A thought on loveLove is holy because it is like grace — the worthiness of its object is never really what matters. Marilynne Robinson
In Praise of BoredomHi friend, “It’s from boredom that the best ideas spring into being,” my mother used to tell us when we were young. It was true, though “best” may be a bit of a stretch to describe some of the things my brother and I came up with. Sometimes boredom...See More »
Hope; in spite of allI believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep. - Charlotte Bronte, Villette
Quote of the day“Your path is your character defining itself more and more everyday like a photograph coming into focus.” - Jodie Foster
Remember this...I remembered what had been circling in me: I am beautiful. I am full of love. I am dying... - Ada Limòn, America's Poet Laureate
For SW friendsI think a lot about the word “tenacity.” What it takes to survive in a world that is sometimes beautiful and sometimes hostile. I’m always amazed at the body’s willingness to continue, to keep going. The heart that keeps pumping, the lungs that keep...See More »
Congratulations, Aussies.The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is out with its ranking of the world's most livable cities. Top 5: Vienna, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney, and Vancouver.
I love quotes The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still. - Mary Oliver
Happy Valentine's DayTrue Love by Judith Viorst It is true love because I put on eyeliner and a concerto and make pungent observations about the great issues of the day Even when there's no one here but him, And because I do not resent watching the Green Bay Packer Even...See More »
I love quotesIt is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth. — John Steinbeck, “Writers at Work”
I'm happily married, tooI’m happily married, but I would say once a week, I catch my wife looking at me like, “I’m going to have to let you go.” — Jim Gaffigan
What are you going to do with your life today?Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. - Francis Bacon, 1909-1992
Follow the scienceMy religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein