3-26-09-- thursday
at the doctor's office- wide angle lens and cool convex ceiling fixture...

"reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

-- charles dickens

3-25-09-- wednesday
... more rain!

"do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

-- theodore roosevelt

3-24-09-- tuesday

"the best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."

-- mark twain

3-23-09-- monday
musicians on franklin street

"music is the poetry of the air."

-- richter

3-22-09-- sunday
on campus- lovely blossoming trees and a "carolina blue" sky

"oh, it's a Carolina day"

lyrics from livingston taylor

3-21-09-- saturday

"the moments of the past do not remain still; they retain in our memory the motion which drew them towards the future, towards a future which has itself become the past, and draw us on in their train."

-- marcel proust

3-20-09-- friday
first day of spring!

"it was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. "

-- charles dickens

3-19-09-- thrusday
another beautiful day - came across this fellow reading in a the tree on campus- he agreed to let me take his photo...


"if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb."

-- proverb

3-18-09-- wednesday
sunny afternoon- with lots of folks out and about on campus

"adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

-- ralph waldo emerson

3-17-09-- tuesday

"garden fairies come at dawn,
bless the flowers then they're gone."

-- irish saying

3-16-09-- monday
more rain... bringing spring flowers

"one's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything."

-- georg christoph lichtenberg

3-15-09-- sunday
yet another cold rainy day

"if ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”

-- winnie the pooh

3-14-09-- saturday
another day of cold wet rain...

"if we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do."

-- samuel butler

3-13-09-- friday
tea time for a cold and rainy day

"use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

-- henry van dyke

3-12-09-- thursday

"every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."

-- henry ward beecher

3-11-09-- wednesday
under hotel awning

"life is full of obstacle illusions."

-- grant frazier

3-10-09-- tuesday

"hope is patience with the lamp lit."

-- tertullian

3-9-09-- monday
women's bathroom in hill hall on unc campus. I find comfort to see it still looks the same as when I was in school years ago.

'footfalls echo in the memory
down the passage which we did not take
towards the door we never opened."

-- ~t.s. eliotl

3-8-09-- sunday
at the craft market

"one thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. they come to you. when you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."

-- eleanor roosevelt

3-7-09-- saturday
evening street musicians- very low light- played around to get this effect

"I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it."

-- jackson browne

3-6-09-- friday
late aftenoon sun shining thru flowers

"if you want to make a song more hummy,
add a few tiddely poms."

-- a. a.milne

3-5-09-- thursday
a flock of robins descended on this shrub to eat the berries.

"do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. keep in the sunlight."

-- benjamin franklin

3-4-09-- wednesday

"don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

-- a. a. milne

3-1-09-- sunday
the healing power of flowers



"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

-- claude monet

2-23-09-- monday
spring primroses
I will be off-line for about a week

"live in rooms full of light;
avoid heavy food;
be moderate in the drinking of wine;
take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics;
fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water;
change surroundings and take long journeys;
strictly avoid frightening ideas;
indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements;
listen to music."

-- a cornelius celsus

2-22-09-- sunday

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."

-- john burroughs

2-21-09-- saturday
luv dem bagels!

"food is our common ground, a universal experience."

-- james beard

2-20-09-- friday

"we are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys."

-- eric hoffer

2-19-09-- thursday
bluebird sighting - outside my office window


"the bluebird carries the sky on his back."

-- henry david thoreau

2-18-09-- wednesday

"horse sense - sound practical judgment"

-- the free dictionary - online

2-17-09-- tuesday
for kristy, an avid reader and promoter of community reads

"life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books."

-- bell hooks

2-16-09-- monday
signs of spring

2-15-09-- sunday

2-14-09-- saturday
valentine sweet hearts

"are we not like two volumes of one book?"

-- marceline desbordes-valmore

2-13-09-- friday
local shop window

"time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love,
time is eternity."

-- henry van dyke

2-12-09-- thursday
another stunning spring day!

"but if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
al losses are restored and sorrows end."

-- william shakespeare

2-11-09-- wednesday
spring is in the air!

"to love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."

-- david viscott

2-10-09-- tuesday
from saturday's beach trip

"in the name of god,
stop a moment,
cease your work,
look around you."

-- leo tolstoy

2-9-09-- monday
another warm, spring-like day on campus

"I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."

-- anna quindlen

2-8-09-- sunday
with temps in the 70's- it was a great day to just hang-out on campus

"you have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think."

-- mortimer adler

2-7-09-- saturday
a quick trip to the beach

"I want all my senses engaged.
let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness."

-- maya angelou

2-6-09--friday
guests for breakfast... I love seeing these young deer sharing the birdfood with birds and squirrels in our yard.

"remember, no matter where you go,
there you are."

-- earl mac rauch

2-5-09-- thursday

"we shall find peace.
we shall hear the angels,
we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."

-- anton chekhov

2-4-09-- wednesday
just one more bailey boy photo...

"people often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. this empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."

-- salma hayek

2-3-09-- tuesday
reflections in the lamp

"we must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

-- joseph campbell

2-2-09-- monday
bailey boy once again... surely shorn...

"live with intention.
walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
do what you love.
love as if this is all there is.”

-- mary anne radmacher

2-1-09-- sunday
poor ole bailey boy- just trying to take a nap...


"sleep 'til you're hungry,
eat 'til you're sleepy."

-- bailey boy's creed

1-31-09-- saturday

“be gentle with yourself.
you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars.
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.”

-- max ehrmann