• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Call Me…

    Incontinentia Oris Because well, the smiles and my tombstone could read ‘ Here lies Incontinentia Oris. Words never failed her.’ More.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.