Monthly Archives: May, 2024
Capture a moment
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” ― Karl Lagerfeld Looking back over years of photographs, especially if your collection (like mine) numbers in the tens of thousands, we find countless moments that we otherwise would not remember. Yet these tiny bits of time are what …
Look up
“A good name for God is: “Not me.” Emerson said that the happiest person on Earth is the one who learns from nature the lessons of worship. So go outside a lot and look up.” — Anne Lamott This is another new post. No time to write much, but I wanted to share this quote …
The whole world, 2017
“If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.” — Henry Bickersteth, Lord Langdale (2024 update: this is the 2017 revision of a post that will had appeared here twice before. I hope the text is as timeless as my enduring gratitude for …
Two parents who love
“If you have two parents who love you? You have won life’s Lotto.” — Augusten Burroughs As promised (or perhaps I should say threatened) I am posting something entirely new, though its theme has been found at this site again and again. I am approaching the seventh anniversary of my Mama’s death, so I decided …
Too much rain
If anyone asks you how I am Just say I’m doin’ fine. If you will do that for me, I’ll do the same for you sometime. And if anyone asks you where I’ve gone Just say I’m down the line. I don’t want my friends to see me like this. Maybe some other time. Too …
Defeat Despair 