“If God had designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.” ― RickMoody   Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 o...

“There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable.” ― Dante Alighieri   Summerfield   On a perfect Summer’s day ...

“I’ve always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first ti...

“Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.” - Frédéric Chopin   The Vienna New Year’s Concert (Neujahrskonzert de...

“Those in power write the history, while those who suffer write the songs.” ― Frank Harte   Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me...

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“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!” ― Benjamin Franklin Arcangelo Corelli , (born Feb. 17, 1653, Fusignano, ...

“Everybody’s got their poison, and mine is sugar.” - Derrick Rose   I have a sweet tooth – no, perhaps I have several. Maybe even a mou...

“Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.” - Lysette Anthony   Today, at 4....

“Greece is the most magical place on Earth.” - Kylie Bax   Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesday and showcase your...

“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.” ― Jane Austen   Alexandros Christofis or Alex...

“For forty years I have played the oboe, and still I never know what is coming out. It is a perpetual anxiety. But maybe this is good - I...

“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.” - Alice Walker One o...

“Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.” - Sean Connery Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme...

“Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.” - Edvard Munch I’ve been stretchi...

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” – Giuseppe Verdi   Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesday and showc...

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso   Emil Filla (4 April 1882 – 7 October 1953), a Czech painter, was a leader ...

“There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserab...

“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” - Frank Lane   We were greeted the first day of Summer in Melbourne w...