"We have very busy lives--or we make them very busy. There is noise and activity everywhere. Few people know how to be still and find a quiet place within themselves. From that place of silence and stillness the creative forces emerge. There we find faith, hope, strength, and wisdom. Since childhood, however, we are taught to do things. Our heads are full of noise. Silence and solitude scare most of us."
Under the Umbrian Sun
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Wow it’s been a while! Sorry about that, lots of work to do. But that also
leads to lots to catch you up on.
For my 21st birthday, after a night out on th...
Poem: Pull Up a Chair
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Pull Up a Chair I just need to sit with a poem Standing tires us both
Jumping demands such stamina Whirling distracts us from the task When we
sit, we can ...
Smithsonian Intern
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Upon her return from Rome, Sarah got an internship at the Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery. Her supervisor was Amy Henderson, author of Red
Hot and ...
one potato, two potato...
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...three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, please please no more!!!
I just dug up less than a tenth of the potatoes. About 12 times this still
in the ...
For People Who Just Got a Worm Farm for Christmas
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First, here is the first of a fabulously corny set of videos from the Happy
D Ranch (whoever they are.) It's very useful, especially if you watch the
wh...