“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” - Henry Ward Beecher Another Saturday that was filled with the...

“Tart words make no friends; a spoonful or honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar” - Benjamin Franklin For Food ...

“It’s easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.”   -   Mark Twain May 31 st is designated as Wor...

“I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.” - Denis Waitley I came home rather late th...

“Each one sees what he carries in his heart” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It was with horror that I read in one of our papers ...

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall” - William Shakespeare   As the weather last Saturday was wintry and not conducive to much...

“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said...

 “I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t s...

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” - William Blake It was a real winter’s day today with almost non-stop rain, wi...

“I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I’m happy again.” - Arthur Freed   Today is Orthodox As...

“Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes, a farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certa...

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses” - Ziggy (Single panel comic strip created by To...

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” - Shirley MacLaine Lately, there has been a renewed wave o...

“Art is meant to upset people, science reassures them.” - Georges Braque   Georges Braque,  (born May 13th, 1882, Argenteuil, France - ...

“Love is the river of life in the world.” - Henry Ward Beecher A relaxing Saturday today, with the usual morning chores, some ...

“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” - Ursula K. LeGuin ...

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things ...

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can be...

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” - Winston Churchill I blogged last month about a change that w...

 “I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away fro...