"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." 

~Happy Birthday, Susan B. Anthony!

Happy Heart Day!

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.  

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939

I'm not a fan of this manipulative commercial guilt driven holiday.  If you love someone, tell them everyday.

Instead of romance how about we "love" everyone, or if "love" is too hard, lets just not hate.

Give a thought to your heart as well... February is Heart Health Month.  Get off the couch, get off the internet, go out and do something health for your heart! ... and while you're at it - Eat a vegetable or two.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

      ~Thomas Alva Edison

Happy 2012.

Gott Nytt År
Feliz Año Nuevo
Godt Nytår
Bonne Année
Glückliches Neues Jahr
Athbhliain Shona
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda


However you say it...


May the best you have ever seen be the worst you will ever see.
May the mouse never leave your grain store with a tear drop in its eye.
May you always stay hale and hearty until you are old enough to die.
May you still be as happy as I always wish you to be.

May the hill rise behind you,
And may the mountain be always over the crest;
And may the God that you believe in
Hold you in the palm of his hand.

“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.”

—	Eve Ensler

Got this from George Takei's FB... I love it!

Instead of watching TV...

You know what you should do? Take photos of friends with their face squished against glass. Then assign the pictures to your phone contacts; it'll look like they're trapped inside your phone... just a thought.

Lest you think I have original thoughts, I confess to having stolen this from someone on Twitter ... or Tumblr... or somewhere.

Magic

“I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don’t want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”

~ Charles de Lint

art credit: "Light Flurries", R. Gonsalves

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

~Madame Marie Curie

Drove to Bethesda, drove home.
Saw relatives. Ate too much.

Cold dreary single-digit weather.
I love it.

Today is October 1 - first day of my favourite month.
Two holidays - one month.

10 days until my accounting test.
14 days until I need to have completed an 1812-style ball gown.


photo credit: unknown
If it's yours let me know I'd love to give you credit and send readers to your gallery.

Food for Thought

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Sarah Williams
from "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil" in Best Loved Poems of the American People

I love this...
I put it here, there, and everywhere more for me than for you gentle readers.
Hopefully you enjoy it too.

If it was only this easy.

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.

The i-Tit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup & speaker size. This is considered a major social breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them....

QED
Problem solved.

Food for Thought

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities also has the power to make you commit atrocities.

~Voltaire

Something to think about as our politicians and religious leaders spout rhetoric and propaganda

just cuz...

Looking behind I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward I am filled with vision. Looking upwards I am filled with strength. Looking within I discover peace.

Quero Apache Prayer

Made of ALL of the WIN!

to help your Monday...

Food for Thought

Put very simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we stop and listen.

Reboot! Reboot!

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Installation failed. Please try again. 

404 error: Season not found. Season "Spring" cannot be located. The season you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.

we are not amused.

it is snowing

Do yourself a favour and watch this

Caution: Don't try drinking or eating anything while viewing.

May NOT be suitable for small children, bosses, pastors and the like