Inspiration
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Past is Present
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice While cleaning out some files, I ran across a few old photos I hadn’t looked at in years. It sent me into a time portal. Once again seeing people and places…
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Grace
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet Grace must still look so. Macbeth, William Shakespeare How things appear and how they actually are can vary greatly. During a recent luncheon, the subject of my blog came up. When I offered the title, the…
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Moments
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. Rose Kennedy I have always been a Jackie Kennedy fan and I still have a collection of books about her dating back to the 1970’s. I admire her intelligence, grace and style. Like all of us she was flawed and that made me like her even more.…
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Hope
This new day is too dear, with it’s hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson The view from my window is desolate. January brought extremely cold weather. I looked forward to warmer temperatures this week. When I put on a lighter coat to take the dog for a walk the…
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My Shadow
I have a little shadow that comes and goes with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Lewis Stevenson’s shadow seems harmless enough. A shadow can be something more complex as in, The Shadows of the Past”, the second chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The…
Aging with Grace 