Miscellaneous

For some reason this morning I began to reminisce about my paternal grandmother’s face. With a grimace on…

“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”  …

According to Koren,* the Japanese people who created the philosophy of wabi-sabi didn’t trust nature; they learned from it. From…

“Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree, but it is like…

Have you found yourself silently entreating the wind to go easy on the beautiful fall leaves? Do you…

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”*Upon first reading…

As we learned from Rilke midweek, you can find beauty and meaning anywhere.Finding beauty and meaning everywhere is…

“If your daily life seems of no account, don’t blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet…

Yesterday I spotted a stout man wearing a chainsaw in the backyard. Right before my eyes, without ceremony,…

“One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.”*I agree with Sandburg. As an introvert,…