Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life . Oscar Wilde If you think about it, we are the artists of our own lives and what we present is individual to only us. The portrait we paint of ourselves is a composite of every aspect of our lives. The clothes we wear, what we…

It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. Lewis CarrollAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland  Weren’t we all, different people then. We are the sum total of what we’ve experienced through the years. If I think back forty years or even twenty, I’m not the same person I was then.…

There’s no place like home. L. Frank BraumThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz Home is my favorite place. I’ve worked to create a space where I want to be. I cannot envision having a job were I traveled all the time. Given a choice, I’m sure I would not last long. You’ve heard the quote,“Home is…

Keep Calm and Carry On Motivational poster by the British government 1939 Keep calm and carry on, is often easier said than done. Whether it’s a verbal confrontation, a personal dilemma or a reaction to the crisis we face in our country, it’s easy to let our emotions get the better of us. The desire…

Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely place. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. Ronald Dahl A few years ago, I put a chair and reading lamp next to a window in the bedroom. The window…

You have brains in your head. You have feet in you shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where you to go. Dr. Suess The Oxford Dictionary defines synchronicity as, the simultaneous occurrence of events which…

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C.S. Lewis Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are past I’m ready for spring. I would like to wake up on January second and see bulbs beginning to sprout and the lawn showing patches of green. No, I am…

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. Maya Angelou Until next year, with best wishes for the Holidays.

There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance. Dodinsky  It seems like a million years ago that I would receive long letters from my mother and grandmother. Even then, I wasn’t as committed to timely replies as they were. Still, I miss those letters. Communication, today, has…