“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, American essayist, novelist, screenwriter and short-story writer Let’s just say you wake up tomorrow morning […]
“Going out to the garden is to go on a holiday; when you travel amongst the flowers, your body touches heaven and your mind tastes the secrets of ataraxia!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan May 2020 will not soon be forgotten, now contained within our memory and written into history. It goes without saying as […]
“While sailing a little south of the Plata on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze and every part of the surface, which during the day is seen as foam, now glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bow two billows […]
“When I reach my mountaintop I will step off and follow the clouds all the way to the top of the world. Once there, I’ll probably keep going. Who knows? Perhaps I will meet God along the way.” ~ Anthony T. Hincks, author I am often asked, “How do you think of something to […]
“The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction.” ~ Kate Chopin, American author As the old saying goes, April showers bring May flowers. Written long ago, it doesn’t usually pertain to us. Yesterday, while finishing up writing “Weather,” I glanced outside during one of the many downpours […]
“I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams …” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Cloud” Recently, not a single day was without clouds. Last Sunday was such a time. We were visiting with our neighbors down the […]
“Even when the sky is filled with clouds, the sun still shines above.” ~ Janet Donaghy This week’s column is dedicated to the Crescenta Valley kids remaining “Safer At Home.” Listed below are a few very carefully selected weather-related websites. Although intended for the school aged, I found myself absorbed in their content. Entertaining? Yes, […]
“At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.” ~ Cape Canaveral, Florida These words are a real eye-catcher – hot, faraway, cloudy and rain. Taking a closer look, I realized they were not meant for our home in the universe. Before we take off to a distant location, far […]
“March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.” ~ L.M. Montgomery, author of “Anne of Green Gables,” 1908 Yes! The rains have returned! The […]
“Through the range of the months of the year, every month knows the particular season it belongs to and behaves accordingly. Every month but one. March. March is most unbalanced … March might decide she belongs to the spring season, warm and fragrant, only to change her mind the very next day, turning into winter […]