“I think that to one in sympathy with nature, each season, in turn, seems the loveliest.” ― Mark Twain Living inside a passive solar home is something like living inside a giant sundial. It’s impossible to ignore the changing of the seasons, as the sun moves into and out of the house, wrapping around to…
“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.” – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow I have officially completed another circle around the sun as of yesterday, and the weekend swept by quicker than expected, which is why this weekend’s email is late. We had arranged to have friends…
“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.” — Rachel Carson My sons and I spent part of Thursday afternoon helping…
“Perfectionism is the enemy of done. Done is better than a big pile of ‘what ifs’.” – Shannon Hennig Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy. I have this vision of how things should be done, and when I can’t meet those expectations, I stall out and make no progress. We always enough projects to last…
“Begin with the end in mind.” We went strawberry picking on Friday morning, and then processed strawberries on Friday and today. I’m so thankful the local growers are still in business, though I worry about them with the bad weather we’re have in recent years. Get my strawberry jam and preserve recipe here, along with…
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver Last week started off dealing with complaints, topped off by…
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke Isn’t it funny how on all the time travel shows, they talk about being careful with even the smallest action, because it might disrupt the timeline, yet most of us go through our days with…
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” – Earl Nightingale There were a wide range of suggestions when I asked about what…
“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”- J.R.R. Tolkien It has been my experience that most older folks have a wide array of knowledge they have gathered over the course of their lives. Too…