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January 19, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” ~ Albert Einstein Maybe a book and a cup of tea too? I need far less than I think I do in order to live a fulfilled life. Contentment and gratitude: these are things that […]
January 17, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell This has been a difficult lesson for me to learn in my life. I’m a planner, an organizer, the antithesis of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants person. I like to visualize the outcome, plan […]
January 16, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
“There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin.” ~ Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon After an unsettled weekend, equilibrium has been restored. We begin again. My desk is a mess with papers and books and binders so tidying up will be the first task I tackle this morning. I once resolved […]
January 15, 2017
Sunday, January 15, 2017
“Everything’s going along as usual and then all shit breaks loose.” ~ Joan Didion (Please pardon the language in today’s quote. It’s just so fitting for what happened yesterday that I couldn’t resist using it.) Yesterday morning I was sitting in bed sipping coffee and working on my daily blog post. It was almost finished […]
January 13, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ~ Albert Camus The weather gurus said it is supposed to start warming up today. It’s currently -20C so we’ll see. This week has been horribly cold–but sunny, so that does make it easier to bear. (Says she who […]
January 12, 2017
Thursday, January 12, 2017
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew The bone-chilling cold has returned but I’m still proclaiming the month of January to be one of my favourites of the year. Yesterday, […]
January 11, 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea The image of an empty chair is to me, at the same time, both melancholy and comforting. It brings to mind people I wish I could sit and visit with but who are […]
January 10, 2017
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
“Look not out, but within . . . Remember it is a still voice that speaks to us in this day, and that it is not to be heard in the noises and hurries of the mind; but it is distinctly understood in a retired frame.” ~ William Penn Some things . . . A […]
January 9, 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017
“True silence is the rest of the mind; and is to the spirit, what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” ~ William Penn I read something the other day that made me realize that there is never really silence in my world. It’s relative. As now the ticking of the furnace as it […]
January 8, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
“We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies.” ~Shirley Abbott A restless night; awake too often with this skin issue. If I were a napping person I’d […]
