An adventure is, by its nature, a thing that comes to us. It is a thing that chooses us, not a thing that we choose. -- G. K. Chesterton May our year end in the presence of good company.
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A Year of Listening: Week 42
Partnership, not dependence, is the real romance in marriage. --Muriel Fox
A Year of Listening: Week 41
In the long run,we shake out lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. -- Eleanor Roosevelt My favorite tool for creating shape is a familiar pair of scissors. I would welcome a pair of scissors that could trim out clutter, … Continue reading A Year of Listening: Week 41
A Year of Listening: Week 40
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all -- that has been my religion. -- John Burroughs As a child I marveled over the shape of plants. They continue to hold me in wonder.
A Year of Listening: Week 39
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. -- Emily Dickinson I studied flower arranging as a 4-Her in my youth. Using day lilies was an introduction to wabi sabi, a term I would not learn until many years later. What is blooming today, and only today?
A Year of Listening: Week 38
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. -- Marianne Moore
A Year of Listening: Week 37
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust
A Year of Listening: Week 36
Silence is not the absence of sound. Silence allows many sounds to reach awareness that otherwise would go unheard -- the sounds of birds, water, wind, trees, frogs, insects, and chipmunks, as well as conscience, daydreams, intuitions, and wishes. -- Thomas Moore
A Week Of Listening: Week 25
Logic will get you from A to Z. Imagination will get you everywhere. -- Albert Einstein Where are you planning to go this week?
A Year of Listening: Week 31
Art does not reproduce the invisible; rather it makes it visible. -- Paul Klee