watching bees
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.”– Louisa May Alcott About Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott, the beloved American author, is best known for her semiautobiographical novel, Little Women, which […]
“Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’”– Pearl S. Buck About Pearl S. Buck Prolific American author Pearl S. Buck is best known for her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, which depicted peasant life in China; the book, published by […]
“Choices are the hinges of destiny.”– Pythagoras About Pythagoras Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, called the Father of Numbers, is best known for developing the Pythagorean Theorem. He was born on the Greek island of Samos in 570 BC and moved to Italy, where he founded a religious school preaching vegetarianism and reincarnation. He believed that […]
Today’s Bloom
“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.”– Edgar Watson Howe About Edgar Watson Howe Pithy American newspaperman Edgar Watson Howe was known as the “Sage of Potato Hill.” He was born in Indiana in 1853. He learned the printing trade at his father’s shop. He left home at age 14 and […]
Today’s blooms
“Instinct is the nose of the mind.”– Delphine Gay de Girardin About Delphine Gay de Girardin French writer Delphine Gay de Girardin was equally well known for her patriotic poetry and for the brilliant literary gatherings at her home. She was born in France on January 24, 1804; her mother was the well-known author Sophie Gay. […]
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” Cindy Ross Photo by Cynthia Freese Mount Rainier,Washington
Wandering
I enjoy sharing some of my photos and favorite quotes as much as I enjoy my wanderings in the woods. Today I am sharing two quotes as I could not decide between them. “We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.”– Henry David Thoreau I am happy […]
All the art of living lies in the fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”–Plutarch, the Greek historian who penned more than 46 anecdote-laced biographies of famous Greek and Roman figures in his Parallel Lives series of books, was more interested in exploring the influence of character on a man’s personal destiny than in writing dry histories. […]
When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we’re dreaming with others it’s the beginning of reality.