Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody.

The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.

suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient.

Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.

Shunning the upstart shower, / The cold and cursory scrub, / I celebrate the power / That lies within the Tub.

It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen.

The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls.