“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, and wants it down.” (Robert Frost) One of the major advantages of my early retirement manifests in a choice to free myself from the daily morning routine. […]

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” (Leonardo Da Vinci) The idea of […]

“ Focus on quality and ease of movement, not on the age a milestone I’d accomplished.” (Magda Gerber) The old Oak tree lives on showing signs of wear. So as I celebrate a birthday milestone […]

“We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are.” (Anais Nin) The concept of perfect does not exist as a viable concept in my life. Thus it’s totally wrong to expect […]

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” (Lucius Seneca The Younger) One of the prime objectives of “Snippets of a Traveling Mind” deals with a desire to promote the act of […]

“The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of sawgrass and of water, shining and slowly moving… It is a river of grass. “ (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas). Throughout my life as a […]

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” (Anatole France) Yes it’s very true that there’s something about animal behavior that goes straight to the depths of our inner spirit. […]

“If you hear a voice within you say, you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” ( Vincent Van Gogh) I’ve been feeling some extra stress this week with […]

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ( Lao Tzu) I’ve always been fascinated by the original Star Trek theme of classic TV fame, “to boldly go where no man has […]

“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.“ ( Clarence Budington Kelland) February typically represents a difficult month for me to cope with during the course […]