“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” ― Robert A. Heinlein Yup…the men and dogs in our lives should really get used to the idea that in this house, women and cats will do as they please!!! Never a truer statement there was!…
January 9: Church spires
“i am a little church(no great cathedral)far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities–i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,i am not sorry when sun and rain make april my life is the life of the reaper and the sower;my prayers are prayers of earth’s own clumsily striving(finding and losing and laughing…
January 8: Winter is here (again)
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass If this…
January 7: Resolutions
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross I don’t really like to make New Year’s resolutions, because I feel I have failed when I don’t see…
January 6: Epiphany
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bill Keane The day of Epiphany is always a day of reflection for me. The official ending of the Christmas season, and the long awaited birth of the Holy Child, to the realization…