Dec. 24, 2010
Denver
We can't all be stars, but we can all twinkle…. At the Denver Botanic Garden last weekend. Notice the moon through the branches?
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April 18, 2010
Umbrellas
Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. ~The Koran In Las Vegas, Nevada. March 2010.
Nov. 05, 2009
Laura at MIT
A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. ~ Author Unknown My daughter, Laura. …
Oct. 25, 2009
Boston
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill Boston, October 24, 2009.
Aug. 29, 2009
The London Eye
You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all…
Aug. 23, 2009
Oxford
I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing by The grey spires of Oxford Against the pearl-grey sky… ~ Winifred M. Letts One of my favorite poems. Read it in…
Aug. 20, 2009
Happy
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. ~ Bertrand Russell The River Avon,…
Aug. 18, 2009
Beauty
Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Rhodora” Stained glass detail, Gloucester…
Aug. 15, 2009
The whole world
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the…
Aug. 11, 2009
Contemplation
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. ~ T.S. Eliot Detail of the Victoria…
Aug. 10, 2009
Distant coast
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. ~ William Cowper The coast of…
Aug. 09, 2009
Window
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world. ~ George Bernard Shaw A window in Bath, England.
Aug. 07, 2009
Joy
Joy is not in things; it is in us. ~ Richard Wagner My daughter, Hannah, at Stonehenge. A wonderful vacation for us - England and Wales are incredibly…
Aug. 06, 2009
Sheep
If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Vacationing in Wales. Oh, we did want to bring a sheep home ….
April 29, 2009
Surrender
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly in those moments. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh The spaceneedle in Seattle, Washington,…
Oct. 25, 2008
Gone fishin'
In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not among our…
Oct. 23, 2008
Mt. Hood
Volcano: a mountain with hiccups. Mt. Hood is the tallest mountain in Oregon - it's actually a volcano that rumbles pretty regularly. It rises 11,249 feet…
Oct. 22, 2008
Aurora
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. ~ Emily Bronte Just outside of Aurora, Oregon.
Oct. 21, 2008
Little things
… For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ~ Kahlil Gibran Dew on a spiderweb in Oregon.
Oct. 20, 2008
Power
This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the…
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