Anger
"Getting angry is a weakness." Adapted from a Marcus Aurelius quote in The Daily Stoic by Holiday and...
The New
"Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside." Alexander Pope English Poet...
Book Read: The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain By Wallace Stegner Stegner's prose are beautiful. He paints word pictures that are so...
Words Seldom Seen: Temporal
Temporal Adjective: Related to worldly as opposed to religious or eternal affairs. Example: He is interested in...
Glass Blowing
On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I...
WWIT about Brexit
Brexit is a Portmanteau of British and Exit and it explains it all. The UK voted to leave the EU and the decision is...
A Wish
May you always have LOVE to share, HEALTH to spare and FRIENDS that care! A salutation from a Postcrossing...
I Can Work With That.
Late in his life Teddy Roosevelt was told by his doctor that he might never walk again. He may have to get used to...
Manners
"Manners are the lubricant that keeps a society running." Edith Wharton American...
Book Read: Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now By Steven Pinker This is one of my favorite books from this summers reading. Pinker sees the flow...
