When looking back over my life’s course of events, it seems as if there was a pre-arranged master plan or road map that I was intended to follow in order to…

Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,           Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray;  Along the cool sequester’d vale of life           They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.  Was it…

One of life’s greatest blessings is an individual’s network of friends and family. The tough part comes at the end, when a member of one’s personal tribe dies. Some pass unexpectedly;…

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,…

I enjoy being with and listening to passionate people, even on topics in which I might not have an interest. I can be a captive audience, listening raptly to those going…