Monthly Archives: July 2024

“There is a sacred calling on your life, and the question is: Will you spend your life flittering and fluttering about, or take the time and really heed that call and create your own path to your highest good?… You … Continue reading →

“Miracles surround us on every hand: Life itself is the miracle of miracles.” George Bernard Shaw Having celebrated our boy George’s birthday on July 26 with a post (“Shaw Shines”), I thought I’d add the quote above to his words … Continue reading →

“Accidents” with fruitful outcomes abound in the world of science: Vulcanized rubber was discovered by accident by Goodyear. So was the electric current by Galvani. So was practical photography by Daguerre. So was penicillin by Fleming. And so was America … Continue reading →

The UnicornRainer Maria Rilke The saintly hermit, midway through his prayersstopped suddenly, and raised his eyes to witnessthe unbelievable: for there before him stoodthe legendary creature, startling white, thathad approached, soundlessly, pleading with his eyes. The legs, so delicately shaped, … Continue reading →

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw Today, July 26, is the great Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw’s birthday. He was born in 1856 and died in 1950–what a lifespan! Some of his words … Continue reading →

“Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.”   Julie Andrews “Discipline is the bridge between goal and accomplishment.”    Jim Rohn “The pain of discipline weighs ounces; … Continue reading →

“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at at time, but we must keep on stepping.” Chinese proverb One step at a time. One word, one phrase, one sentence. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that … Continue reading →

“My task, which I am trying to achieve, is, by the power of thewritten word to make you hear, to make you feel — it is before all,to make you see. That — and no more, and it is everything.”Joseph … Continue reading →

From “An Afternoon with Hemingway,” by Edward Stanford: “When you write,” he [Hemingway] said, “Your object is to convey every sensation, sight, feeling, emotion to the reader. So you have to work over what you write. If you use a … Continue reading →

As children bid the guest good-night,And then reluctant turn,My flowers raise their pretty lips,Then put their nightgowns on. As children caper when they wake,Merry that it is morn,My flowers from a hundred cribsWill peep, and prance again. Emily Dickinson