“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

— Albert Einstein

“It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, ooh
And I'm feeling good”

— Nina Simone

(“Feeling Good”, written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)

"Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye, And all my soul, and all my every part; And for this sin there is no remedy, It is so grounded inward in my heart."

— William Shakespeare

“Little by little, we learn a little more each day
That God is love; That life is short;
That all will be well, and I know all will be well in his time”

— BROTHER ISAIAH, "COME FOLLOW ME"

The sun. The setting sun.

Reminds man of the passing of time.

And actually;

That’s just fine.

#sunsets
#nature-photography
#clouds
#poetry
#photography

“Things happen”

Yup.

"We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people. We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement."

United States Conference of #Catholic Bishops Special Message

To the sandwiches 🥪 comrades…

I think the role of Mary is one of the more endearing aspects of Catholic worship.

“Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... now you tell me what you know.”

Groucho Marx

When the #POTUS was re-elected, I was distraught. Initially, mistakenly, I let my emotions get the better of me. Then I deleted my original #bluesky account and let go of my anger. I firmly believe that most Americans are still decent people and that this too shall pass. Decency will prevail.

“Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore”

Stefan Zweig

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

Mark Twain