“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” ~ HP Lovecraft … [Read more...]
The Real Menace When Dealing With a Five Year Old…
"The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old." ~ Jean Kerr, Please Don't Eat the Daisies … [Read more...]
TODAY is my favourite day!!
There is always lots of excitement and squeals going on in this house, and I'm pretty sure today is my five year old's favourite day too! … [Read more...]
On Knowing When to Declare a State of Emergency…
Education is a FIRE….
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ W.B. Yeats … [Read more...]
Housework Can Kill…
"Housework can kill you if done right." ~ Erma Bombeck … [Read more...]
On the Dangers of Safety….
"The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety." -- Goethe Being safe, playing it safe, taking the easy safe path, that holds a danger of it's own, no? … [Read more...]
How to Push Your Limits…
"Do one thing every day that scares you." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt … [Read more...]
Fairy Tales Give Hope that Dragons CAN Be Killed
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." ~ G. K. Chesteron … [Read more...]
Only those who risk can find out…
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go." ~ T.S. Eliot … [Read more...]
Nobody’s listening anyway…
Home is where you can say anything you please, because nobody pays any attention to you anyway. ~ Joe Moore Photo credit: Fred Goldstein | Dreamstime.com … [Read more...]
On knowing when to keep one’s mouth shut…
"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." ~ Mark Twain … [Read more...]
Insanity is hereditary…
"Insanity is hereditary. You can catch it from your kids." ~ Erma Bombeck … [Read more...]
Hm. Good point, Gloria.
"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career." - Gloria Steinem … [Read more...]
Princes yes, but wolves and humans too…
Princes wait there in the world, it's true. Princes, yes, but wolves and humans, too. Stay with Me (The Witch's Lament), from Into the Woods I find this song in particular gets caught in my head. It's been living there ever since they released that promo clip of Meryl Streep as the witch singing Stay With Me. (And yes, I went and saw the film on Boxing day. And … [Read more...]