The spring sun kissed my cheeks as I explored our fifteen acres after the gray, rainy days of winter. Lilies bowed their heads and wild irises rose from the forest floor. New growth was evident everywhere. As I trod deeper into the woods, the air became saturated with the odors of pine and lush earth. Here in the shadowy recesses where the sun could barely reach, I expected to see… Continue reading

Thoughts do not need the wings of words
To fly to any goal.
Like subtle lightnings, not like birds,
They speed from soul to soul.

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)… Continue reading

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.

~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter… Continue reading

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

~ Eleanora Duse… Continue reading

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it – every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

~ John D. Rockefeller III… Continue reading

One’s destination is never a place
but rather a new way of looking at things.

~ Henry Miller… Continue reading

One of life’s most fulfilling moments occurs in the split-second when the familiar is suddenly transformed into the dazzling aura of the profoundly new.

~ Edward B. Lindaman… Continue reading

Every thought is a seed.
If you plant crab apples,
don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

~ Bill Meyer… Continue reading

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.

~ Author Unknown… Continue reading

Recycle old mattresses into dogs’ beds!

Cut, and halve or quarter old mattresses (depending on the size of the dogs and the size of the mattresses). Patch the open sides. Voila! You have one or more dogs beds. Now all you have to do is cover them.

Sure beats sending those mattresses to the rubbish dump. And your dogs will love you for it. Unless they… Continue reading