In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write a sentence.

Healing cannot be done by settling a score.

Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.