Tulips and Steaming Dog Crap…

There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can. ~Nicholas...

Celebrating One of the Shapers of the World

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.  ~Kahlil Gibran~ Yesterday, I received word that a beloved teacher from high school had passed away.  Brother Slattery was one of...

Are you Living Your Life Like Punxsutawney Phil?

Can I go back to bed now?Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to...

Enjoy the Outtakes This Christmas…

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale Happy Christmas Eve my friends.  This is a magical day of anticipation.  For many of us, Christmas preparations are based on tradition, and trying...