Nothing is so strong as gentleness…
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.” –Ralph W. Sockman Some delicious red velvet cupcakes my husband baked – nothing beats a cream cheese frosting! I almost posted a photo of bacon as well – bacon and cupcakes – this gives an indicator of the bad things I crave […]
All the way to the end
“Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.” Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), German poet. Letter, June 24, 1907, to his wife. Rilke’s Letters on Cézanne (1952, trans. 1985). Thoughts of the new year […]
Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso…
“Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso.”(Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick) -Proverb
Making optimism a way of life…
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself” –Lucille Ball
And I think very fondly of food…
“The Clean Plater” by Ogden Nash Some singers sing of ladies’ eyes, And some of ladies lips, Refined ones praise their ladylike ways, And course ones hymn their hips. The Oxford Book of English Verse Is lush with lyrics tender; A poet, I guess, is more or less Preoccupied with gender. Yet I, though […]
It’s the fire in my eyes…
“Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl […]
With sweetness just as rare…
“I’ll Look Around” by Billie Holiday I’ll look around Until I’ve found someone Who laughs like you I know somewhere Spring must fill the air With sweetness just as rare As the flower That you gave me to wear I look around And when I’ve found someone Who laughs like you I’ll know […]
We dare be brave…
“Touched by an Angel” – Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. […]
Favorite things…
I love this sushi roll – it’s tuna with a spicy mayo and panko bread crumbs on the outside. I dream of and crave this roll on a regular basis. Felt like a good thing to post on a friday. It’s always the little pleasures that make a life. Happy Weekend!
Sings the tune without the words…
Hope’ is the thing with feathers”- by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers– That perches in the soul– And sings the tune without the words– And never stops–at all– And sweetest–in the Gale–is heard– And sore must be the storm– That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm– […]