Where flowers bloom so does hope.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.

Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. I want Texas to look like Texas and Vermont to look like Vermont.

For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.