Long cold nights mark November's return, grey rains fall, wind walks in the bronze oak leaves.

Life is a process of discovery, of new perceptions.

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past.

Cat lovers know that every cat is remarkable.

A cat is, by and large, sophisticated and complex, and capable of creating three-act plays around any single piece of action.

I suppose I am a sparrow, a stay-at-home bird.

the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, and we move over it with level steps.