Patterns
“ Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.” Julian Barnes ...
“ Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.” Julian Barnes ...
“ It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle Christmas 2019 is now in the past as is t...
“ Science is a beautiful gift to humanity. We should not distort it.” A.P.J. Abdul Kalam “They say that scientists are clos...
“ We become eternal by being held in memory’s loving arms.” Richard Wagamese Fragrances of simmering lamb, baked desserts,...
“A nd sometimes against all odds, against all logic we still hope." Unknown She was sure the kitchen table would buckle. Its...
“The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.” Homer There are many, many worthy charitable organizations ...
“ There are things known and things unknown and in between there are the doors.” Jim Morrison And if I could add to that quo...
“ There are some things one can achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.” Franz Kafka I’ve started a new proj...
“ New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” Lao Tzu During the Question and Answer period at the end of my rea...
“ This above all: to thine own self be true.” William Shakespeare I’ve begun clearing out my dad’s house, a house my parents...
“ A faithful friend is the medicine of life.” Ecclesiastes I’m home after a few weeks of being on the road. I read from my n...
“ The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.” William James My father used to say, when God came c...
“ From caring comes courage.” Lao Tzu I spent the month of September with my father in his home, the home I grew up in. His ...
A horrific betrayal sets the destiny of the Alevizopoulos family, farmers who dare to choose a side, first in the Great War o...
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Discourse “ Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is spoken as to make us think him cre...
“ Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece —just different elements of belonging and not-belonging.” Jhumpa ...
The Scar “ There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ” Aeschylus I was a probation officer. That w...
Walking and Love “ A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ” Greek Pro...
Theories “ All theory dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. ” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I ...
Definitely Lost “ Not all those who wander are lost. ” J.R.R. Tolkien “Do you ever get stressed when great grandpa asks the...
The Memory That Holds Sorrow at Bay “ A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ” Phyllis Diller We had several fam...
Still the Same Man “ When you can ’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails.” H. Jackson Brown Jr. He used to ...
Story…There is Always a Story “ Maybe that ’s what life is…a wink of the eye and winking stars.” Jack Kerouac I heard mysel...