“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to lov...

“The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.” - Jacqueline du Pré   Cymbopogon , bette...

“Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy.” - Dwight L. Moody The Midweek Motif at Poets Un...

“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.” - Julia Child   Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tues...

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” - Confucius   Celeriac ( Apium graveolens var. rapaceum ), also called turnip-root...

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that...

“If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too.” - Orhan Pamuk   Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join m...

“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero   Zachary Bryant (above left with sister Zara), a...

“Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.” - Robert A. Heinlein   Five people, ...

“You don’t want to work so hard that you can’t enjoy your guests.” - Letitia Baldrige We had a guest today a...

“Ounce for ounce, herbs and spices have more antioxidants than any other food group.” - Michael Greger Marjoram ( Origanum majorana ...

“Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.” - Buddha   This week, the theme at P...

“There’s an expression in Australia that's called ‘Go Bush’, which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and ‘go bush’ to pla...

“Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they...