Quote For The Day
“Part of courage is simple consistency.” Peggy Noonan, author and columnist
“Part of courage is simple consistency.” Peggy Noonan, author and columnist
“Don’t forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.” B. C. Forbes, financial journalist
Life on a farm is hard work. It’s up at sunrise to feed and care for livestock, fields, crops and/or orchards. It goes all day because animals don’t clock off […]
A mother goose waddles with goslings along a grassy bank. The color of reeds and grass reflects on the blue waters shading the shoreline in green hues. The goslings, all […]
It’s been storming with rain pelting down and wind howling. I can’t walk for long without getting drenched, so I hurried back to hearth with a cup of tea. And, […]
A little sun on an afternoon and bench, bucket or a fold up seat is all someone needs to find a quiet spot .to cast a line and ponder the […]
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson, columnist and editor
It’s cool in the early morning when walking the sidewalks among the tall skyscrapers. A city street is all hustle and bustle as people hurriedly commute from bus, train, car […]
“I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don’t want to see skyscrapers.” Andre Leon Talley, editor
I want to surprise you with something different, a spring surprise. I’ve put together a gallery of photos of lakes that I’ve taken in the spring with a wonderful poem […]
An arc of steel girders and beams spanning over the Chicago River with a bridge tower. The Adams Street bridge is solid, steel and industrial yet hardly visible in between […]
Springtime signals a time to take boats out of dry dock for captains, sailors and pleasure boaters. Along rivers and canals boats are lined up waiting their turn to travel […]