“It is easier to have a good attitude when one is well fed.” Unknown I posted a discussion last month about whether attitude is learnable or is inherited. See Here It probably a little of both but...Read More
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” Milton Berle The garland was made in Nepal from New Zealand wool. It is the first product made in Nepal I have ever seen and shows how the global ec...Read More
“The keys to happiness are high hopes and low expectations.” This maxim has been revised many times over the 20 years or so I have been writing this blog. I like this new version and I lik...Read More
“Nothing worth having is easy” Theodore Roosevelt Photo is from Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona. It is a slot canyon with beautiful sandstone formations that is well run by the Navaho. Tom, my ...Read More
“Even if you don’t like the messenger it doesn’t mean the message is wrong.” Jim Geraghty NR Photo is of a painting in the Silver Oak winery tasting room in Healdsburg, CA....Read More
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” R.L. Stevenson Photo is of an ad postcard I received last month. Robert Willan has almost no presence on the inter...Read More
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” William Arthur Ward The photo was taken in Chesapeake Bay in July of 2022 from aboard Ad...Read More
“Anything is edible if you’re brave enough.” Variously Attributed (I heard it from Anthony R.) In one day on the Illinois River we counted 19 Bald Eagles. It is more proof that we are tr...Read More