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Jousting Windmills Won’t Get Anyone Fed
“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape their consequences. My actions are the ground on which I stand.” – Buddha… More.
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A Garden
First, I wanted to say flowers: Poppies and Lilies, Roses and Foxgloves. Then, I wanted to say birds: Pigeons and Larks, Robins and… More.
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When We Can’t Smell The Roses
Stop and smell the roses. Count your blessings. Start a gratitude journal. Great ideas. But they’re a bit vague and presuppose that we… More.
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Call Me…
Incontinentia Oris Because well, the smiles and my tombstone could read ‘ Here lies Incontinentia Oris. Words never failed her.’ More.
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A Good Morning
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”― Alexander Den Heijer Do not say, ‘It is… More.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary Lennox in that large house on the moors was one of my best friends. Secret rooms, mysterious locked away gardens, and misty… More.
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We Are All Strangers Somewhere
In 1989 I was handed a clipboard, on it was a red cover sheet emblazoned with the word “SECRET”. The Sgt at the… More.
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Assimilate
I don’t know that I’ve overcome any fears. My fears have become voices of reason and caution once they agreed to behave. I… More.
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Gift Horses
“Noli equi dentes inspicere donati,” – St Jerome 400 CE (AD) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth – common saying “You… More.
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Pauper Papers
. “Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor… More.