"Piano Jazz" by Brent Heighton The St. Cecilia Group announces auditions for The Sixth Annual St. Cecilia’s Arts Festival Saturday...

Earth here is so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. ~ Douglas William Jerrold I t enveloped me as I c...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in their way. ~ William Blake W e spent m...

The bigger stones give it character. The rock is what makes this waterfall. ~ Paul Collins T he whole reason we ended up in Deep Creek Lake ...

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home. ~ John Muir N e...

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul, which thirsts for heavenly light. ~ Michelangelo W hile most people were planning how many hambu...

I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could ...

How we treasure ~ and admire ~ the people who acknowledge us! ~ Julie Morgenstern W hen one takes public transportation on a regular basis, ...

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~ W.E. Johns, The Passing Show A gardener is an optimist ...

The best gardening books should be written by those... who still feel awe at the miracle which follows the setting of a geranium cutting in...

The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. ~ Ralph Waldo Emer...

Life is full of beauty. Notice it…. Live your life to the fullest and fight for your dreams. ~ Ashley Smith I t has been entirely too long s...

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use...

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Lucretius, De Rerum Natura T his past Wednesday a friend and I went to hear Mariza in conc...

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao Tzu I love Lent. It is a great time to take stock (again) of one's life and...

Worries go down better with soup. ~ Jewish Proverb A fellow singer asked me the other day if I were Portuguese. She overheard me regaling m...

In any man who dies there dies with him his first snow and kiss and fight.... Not people die but worlds die in them. ~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko ...

Elegence does not consist in putting on a new dress. ~ Coco Chanel Recently I attended a party where the attire was requested to be "sm...

Nobody in this town has ever said no to a developer. We spend tax dollars to encourage sprawl, and then it comes back to us as air pollution...

Chowder breathes reassurance. It steams consolation. ~ Clementine Paddleford C ooking on Fridays are always a bit of challenge for me. I gen...