If objects have the power to connect me to people who are no longer here, then maybe they really do possess a kind of magic. And if they are magic, …

Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. Rachel Naomi Remens My maternal Grandfather collected his dearly …

Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone. …

The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. Thich Nhat Hanh There is a something in the autumn of life that …

After her death, my father divulged that he almost broke his engagement to my mother because she rebuffed his request to drive with both feet on the floor board. Sounds …

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. Katherine Hepburn My mother loved Katharine Hepburn. She was enthusiastic enough about her to wake …

Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces. Rumi Lifelong friendship with a group of folk is like a good marriage. The only mandate in gathering together is to …

There’s no greater pleasure than a bag of books. D Mounger Once I was gifted with a tender need to pause over the personal tattoo. An ancient veteran serving with …

When I was a little girl, we would leave Tupelo, Mississippi early on Christmas Eve and head to Yazoo City to join my grandparents, aunt and uncle, spouses and seven …

Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell There’s a peculiar condition in which a song takes root and tracks on repeat …