“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”- Khalil Gibran
All Animals Are Equal
"Have you ever read Animal Farm?" I asked the former Soviet, now an American, who was sitting in my living room. "I don't need to read it." I looked up at him, raising an eyebrow. "I lived it," he said, and turned his chair away from me, inhaling deeply on an e-cigarette.
Seeking Silver Linings
It seems like 2020 was the year of cancellations, bad news, and ugly media. Now, in 2021, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't necessarily more of the same. I mean, after all, there's an "antidote" circulating now, right? Forgive me if I sound naiive. I'm not. But with the arrival of... Continue Reading →
Set the goal well.
“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”- Zig Ziglar
I love this fragment of reality on the back of a bag of heavy cream powder we just purchased. Anthony's is a good product, but this remark is fun, too.
Do something.
“So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.”- Lee Iacocca
