luck. I was working on a presentation on my co...

“Pictures must not be too picturesque.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The art of Australian David Boyd for this Art Sunday. He was born the third...

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” - Albert Schweitzer I had another very busy day today, which...

“It’s sad to grow old, but nice to ripen.” - Brigitte Bardot October 1st is celebrated as the International Day for Older Persons . The G...

“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.” - H...

“We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.” - Madame de Stael I was chatting with a friend toda...

“Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.” – Horace Over the past few years there has been a great debate in Australia about wheth...

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” - Danny Kaye We watched an interesting film at the weeken...

“An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable ...

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” - Mark Twain What a day today! Spent most of it gardening and weeding and getti...

“An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.” - Jacqu...

“If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.” Euripides In the northern hemisphere it is the autumnal equinox today an...

“There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconce...

“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.” - Martin Luther Yesterday evening, after w...

“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” - Neil Postman On Saturday night before my trip we got a chance to ...