“The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.” - Yehudi Menuhin Pietro Antoni...

“I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.” - Pablo Neruda We had an old family friend from Croatia. When we used to ...

“In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.” – Charles Lindbergh “Bush tuc...

“The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.” - Carl Sandburg Poetry Jam’s prompt this week is “Inside Looking Out” (or vice-ver...

“Do not disturb the peace that I’ve managed to attain. Hearing your voice again would be like trying to quench thirst with salt water.” -...

“Courage is grace under pressure.” - Ernest Hemingway We watched Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2006 excellent film “ The Lives of Ot...

“It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your...

“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” - Aristotle Eurozone finance ministers agreed in princip...

“I’d like to have any sort of Mexican or Italian food any time of the day!” - Brenda Song This is a dish that I had at a friend’s pla...

“Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.” - John Holmes The following is an excerpt from a...

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” - May Sarton Poetry Jam this week has set the theme of Lonelines...

“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read.” - G.K. Ches...

“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” - Auguste Renoir We watched a very enjoyable film at the weekend, which was a feast for the...