Nothing before, nothing behind; The steps of faith Fall on the seeming void, and find The Rock beneath.

Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all respects resembles her who first culled the flowers of Eden. To the infinite variety and picturesque inequality of nature we owe the great charm of her uncloying beauty.

The good is always beautiful, the beautiful is good!

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

It is well for us if we have learned to listen to the sweet persuasion of the Beatitudes, but there are crises in all lives which require also the emphatic "Thou shalt not" of the decalogue which the founders wrote on the gateposts of their commonwealth.

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.