Monthly Archives: August 2021

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly…” … Continue reading →

“I’m not a has-been, I’m a will-be.” Lauren Bacall As an actress who shared the screen with Humphrey Bogart more than once, Lauren certainly enjoyed success as the world proclaims it. But as time went on, she must have also … Continue reading →

the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.”William Hutchison Murray When we’re working on a long-term project, it’s easy to get bogged down and to lose our way. Sometimes we even lose touch with the original creative impulse: … Continue reading →

A Summer Morning I saw dawn creep across the sky, And all the gulls go flying by. I saw the sea put on its dress Of bluse midsummer loveliness, And heard the trees begin to stir Green arms of pine … Continue reading →

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass knew more than a thing or two about struggle. He was raised as a slave, he taught himself to read and writer, and after many hardships, made … Continue reading →

CAN WILL NOW Short and sweet, these words hold the key to success. If you can power them up in your life and your work, you can make miracles happen! CAN: Can you do what’s you want to do? Do … Continue reading →

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”Mark Twain Back in the days when Mark Twain was a riverboat pilot, steamships ruled the Mississippi. When a railroad decided to build a bridge over the … Continue reading →

Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.”Henry James, from his essay “The Art of Fiction.” Habit blinds us all: We fall into familiar byways without even noticing that it happens and begin to look at … Continue reading →

“Seeds of dreams grow leaves of magic and wonder. Dreamers, then, are wonder-full gardeners.” Dickson Lane “Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.” E.B. White Lovely to think of ourselves as gardeners who are full … Continue reading →