by Susan | May 16, 2020 | inspiration, poem
What makes a nation’s pillars high And its foundations strong? What makes it mighty to defy The foes that round it throng? It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand Go down in battle shock; Its shafts are laid on sinking sand, Not on abiding rock. Is it the sword? Ask...
by Susan | May 13, 2020 | birthdays, inspiration
May 13, 1944 Armistead Maupin “The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.” May 13, 1950 Stevie Wonder “If you don’t ask, you don’t...
by Susan | May 10, 2020 | inspiration, poem
I learned from my mother how to love the living, to have plenty of vases on hand in case you have to rush to the hospital with peonies cut from the lawn, black ants still stuck to the buds. I learned to save jars large enough to hold fruit salad for a whole grieving...
by Susan | May 9, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories
By Ann Helmke FOR THE EXPRESS-NEWS May 9, 2020 page A13 Who are we in the midst of COVID-19? Sometimes I find myself imagining the God’s eye view of our human movement during these surreal times. The image is daunting and more than the eye of my heart can take in...
by Susan | May 8, 2020 | birthdays, inspiration
May 8, 1592 Francis Quarles “Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.” May 8, 1970 Naomi Klein “Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn’t filled with hope, someone will fill it with...
by Susan | May 4, 2020 | inspiration, poem
The most important thing we’ve learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set — Or better still, just don’t install The idiotic thing at all. In almost every house we’ve been, We’ve...
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