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A time for everything…

These pots are in the front of my house and are–in the summertime–part of my front yard victory garden. I see them everyday as I dismount my bike, and I’ve been noticing the snow getting taller and taller on them as the winter progresses. While I do find winter really lovely–even on a bike; especiallyContinue reading “A time for everything…”

A time for everything…

These pots are in the front of my house and are–in the summertime–part of my front yard victory garden. I see them everyday as I dismount my bike, and I’ve been noticing the snow getting taller and taller on them as the winter progresses. While I do find winter really lovely–even on a bike; especiallyContinue reading “A time for everything…”

Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington  April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 “The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.” “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for itContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington”

Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington  April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 “The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.” “I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” “Associate yourself with people of good quality, for itContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Booker T. Washington”

Five (or ten) Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle

Madeleine L’Engle  November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007 “A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.” “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” “Don’t try to comprehend with your mind. YourContinue reading “Five (or ten) Quotes from Madeleine L’Engle”

The (same) view from my handlebars (but six months apart) and quote that inspires me…

I likely speak for other all-weather cyclists out there when I say that this winter has been challenging on many levels. I pass this hidden little alley many times during my week and have taken multiple photos of it. Today (the bottom photo) it looked especially beautiful as I passed it so I snapped anotherContinue reading “The (same) view from my handlebars (but six months apart) and quote that inspires me…”

Five (or ten) quotes from Stephen King

Photo Credit. “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” “Get busy living or get busy dying.” “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a bookContinue reading “Five (or ten) quotes from Stephen King”

Something I saw while riding my bike today…

 So I was on my way home today when I stopped at a traffic light and was waiting. It was a really nice day out (unlike what is heading our way). Anyhow, as I was waiting I was sort of zoned out when in the back of my head I noticed all these chirping sounds.Continue reading “Something I saw while riding my bike today…”

Five or Ten Quotes from Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka…Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, Theophrastus Seuss) “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”  “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”“Only you can control your future.”“Don’t cry because it’s over, smileContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from Dr. Seuss”

Christmas…

I’ve posted this Christmas prayer/mediation by Paramahansa Yogananda for the past few Christmases. I find it so beautiful that I thought I would post it again. But the difficult part, the nearly impossible part (at least for me), is living up to it…but it’s good, I think, to have something to aspire to. Merry Christmas.Continue reading “Christmas…”

A Poem by Thich Nhat Hanh…

Please Call Me by My True NamesDon’t say that I will depart tomorrow–even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heartContinue reading “A Poem by Thich Nhat Hanh…”

Five quotes on Thankfulness…

So today is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. This is my favorite holiday because it is simply about getting together with family and having a really good meal. But, I believe and hence its name, it is a time for reflection; a time to be thankful. Personally, I know that it is so easy toContinue reading “Five quotes on Thankfulness…”

Five or Nine Quotes from Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963 “We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters.” “It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best adviceContinue reading “Five or Nine Quotes from Aldous Huxley”

Thoughts on prayer (and what it means to me)

This is the second in a series I started a little over a month ago on positive scripture (click here to read the first). But first I have to state a very short disclaimer. I’ve said this before but feel I have to say it again. My personal theology is…um, well. Scratch that. Actually IContinue reading “Thoughts on prayer (and what it means to me)”

Five or Ten Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut

Image found here. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 “To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” “I want toContinue reading “Five or Ten Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut”