Monthly Archives: March 2024

For everyone celebrating Easter, have a joyous holiday!! Here’s a lovely poem by A.E. Houseman from A Shropshire Lad: Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough,And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide. Now, of … Continue reading →

“Action seems to seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together, and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.”   William James “The … Continue reading →

Tell your own story. Don’t be like anyone else. Oscar Wilde said it best, “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.’”   Terrence McNally What a gift to hear the spirited and well-seasoned author Terrence McNally – a playwright, librettist, and screenwriter … Continue reading →

The artist, having chosen his theme, picks out only those details that are characteristic and of value for his subject…and he rejects all the remainder and puts it to one side.” Guy de Maupassant Guy was a master at capturing … Continue reading →

I came across a wonderful gathering of quotes* about why writers write and offer them as fuel for inspiration: Tennessee Williams:   My work is emotionally autobiographical. It has no relationship to the actual events of my life, but it reflects … Continue reading →

When I saw this passage in Rollo May’s book, My Quest For Beauty, I wanted to share it: “Artists are the ones who are particularly sensitive to experiencing scenes in new forms. They have the capacity to look at a … Continue reading →

Peace Peace flows into meAs the tide to the pool by the shore;It is mine forevermore,It will not ebb like the sea. I am the pool of blueThat worships the vivid sky;My hopes were heaven high,They are all fulfilled in … Continue reading →

“Hopefulness must spring, he decided, from literature and the profession of poetry. Authors only write. So, to be fair about it, they have an obligation to profess hopefulness, in return for their write to live and write. The poet must … Continue reading →

When you get into a tight space and everything goes against you…never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to … Continue reading →

The greatest danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.”   Alfred Adler “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I … Continue reading →