Quote of the day: “When the cold comes to New England it arrives in sheets of sleet and ice. In December, the wind wraps itself around bare trees and twists in between husbands and wives asleep in their beds. It shakes the shingles from the roofs and sifts through cracks Read more…
Quote of the day: “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” ― Carl Reiner On a late December day after a cold and snow-filled December, we (Minnesotans) enjoyed a bright and sunny mild winter day. Oh, the joy of being outdoors Read more…
Quote of the day: “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are the eternity and you are the mirror.” — Kahlil Gibran Thursday I went to Monticello to see the trumpeter swans that congregate on the Mississippi River downriver from the power plant. As soon as Read more…
Quote of the day: “Which makes it ironic my favourite flower isn’t even indigenous to the British Isles, let alone Yorkshire. I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks Read more…
Quote of the day: “Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Read more…