"The eternal quest of the human being is to shatter his loneliness." – Norman Cousins A song in Greek today sung by Yorgos Perris,...

“In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.” - Benjamin Franklin I took my staff to lunch...

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.” - Robert Louis Stevenson...

“A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.” – Emily Dickinson I am in Brisbane again for work and the Spring has sprung...

“Ask five economists and you'll get five different explanations (six if one went to Harvard).” - Edgar R. Fiedler The world economic cri...

“Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” - Alfred Hitchcock I’ll give you a pot-pourri report of several movies we have watche...

“Death is a distant rumor to the young.” - Andrew A. Rooney For Art Sunday today, a painting by James C. Christensen , an American artist wh...

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul” – Plato I am rather tired tonight after a busy day doing chores and run...

“Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.” - Marcus Valerius Martiali...

“Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything... Even when you can not foresee the outcome.” Deepak Chopra Today is Eid...

“I was never less alone than when by myself.” - Edward Gibbon Solitude Who are sitting in company under the bright window? Two of us – my s...

The first book was printed on this day in 1452. It was Johann Gutenberg’s Bible. Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, occurs on the first an...

“It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.” - John Andrew Holmes On Sunday we wat...

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” - Edgar Degas Yesterday I had to go the University of Melbourne , my alma mater, an...

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.” – Jonathan Swift I must begin by saying that I dislike Célin...

“Spirit has fifty times the strength and staying-power of brawn and muscle” – Mark Twain The Daiquiri cocktail was originally conceived as ...

“Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.” - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin The plant for today’s birthdays is the...

“He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.” - Anais Nin In my job I often have to interact with many representatives of the health...

“There is no reality except the one contained within us.” - Hermann Hesse Astronomically speaking, today is the first day of Spring in the S...

“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” – Voltaire Today I was in Adelaide for work. Commuting to a different city ...