“Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.” - Byron Katie Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (25 ...

“Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.” - Shirley Conran Although we eat mainly slow-cooked food that is prepared from scratch, occasi...

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, Remember me to one who lives there, She once was a true love of mi...

“Voting is a civic sacrament.” - TheodoreHesburgh The theme of Poets United  this week is political and social! Participants are asked ...

“You have your brush, you have your colours, you paint the paradise, then in you go.” - Nikos Kazantzakis Welcome to the Travel Tuesday...

“Television isn’t inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want...

“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality” – Frida Kahlo Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon , as her name appears on her b...

“I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I’m behind the times. I’m still with Baroque music, Greg...

“Bacon and eggs is a day’s work for a chicken and a lifetime achievement for a pig.” - Michael Vizdos We recently had this meal, which ...

“France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremend...

“Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.” - William Cowper After a leave of absence, I...

“In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries.” - Janet Echelon Welcome to the Travel ...