“The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.” [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Idleness or rest?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Exploring old and new places
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I took the afternoon today and went exploring in downtown Norfolk — a rare treat. I wanted to see the current exhibit at the Chrysler Museum of Art called “Behind the Seen” — a showing of artwork that has been hidden for years in the museum’s vaults because they don’t have room to exhibit [...]
"Books are not dead things…"
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2006 | 1 Comment »
…so said John Milton, “but do contain a potency of life…as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”The book in this photo is a gift from my husband to me, given at Christmas. He knows [...]
Colors of the new year
Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
What will be the colors of the new year?What subtle shades and tints of colors will we miss by taking things for granted? By assuming we’ve seen it all before, we so often miss the spectacular events and feastings for the senses that surround us each day. The sky holds more beauty and grandeur in [...]
