Category Archives: note to self
From the Quote Box
Life isn’t long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. … Continue reading
Thank you
After reading yesterday about pal Sandy’s close encounter with a truck, I am particularly thankful for the hay truck who took the corner at 66 and rte 13 too shallow and too fast giving me moments of waiting for my … Continue reading
AFP and From the Quote Box
I’m listening to Amanda Palmer’s The Art of Asking (audiobook, author narrated) and it’s had me laughing and crying for many hours of commuting now. Today on the way home she was talking about non-successful crowdfunding projects. You can’t really … Continue reading
Duty and purpose – for the quote box
There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it. — Mary Lyon Via The Writers Almanac, re Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
Day off. Off day
I now have a cool strip of LED lights illuminating my rear license plate. For another $199 I could have had tinted glass, thanks but maybe another day. Sometimes the answer to problem A isn’t solution A. Rather than replacing … Continue reading
