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For I’ve grown a little leaner, grown a little colder, grown a little sadder, grown a little older. And I need little angel sitting on my shoulder. Need a little Christmas now. Jerry Herman When I heard the song, We Need a Little Christmas, I thought about how it applied to the Holidays this year.…

Now, as we close one chapter, the pen is gradually inking up, preparing itself to write the next. Mie Hansson The autumn leaves and pumpkins decorating the mantle give way to Santa Clauses, as one season slides into the next. Halloween and Thanksgiving have sped by and we begin to look toward Christmas. Many other…

Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you’re giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism. Caroline Kennedy Tomorrow, in the United States, we are celebrating Thanksgiving. A holiday that has become about families gathering together to eat lots of food, watch football and hopefully, take a minute to be thankful for…

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickons Looking through my photos, I came across this scene from a wedding reception we attended, several years ago. Even with dark clouds threatening a downpour, we stayed dry through dinner. I thought what…

You can observe a lot just by looking. Yogi Berra My morning walk often takes me to The Reading Garden. It is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the city. The space is filled with quotes, sculptures and a tiny, free library. It offers a moment for quiet reflection. Here I am able to…

To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt. Susan Sontag Hendrik Grise was teaching commercial art classes at a small college in California when I first met him. During the heyday of fashion illustration…

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep . Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Earlier this week, we had our first snowfall of the season. As I look out the window,…

Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It’s the same with happiness, the very same…happiness doesn’t depend on how many external blessings we have snatched from life. It depends only on our attitude toward them. There’s a saying about it in Taoist ethic: “Whoever is capable of…

Tarot doesn’t predicit the future. Tarot facilitates it. Phillipe St. Genoux I have mentioned, in past blogs, my belief in synchronicity. A recent example involves Tarot. On three different occasions something relating to Tarot has been put in front of me. Through the years, I’ve learned to pay attention to these signs.  Tarot cards have…