Month: May 2024

***** “You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world. There’s never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be again. Only you.” Fred Rogers ***** ***** “There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can…

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”  Audrey Hepburn ******* ******* A garden is a grand teacher.  It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” Gertrude Jekyll ******* ******* There are never any gardening mistakes, only experiments.  (unknown) ******* ******* “Everything that slows us…

This has been a confusing spring. Wildly swinging temperatures disconcert not only the gardener, but the garden. Spring bulbs bloomed early with the warmth, then kept on blooming as the temperatures dropped again. I started to do some clean up, only to be driven back in by cold and wind and rain and snow flurries….

Most everyone has heard this quote. Always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. A. A. Milne Be strong and brave,all of you who are waiting for the Lord’s help.Psalm 31:24 ERV ******* But how about this one? Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to…

He restoreth my soul, Psalm 23:3a KJV ******** It was a cold, gray, rainy Thursday. I felt cold and gray, too. The past few weeks had been full of purpose, and I discovered that I had the strength to do whatever the day would bring. It wasn’t my strength. I knew that. But it was…

The term “ordinary” can refer to: ******** The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. Thomas Moore ******** Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God’s love: your home, your work, the clothes you wear, the air you breathe,…

God is real. God is here now. God is this moment revealed. For the most part, we are lost in the past and future world of the mind. To experience the living Presence of God in all things present, we will have come to where God is. We will have to become fully present. Otherwise,…

You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty…

Aunt Beth’s Celebration of Life was Sunday. She would have loved it. My contribution was picture memory boards, so I took her photo albums home and spent the last week combing through them, scanning, tweaking, printing, pasting. I am always happiest when I have a creative project. Aunt Beth was a member of the Unitarian…

This is a comic strip I clipped and saved years ago. Yet it is as true today as it was back then. ***** Mr. Boffo by Joe Martin TGIF, everyone!