To thine own self be true

It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
–Voltaire

(Bruce Cockburn recently signed his “Wondering Where the Lions Are” in my Inside Poetry book)

in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
–Thornton Wilder

(grandkids at Christmas)

but thriving is elegant.”
–Maya Angelou

(view from hotel room facing English Bay, Vancouver in the spring)

–Walt Whitman

how could anything be more fun?
–Katharine Graham

(recording with Wayne, Calgary in the ’80s)

begins by carrying away small stones.”
–Chinese proverb

it became a butterfly.”
–Proverb

(back-lit butterfly resting on window bird-decal)

because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
–Warren Buffett

(Mission Hill Winery)

–Edmund Wilson

as an unimportant day.”
–Alexander Woollcott

(meeting and talking to Wallace Shawn in person, getting his autograph for my daughter)