I cannot live without books. Thomas Jefferson

I cannot live without books. Thomas Jefferson

Layne is the son of a friend of mine.  He graduated from high school this past Spring, thereby causing much trauma to my husband when …

 

If geography is prose, maps are iconography. Lennart Meri

If geography is prose, maps are iconography. Lennart Meri

I love maps. I read maps for fun. And not only while driving across vast spaces of nothing while on roadtrips.  I look at Google …

 

Love is the expression of one’s values… Ayn Rand

Love is the expression of one’s values… Ayn Rand

When I think of Jill, I think of Ayn Rand. Because Jill is a big Ayn Rand fan.  Although the word fan makes it seem …

 

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again. George Miller

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again. George Miller

Sometimes in life you get an extra portion of blessing.  Sometimes you get the blessing of being asked to develop a menu for a Rehearsal …

 

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. Paul Sweeney

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. Paul Sweeney

I created a mandala like this one for my parent’s 30th wedding anniversary (the one pictured was for my sister-in-law at one of her wedding …

 

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

 

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. Mohandas Gandhi.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. Mohandas Gandhi.

 

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. Robert Browning.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. Robert Browning.

While maps can be solely directional, they can also be commemorative.  Commemorative of a day, a week, a season, a year.  Commemorative of big moments …

 

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife. Menander.

There is no such cozy combination as man and wife. Menander.