And I Still Don't Know

When I saw this shirt I thought of how Cynthesis said we're sometimes enigmas to ourselves.

But You Have to Want It Enough to Work at It

You can have peace of mind, improved health and an ever-increasing flow of energy. Life can be full of joy and satisfaction.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Approaching a Friend's Door

I feel joy when I approach my dear friend's door. This house belonged to her grannie, and she grew up here. We don't need to talk much, just catch up on grandkids and family news, then lapse into comfortable, companionable silence. Approaching her door fills me with a quiet, deep happiness, just knowing she is on the other side.

Letting Go

We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go.
For holding on comes easily--we do not need to learn it.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Coming Home

"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow."

-- Lin Yutang

Adaptability

Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
--Old Proverb


They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
--Francis Bacon

hope

there were baby birds in this nest, robins perhaps. not wanting to get too close, hoping they've survived several nasty storms, hoping they'll be flying around by the time we return.


Hope is the dream of the waking man.
-- Aristotle

The Wolverine

Here is a page from an old turn of the century natural history text book.

Today's theme is shoes, and so I choose *Wolverine made in USA workboots as my footwear of choice. Wolverine supports the Wolverine Foundation, a wildlife group.






* Not all Wolverine products are made in USA so check if you are boycotting China.