Realizing Zen

When times are dark, build a crackling fire, and gather good people. ~ Silas House - - - - - When times are sunny, build a crackling fire an...

I love a good tree. ~ Michelle Boettcher - - - - - - What makes a good tree? I assume a seed of some sort.  

You are what you eat. ~ Victor Lindlahr - - - - - "You are what you eat," emerged from "Man is what he eats" (Ludwig And...

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some grief to even things out. ~ Lou Reed - - - - - I used another quote on another blog post ...

The American economy relies more on the con than we like to think. ~ Harlan Coben - - - - - Someone should make a show about a guy who sells...

I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals. ~ Diogenes - - - ...

What strange creatures brothers are. ~ Jane Austen - - - - - You got that right, Jane.  

The kitchen is where we deal with elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves. ~ Laura Esquivel - - -...

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.  ~ E. B. White - - - - - Not all who wonder are lost.  

To know only part of the story is to know only part of the truth, a part of the whole, a part of a word, a part of yourself. ~ Riana Rain - ...

(screen shot from the internet) But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. ~ George Orwell - - - - -  I love adora...

Peas are terrible and a joke food. ~ Annie Murphy - - - - - I bet this Lego minifigure isn't welcome at many pool parties. I won't b...

I want an opportunity to create opportunities, (Casey, 2024). - - - - - When we let go of things and give others opportunities, we are letti...

There are no secrets in life; just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface. ~ Dexter Morgan - - - - - - We keep a lot of things covered. ...

Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow) ~ Horace - - - - - I think that the original name of that one song by the group Kansas ...

Dust in the wind, All we are is dust in the wind. ~ Kerry Livgren - - - - - - If I end up being dust in the wind, I hope I don't end up ...

All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once. ~ Terry Pratchett - - - - - To learn something for this post, I googled "What p...

Call me. ~ Blondie I was watching something the other day and a person was making a call on her cell phone. When the other person answered, ...

Normal people are so hostile. ~ Dexter Morgan - - - - - When I searched my blog for something related to this quote, I tried all of the foll...

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. ~ Martha Graham - - - - - When Martha Graham said the above, she was talking about bea...

The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are about three billion to one. ~ Erma Bombeck -...

A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet. ~ American Proverb - - - - - Some friends are stranger than others.  

Leap and the net will appear. ~ John Burroughs - - - - - This was a painting in one of the places we visited one time. I really liked it and...

Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.  ~ Edvard Munch - - - - - The colors of this meal Leslie and I had in Ma...

We called him Tortoise because he taught us. ~ Lewis Carroll - - - - - We are always asking why the chicken crossed the road, but we don...

Learning never exhausts the mind. ~ Leonardo da Vinci - - - - - Yes it does.

The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic. ~ Henry Ward - - - - - If you have a job that you love, a job that feel...

The fish will be in the pool where you least imagine it to be. ~ Ovid - - - - - And it won't last long because of all the chemicals in ...

IYKYK ~ Kids These Days - - - - - "If you know you know," seems an unnecessary thing to say. Clearly if you know you know and if y...

Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely. ~ Rupert F...

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also if I am to be whole. ~ Carl Jung - - - - - I really like th...

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow. ~ Francis Bacon - - - - - I once wrote a song called, "Free S'mores for my...

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible and those who do the improbable. ~ Oscar Wilde - - - - - My kinderga...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view. ~ Horace - - - - - This was a nice rental property. Very quiet. Comfortable. However, the ...

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace. ~ Confucius - - - - - So the origin of the word "bank" comes from ...

People who love to eat are always the best people. ~ Julia Child - - - - - I saw a video that said, "Watch this if you don't feel ...

Cinema forms memories and memories form history. ~ Mstyslav Chernov - - - - - I used to go to movies all the time. They were my escape from ...

Some books are heavier after you have read them and know what they hold. Others are so light they almost fly away. ~ Michelle Boettcher - - ...

(Photograph and absolutely no help by Kirk Boettcher) The very first law that a child learns is the law of combat. ~ G. K. Chesterton - - - ...

A star falls from the sky and into your hands. Then it sweeps through your veins and swims inside your blood and becomes every part of you. ...

Sometimes people try to expose what's wrong with you, because they can't handle, what's right about you. ~ Facebook post with im...

It seemed like a vehicle was well and truly dead once the stereo had melted. ~ Maggie Siefvater - - - - - Me: You know the scariest story in...

Chuckwagons and pushcarts served cowboys and urban workers, respectively, all the way back to the years right after the Civil War... In the ...

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser. ~ Joan Crawford - - - - - Nigel had had ...

This word isn't in the the thesaurus, but here's the definition... ~ Merriam Webster - - - - - The other day I was looking up synony...

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not. ~ Leonardo da Vinci - - - - - We should probably be glad that da Vinci was a painter ...

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~ David Brinkley - - - - - A successful per...