“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.” - William Cowper An evocative song, sung by an extraordina...

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.” - Julia Child Some of the most satis...

“We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.” - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin A...

“The love we give away is the only love we keep.” – Elbert Hubbard A poem recovered from an old diary. It speaks of enchantment and disencha...

“If our food and drink don’t meet your standards, please lower your standards” – Chevy’s Restaurant Graffiti Today is the 39th annual World ...

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. - Francis Ford...

"In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!" - J. G. Ballard For Art Sunday, the art of David Tench McKean (born 29...

"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...