Lifestyle
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Searching for Truth
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. Wallace Stevens My process for writing my blog post each week is always the same. I approach it as though I were a journalist. On Wednesday, I write a rough draft and the next day I polish it and post it by the Thursday deadline.…
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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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A Work in Progress
You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously. Sophia Bush I heard this Sophia Bush quote in a meditation. It confirms what we all know. Life is complicated. There are no easy answers. I’ve been reading, The Book of Joy, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu…