Favourite quote No. 23

 Consider... that when we open our mouths and speak to another human, we are either spreading seeds of love or fear -- and that there is great power in both.

-- Michael Brown

 Be good to your friends -- Kevin Bacon.

 Favorite quotation No. 47: ‘Of course, I have moments of doubt. All women have times thinking, “My God, I can’t go out, my hips are so big today!” Nigella Lawson


 My textile and collage palettes tend to be mostly (not all) whites and sepias. But when I paint, it's colour all the way. In this piece, on wood, the tags are the art, rather than the background for the art.

Be good to your friends -- Kevin Bacon.

Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart -- [author unknown]

I'm working on it!

True words

"When you get into a tight place and it seems you can't go on, hold on, for that's just the place and the time that the tide will turn." --Harriet Beecher Stowe

Words to live by

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
— Dale Carnegie