“Old things are always in good repute, modern things in disfavour.” - Tacitus Let us travel back in time… Le...

“In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine.” - Robin Leach   We visited an Italian pastryshop the other day and I asked f...

“The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to.” ― Carl Sandburg   The poetic inspiration seems to hover like a will-o’-the-wisp, brig...

“La rue est une musée pour tous!” (The street is a museum for everyone) ― Hergé Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesd...

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.” – Robert Schumann   František Xaver Dušek (German: Franz Xaver Duschek or Dussek); bap...

“Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.” - verse 7 of Psalm 51: King JamesBible   Hyssopus officinalis or hyssop is a ...

“I’m able to actually choose places to go which have intrigued me for the last god knows how many years, and Tasmania’s always been one o...

Then dance must be its sweet dessert...   “The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat....

“I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people that the lunch I'm serving started out as a seed in my yard.” -...

“I believe in traditions; I believe in the idea of things being passed between generations and the slow transmission of cultural values t...

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?” – Buddha   Giaco...

“I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.” – Woody Allen   It is Summer and we have harvested lots of zu...

“Once I became interested in China, I flew to Beijing in 1996 to spend half a year studying Mandarin. The city stunned me.” - Evan Osnos ...

“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 ...