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Summer Holiday 25 May 2012 | 09:22 am
"Warm summer sun, shine kindly here; Warm southern wind, blow softly here; Green sod above, lie light, lie light - Good night, dear heart, good night, good night." - Robert Richardson's "Annette" a...
Aller à Montréal 30 Apr 2012 | 11:10 pm
"In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength." - Martha Graham My suitcase is packed, my passport in hand, and ...
Peony Love 2012 26 Apr 2012 | 02:34 am
"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life." - Jean Giraudoux Peonies - Charles Courtney Curran, 1915 Oil on canvas, private collection I can't...
The Common Thread 20 Apr 2012 | 05:18 pm
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep…" - John Keats Zoe Malinski ~ Alexandra ...
Sing On, Florence! 11 Apr 2012 | 03:30 am
"People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing." - Florence Foster Jenkins The Concert Singer - Thomas Eakins Oil on canvas, 1890-92 Do you know who Florence Jenkins was? Well, ...
A Vote That Matters 7 Apr 2012 | 04:07 am
"Art is God's gift to mankind. It raises the atmosphere from the mundane to the celestial, and lifts the thoughts and spirits of all - even those who are unaware of it." - Thalia Mara (1911-2003) Tha...
Getting the Yang of It All. 5 Apr 2012 | 08:33 am
"Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild." - Welsh proverb Well, I suppose turnabout is fair play, isn't it? It's only fair that I give a nod to my grandson on his 9th birthd...
Thank Goodness for Pixies 23 Mar 2012 | 05:38 am
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan The Seven Wishes (Illustration)--John Bauer, 1913 Pixies are described as little sprites who love the land and ....
Try a Little Tenderness 17 Mar 2012 | 07:00 am
“Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.”- Eric Hoffer Lily - Lord Frederick Leighton, Oil on canvas, Private c...
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 12 Mar 2012 | 02:46 am
" As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." - Henry David Thoreau, "Economy" Front Desk, Willard Hotel, 2012--Reya Mellicker, digital image Did you "spring ahead" last night, this morni...
