Why I Bother
Why I Bother “ Every calling is great when greatly pursued.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Why do I bother? I've asked myself t...
Why I Bother “ Every calling is great when greatly pursued.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Why do I bother? I've asked myself t...
Not For the Money “ The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Pablo Picasso “So how much do you...
A Door Cracks Open “ Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.” Alexan...
Caregiving and Responsibility “ You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln My m...
Storytelling “ Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the...
Still Missing Her “ We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less becaus...
Humour “ Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn’t. A sense of humour was provided to console him for...
Fallibility “ Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up aga...
The Brink of Freedom: A Review by Linda Roger I am away this weekend at a retreat, so I asked author, Linda Roger, if I coul...
Community “ We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.” Dorothy Day, activist I...
Giving “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.” Khalil Gibran __ A journalist frie...
Reconciliation “When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil...
After Light By Catherine Hunter “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” John Milton __ A friend of mine...
Beginnings – Part 2 “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca Last week you saw the trailer fo...
Thanks Again for Another Incredible Festival “ Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone. ” Gertrude Stein This morning af...
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan “ Summer grasses/All that remains/of soldiers’ dreams. ” Matsuo Bash? ...
Facebook “ The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skilful pilots gain their reputation from storms and...
False Words “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” Socrates __ I don’t watch a ...
Reverence “ Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.” Plato __Several years ago I tr...
Summer Time Reading Recommendations – Part 2 “Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to t...
Summer Time Reading Recommendations – Part 1 “Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” Theophrastus It seems to me...
There Are No Thieves In Greece “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when me...
Greek Voices “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” Oscar Wilde Greece is in the news again, on the brink...
Bad Behaviour “Opportunity is missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas A Edison My siblings ...