Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.

Medicines may be necessary. Flowers lift the heart. But your smile is the best restorative of all.

The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless.

Bears need people. People need bears.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.