Monday, Aug. 15, 2022
August 15, 2022 by dsprague
Fairest of the months!
Ripe summer’s queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear.
– R. Combe Miller
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022
August 11, 2022 by dsprague
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
— Indira Gandhi
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022
August 10, 2022 by dsprague
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
— William Law
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022
August 9, 2022 by dsprague
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
— Helen Keller
Monday, Aug. 8, 2022
August 8, 2022 by dsprague
“Dirty hands, iced tea, garden fragrances thick in the air and a blanket of color before me, who could ask for more?”
— Bev Adams
Friday, Aug. 5, 2022
August 5, 2022 by dsprague
Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler’s bet: it’s an act, an intention, a project, something that makes you, in leaping into the future, go so far, far, far ahead that you shoot clean out of time and right into Eternity, which is not the end of time or a whole lot of time or unending time, but timelessness, the old Eternal Now.
— Joanna Russ
Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022
August 4, 2022 by dsprague
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.
Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
— Hal Borland
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022
August 3, 2022 by dsprague
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.
— Sam Keen
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022
August 2, 2022 by dsprague
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
~Josh Billings
Monday, Aug. 1, 2022
August 1, 2022 by dsprague
Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.
—Confucius
