Cathy Burnham Martin's Blog, page 13
June 20, 2025
Happy Summer Solstice!
The longest day of the year is upon us!
Live every blessed minute of it.
June 16, 2025
No Winners
“People rarely win wars; governments rarely lose them.”
— Arundhati Roy (1961 – )
Indian author & activist
June 15, 2025
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all you Papas out there!
“Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”
— Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
United States General of the Army
June 14, 2025
Light It Up!
“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
— Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)
American writer & designer
June 11, 2025
Friendship Rises Above It All
“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622)
Savoyard Catholic prelate
June 10, 2025
Determination
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.”
— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American statesman
16th President 1861-65
Assassinated following the Civil War
June 9, 2025
Opening Eyes
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
— Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917)
French Impressionist artist
June 8, 2025
Live Boldly
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
— Annie Dillard (1945 – )
American Pulitzer Prize-winning author
June 7, 2025
Ability
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”
— Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)
American writer, publisher, & philosopher
Editor & founder of Roycroft Press
June 6, 2025
Ups & Downs & All-Arounds
June 6th is an annual date on which we salute one of the world’s oldest and most enduring toys. Not to “string” you along, the yo-yo is iconic.
