Aging with Grace

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and appear to be what we wish to be —and thus the world is composed of actors. Francois La Rochefoucauld I am not sure if we all appear what we wish to be. I think some of us appear as what we are, unable to […]

If we don’t care about our past, we cannot hope for the future … Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis The Eisenhower Chapel has built in 1941 and was completed  just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. 0ne of four nondenominational military chapels built on the former Lowry Air Force Base, it is listed on the National Register […]

When spying a dragonfly dancing on air, your guardian angle is hovering near. Richard Doyle In Native America,  the dragonfly is often viewed as the soul or spirit of a deceased love one who has come back to see them. I was drawn to a little, silver, dragonfly, sculpture while shopping with a friend. She […]

A room without books is like a body without a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero I recently came across the French word, bibliotheque (library). In a home, a library is not the same as shelves of books. One might see shelves as simply a place to store books. They become a library when they reflect who […]

… And all at once summer collapsed into fall. Oscar Wilde Suddenly, the calendar has sped forward to August. The hot days at the beginning of the month will suddenly cool and slide into the evening chill of autumn. Although, it’s still officially summer, our minds begin to shift to thoughts of our favorite sweater, […]

Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. They’re all that remains of us. John Birmingham Words matter. We’ve heard this before, however it might be worth taking another look at. It’s so easy, in a time of excitement or anger, to say something we later regret. There are lines from the Norah […]

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant to be your own person, to be independent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg My grandmother was a grand lady. She was a liberal Republican. Yes, Virginia, long, long ago where was such a thing. When I’m faced with a decision, I remember her advice. […]

We spend the first half of our lives accumulating things and the last half giving them away. Author Unknown Several years go, as I was moving into a smaller living space, I rented storage for things I thought I should keep. After a year, I realized I hadn’t looked at or needed anything I was paying […]

I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations. Beatrix Potter When I read this quote, I thought about something different. I did not grow up with my French heritage as an influence in my life. My parents were divorced when I was very young. I did not spend any time with […]

It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The above was often quoted by my Grandmother in regard  to buying, absolutely, anything.  She believed I should buy the best that I could afford. Her reasoning was that, over time, it made more sense to have something that would last than to spend […]