"Quotations" Blogs & Blog Posts

 Snow has fallen for two days, at times lightly, at times heavily, with fat flakes that splat against the window. I don't know the official accumulation, but in our garden there is at least 12 inches. Children (including our grands) are ecstatic...

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful,for beauty is God's handwriting.Ralph Waldo EmersonOutside my window this morning the rain drips down. I see delicate translucent beads hanging from each branch of the bare maple tree. The street...

“I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit,” says Eat Pray Love memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert. If you need a motto to put up on a Post-it note and keep you...

"May and June. Soft syllables, gentle names for the two best months in the garden year: cool misty mornings gently burned away with a warming spring sun, followed by breezy afternoons and chilly nights." Peter Loewer9 pm. Light lingers long. This eve...

Last night we moved the clocks back to Standard Time. As I write, it's nearing 5 pm and darkness begins to cloak the landscape. Trees toss their branches, littering streets and gardens with leaves in golden shades. Soon we'll close the curtains and w...

Got your life jacket (aka personal flotation device, or PFD)? One of the best parts of a boating vacation is time to read. Long hours bobbing gently on the water, lost in another world, with periodic times of looking up to admire the scenery. I...

Rom 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”FAITH“When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going...