Category: Quotes
Memories and Backdoor Thieves
One of my favorite long time readers disappeared during the unfortunate blog migration and he emailed me recently to see how I was doing. I guess he missed the email about the changes. Countless other... Read More
Monday Motivation: New York Blizzard
We were late putting away the lawn furniture this year. So late we figured why not leave a couple of chairs to measure snow accumulation. For fun. This was sn... Read More
The Past is Never Dead
One of the reasons I love old crumbling artifacts and architecture, worn stones and yellowed pages, is they remind me that the past is never dead, as the Faulkner quote goes. Even when they’re d... Read More
Say No to New Year Resolutions. Do This Instead.
Did you know 92% of New Years resolutions fail? Why begin something new with those kinds of odds of failing? No one needs another reason to beat themselves up. There’s no question goals of every... Read More
Life Lessons From My Police Escort
With so much vilification of police officers in the news I wanted to share another perspective. This blog is all about peace and love and I don’t usually mention hot button news stories. Frankly... Read More
Don’t Feed Your Inner Grinch
The holiday spirit was being siphoned off by my inner Grinch. Not that there is anything wrong with being a Grinch. It beat smiling a phony ho, ho, ho and isn’t it the most wonderful time of the... Read More
Yes You Can Begin Again
Yes, you can begin again. Not from scratch but from an accumulation of experience and wisdom. I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to start over since beginning here anew last summer. Th... Read More
The Most Elegant Quote About Gratitude
Leave it to the French to come up with The Most Elegant Quote About Gratitude. But it’s somehow so perfect unlike the unruly vines outside my dressing room window. They’re wisteria that we... Read More