It's All In The Attitude

"Live on the edge of the miraculous!" Henry Miller

Song of the day: Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf

Photo: San Miguel and Cancun - Photoshop

A Dork For All Seasons

"Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for." Lawrence Block

I confess! I confess! There are periods of time when I become addicted to Home and Garden TV. Many years ago, during such a phase, I became enamored with gazing balls. Here was my problem: I could not justify spending good money on delicate glass yard art which, with my tendency towards benign neglect, would likely shatter after a few seasons. As luck would have it, during the summer of my gazing ball obsession, I happened upon a yard sale where I found a wonderful yellow and orange swirled bowling ball. It was the right shape and the right size; it possessed the right degree of durability; and, best of all, it was the right price: 50 cents! Over the years I have found (or have been gifted) a dozen brightly colored bowling balls which have all found a place in my little garden. On snowy days like today, when all the rest of my world seems dreary and colorless, I look at my garden and my spirits brighten. Still, I cannot help but wonder: were the bowling balls a stroke of genius or an episode of delusional madness?

Song of the day: Looking Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Photos: My back yard

Le'chayim

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." Mark Twain

Song of the day: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright

Photo: Corel Painter and Photoshop

Voices of the Mountains

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees. I can go everywhere with a good feeling." Geronimo

Song of the Day: Colors of the Wind by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Photo: Mayan Woman, Mercado 28, Cancun

Sunrise Sunset

"Every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends." Ronald Reagan


"The most beautiful days come completely by chance." Javan



"How beautful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward." Spanish Proverb



"Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

"One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever. One knows it sometimes when one gets up at the tender solemn dawn-time and goes out and stands alone and throws one's head far back and looks up and up and watches the pale sky slowly changing and flushing and marvelous unknown things happening until the East almost makes one cry out and one's heart stands still at the strange unchanging majesty of the rising of the sun -- which has been happening every morning for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. One knows it then... for a moment or so..." Frances Burnett

Song of the day: Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens

Photographs: Cancun