Realizing Zen

Everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowing. ~ Harper Lee - - - - - This sign is the opposite of Hotel California. You can never ...

One person's car is another person's scenery. ~ Jonathan Ive - - - - - I love driving around and taking photos of things I see. Is i...

The proper place to eat lobster... is in a lobster shack as close to the sea as possible. There is no menu card because there is nothing els...

The past is never where you think you left it. ~ Katherine Anne Porter - - - - - Dec 11, 2012 Dad sent an email about his cancer saying he c...

The Artist was an observer, he couldn't bear to be observed. The world always gets those mixed up. ~ Fredrik Backman - - - - - When you ...

Everything she owned was either unbreakable or broken. ~ Barbara Kingsolver - - - - -        Did you ever break something of your mom's ...

When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up. ~ Jodi Picoult - - - - - One week I sent my friend...

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. ~ John Burroughs - - - - - Sometimes you nee...

It is good people who make good places. ~ Anna Sewell - - - - - Good dogs make good places, too.   

The true art of memory is the art of attention. ~ Samuel Johnson - - - - - I don't know what dog memories look like.  (pause) That's...

(Photo by someone with my dad's camera) It isn't what they say about you, but what they whisper. ~ Errol Flynn - - - - - When Doris ...

It is strange how people seem to belong to places - especially to places where they were not born... ~ Christopher Isherwood - - - - - I kee...

I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. ~ Isabelle Allende - - - - - Once upon a time I had a work meeting that I was ...

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drive of the culture. ~ Susan Orlean...

Even kids who were mean to me at school had to be nice to me at church. Or at least not as mean as they were at school.  ~ Jeff Hiller - - -...

Be open to new ideas and experiences...  You never know when a new door will open to take you on the journey of your dreams. ~ Ketanji Brown...

All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving toward them. ~ Viola Davis - - - - - If you ride a bike made of dreams, you a...

There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami.  Someone needs to tell the turkey, "Man, just be yourself." ~ Mitch Hedbe...

You cannot soar with the eagle when you hang with the turkeys.  ~ Apparently Everyone is Quoted as Having Said This - - - - -   What the hel...

Fools want to share their poison, but wise people prefer water. ~ Maxime Legace - - - - - While not generally a proponent of selfishness, I ...

(Photo by Richard Boettcher) Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days... ~ The Judds - - - - - This is my Grampa Boettcher and my cousin...

  All dreamers in the world are dizzy in the noodle. ~ Edie Adams - - - - - I heard someone talking one time about how we are programmed to ...

The delicate blooms of a white water lily represent the essence of rebirth and renewal, promising a fresh start and revival to weary souls. ...

To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. ~ Anatole France - - - - - The dreaming an...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea. That is the sky. ~ Victor Hugo - - - - - This is a photo of a small pond, not the sea. But Vict...

"So is God evil?" a friend asked Kafka.  "Not at all," Kafka said. "He just has bad moods." ~ Judith Shulevitz...

In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit! ~ Bridgit Mend...

Life is ruled by fortune not wisdom. ~ Theophrastus, The Father of Botany - - - - - From November 17, 2009 Dad and Mom: Have a question. The...

I find the lure of the unknown irresistible. ~ Sylvia Earle - - - - - If invited, I shall choose not to attend the potlurk. Everyone just ha...

Discourse is fleeting, but junk mail lasts forever. ~ Joe Bob Briggs - - - - - When people die and you have their mail forwarded to you, you...

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ~ Anatole France - - - - - Lily goes to the dog park to see peopl...

You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.  ~ Mandy Hale - - - - - If you ar...

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ~ Pauline Phillips (Abigail Van Buren) - - - - - When you live in a college tow...

 A single rose can be my garden... A single friend, my world. ~ Leo Buscaglia - - - - -  This is a beautiful idea if the friendship is recip...

Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant. ~ Alexandra Ripley - - - - - - Books... they're GRRRREAAAT!  

Gone but also forgotten.  

Isn't that the point of social media? To make everyone feel bad? ~ Liane Moriarty - - - - - Social media can be very problematic and eve...

Life has no remote. Get up and change it for yourself. ~ Mark A. Cooper - - - - - If life DID have a remote, I wonder how many of you would...

(photo by Richard Boettcher) I want to stand as close to the ends as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of thin...

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a d...

Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill - - - - - Just remember that both...

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it, but don't swallow it. ~ Hanke Ketcham - - - - - They say dogs shouldn't chew bubblegum. They...

Whether we like it or not, we all come from someplace. And at some point in our lives, we have to make peace with that place. ~ Jeffrey Ste...

They say that those who can't do, teach, so maybe I could teach acting to kids and sit backward in a chair like Michelle Pfeiffer in Dan...

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never do...

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves. ~ Laurie Halse Anderson - - - - - How do you throw out a g...

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ~ Eden Philpotts - - - - -  The word magic originated...

Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success. ~ Richard Carlson - - - - - Reflection isn't popular because it ...

Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the wo...