Switch

When did the future switch from
being a promise to
being a threat?
~Chuck Palahniuk~

Cats

Cats are cool. 

They have style, personality, sophistication, and just the right amount of confidence. 

~ Michael Bolton~

Ride

Ride the energy of your own unique spirit.
~ Gabrielle Roth~

Whackadoodle

I've been told what mix of breeds Aubrey is, but I know what she truly is.

She's 100% whackadoodle!

Smile

Smile - sunshine is good
for your teeth.
~Author Unknown~

History

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.  

~Pearl Buck~

Soaring

The wings of hope carry us,
soaring high above
the driving winds of life.
~Ana Jacob~

Some Day

I needed a moment of warmth today to combat the cold.

Lion

A cat is a lion
in a
jungle of small bushes.

~Indian Proverb~

Big Foot

What did you think you were going to see?

Belong

The woods were made for the hunters of dreams,
The brooks for the fishers of song;
To the hunters who hunt for the gunless game
The streams and the woods belong.

~Sam Walter Foss~

Doughnuts

Who doesn't love a good snow doughnut?

Clad with Radiance

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than
the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow.
It is the still ecstasy of nature,
wherein every spray,
every blade of grass,
every spire of reed,
every intricacy of twig,
is clad with radiance.

~ William Sharp ~

Perversity

A catless writer is almost inconceivable.  It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bit the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.

~ Barbara Holland ~    

This was the perfect quote since I pulled out the school stuff, turned around, and when I turned back, there was Big Buddy, laying on it all. 

Soft White Damn

The snow doesn't give a soft white damn
whom it touches.
~e.e. cummings~

Enjoy it Anyway!

Majesty

I am in awe of the majesty of trees. 

They are truly our rulers and our guides.

I will follow them to the end of my days.

One Thread

Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
~Chief Seattle, 1855~

Power

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center.  So does a person.  

~Norman Vincent Peale~

The Right Things

Hope begins in the dark,
the stubborn hope that if you just show up
and try to do the right thing,
the dawn will come.
~Anne Lamott~

Unique

We are each gifted in a unique and important way. 

It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.  

~Evelyn Dunbar~

One thing I love about our kids is that they find that special light inside and they shine it so brightly.  I am in awe of how awesome they are!

*Picture taken by my cellphone, not Becca's fab camera*

The Same

Happiness is an attitude.
We either make ourselves
miserable, or happy and strong.
The amount of work is the same.
~Francesca Reigler~

Vegetables

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables.  They probably get jet-lagged, just like people.
  ~Elizabeth Berry~

Morning

I arise in the morning torn between a desire
to improve the world and
a desire to enjoy the world.
This makes it hard to plan the day.
~Elwyn Brooks White~

Bow Man

You know your holidays are extra special when you are graced with

*insert theme music*

BOW MAN!

Live By Them

As we express our gratitude,
we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy~

Freedom

Oh, to be a bird and fly.

Nothing seems more beautiful.

Journey

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses,
what might not the heart of man become
in its long journey
toward the stars?
~ G.K. Chesterton ~

Live For Beauty

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!  

~Logan Pearsall Smith~

Apart

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart,
but somehow feeling warm inside
because you're close in heart.
~Kay Knudsen~

The Depths

I believe if I should die, and you were to walk near my grave, from the very depths of the earth I would hear your footsteps.  

~Benito Perez Galdos~

Happy New Year

We will open the book.
Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words on them ourselves.
The book is called Opportunity
and
its first chapter is
New Year's Day.
~Edith Lovejoy Pierce~