A Beacon of Light

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionate in love with language.” W. H. Auden I have no recollection of being exposed to poetry during my elementary school years. This is not to say that my class was never introduced to poetry. My lack of memory probably has more to do with my lack of interest in…

“Silent gratitude isn’t very muchuse to anyone.” Gertrude Stein I often stand at the checkout counter at the local grocery store watching the courtesy clerk bagging my groceries, a part-time job I had for a while during my high school years. When everything is packed into the brown paper bags and loaded into the shopping cart, I…

“Make each  day your  masterpiece.”  John Wooden When I reflect back on my life, I feel blessed to have vivid memories of dozens of wonderful experiences of enjoying breakfast, lunch, or dinner with friends or loved ones. Childhood memories include family dinners at the New Tivoli Restaurant in North Beach, The Spinnaker in Sausalito, the…

“Keeping up with  friends helps with  healthy aging.”   Jessica Stillman This past Sunday afternoon, I spent some time visiting with my new friend, Tony, the 101-year-old Stanford graduate I’d met outside Starbucks a few days earlier. He had mentioned to me that he goes to the coffee shop pretty much every day between 12:30 and…

“We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.” — Kofi Annan

“Serenity is the peaceful coexistence with life’s challenges.” Dalai Lama I’ve written about “sacred spaces” in the past. They can be found in myriad places. For many people, churches, chapels, and shrines provide what they might refer to as their sacred space. For others, venues might include the beach, a particular park, a mountain top,…

“The first  hundred years  are the hardest.”  Wilson Mizner It was about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. Kathy, along with my youngest son, Brendan, took my grandson, Henry, to the park. When they left home, I was sitting in a comfortable chair in the living room. I was tired. While a nap was tempting, I thought better…

A while back, I wrote a post about anagrams. Today, just for the pure enjoyment of it, I’d like to offer this photoblog dedicated to anachronisms. Not sure what an anachronism is? The word is defined as “something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time.” Enjoy!

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.“— Matthew 18:20

“No act of  kindness,  no matter  how small,  is ever wasted.”   Aesop Since you are reading this blog post, I will assume that you are a kind person. You may not realize this even yourself, but if you think about the way you treat people, day in and day out, you will more than likely…