Saturday, June 30, 2018

tribute to summer ... Author Unknown

 Each fairy breath of summer, 
as it blows with loveliness,
 inspires the blushing rose. 
~Author Unknown
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Location: Ronsom Museum (both photos)
Phoenix, Arizona

Friday, June 29, 2018

possibilities with Whoopi Goldberg

I can do anything. 
I can be anything. 
No one ever told me 
I couldn't. 
No one ever expressed 
this idea that 
I was limited to 
any one thing, 
and so I think 
in terms of what's possible, 
not impossible. 



Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Old Town Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

Thursday, June 28, 2018

dream a big dream ... Lailah Gifty Akita

You can go
as far as you dream,
 think and imagine. 
Lailah Gifty Akita 

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Douglas County, Oregon

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

possibilities ... China Mieville



For every action, 
there's an infinity 
of outcomes. 
Countless trillions 
are possible, 
many milliards are likely,
 millions might be 
considered probable, 
several occur as 
possibilities to us
 as observers - 
and one comes true. 

Courtesy of HRH Family Archives
Location: Redwood Forrest, California

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

reflecting on contrast ... John Steinbeck

What good is 
the warmth of summer, 
without the cold 
of winter to give 
it sweetness. 
~John Steinbeck

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Location: Alaska

Monday, June 25, 2018

making change ... Nathaniel Branden

The first step toward 
change is awareness. 
The second step 
is acceptance. 
-Nathaniel Branden



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Location: Montezuma's Well, Arizona

Sunday, June 24, 2018

a little change ... Robert C. Gallagher

Change is inevitable
-except from 
a vending machine.
-Robert C. Gallagher

Courtesy of the Library of Congress
- payphones didn't always give change either....

Saturday, June 23, 2018

making change ... John Kenneth Galbraith

Faced with the choice
 between changing 
one's mind and 
proving that there is 
no need to do so, 
almost everyone gets 
busy on the proof. 
-John Kenneth Galbraith

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Phoenix Botanical Gardens
Phoenix, Arizona

Friday, June 22, 2018

possible art ... Aristotle

With respect to 
the requirement of art,
 the probable impossible 
is always preferable 
to the improbable possible.
Aristotle, Poetics
Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

Thursday, June 21, 2018

the power of summer ... Russel Baker

Ah, summer, 
what power you have
 to make us suffer 
and like it. 
~Russel Baker

Courtesy of Beck Family Archive

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

the summer days ... F. Scott Fitzgerald

And so with the sunshine
 and the great bursts 
of leaves growing 
on the trees, 
just as things grow 
in fast movies, 
I had that familiar 
conviction that life was
 beginning over again 
with the summer.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 
The Great Gatsby

Courtesy of Beck Family Archives

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

a little change in the dog days of summer ... Arnold Bennett

Any change, even a change
 for the better, 
is always accompanied 
by drawbacks and discomforts.
-Arnold Bennett

Courtesy of AFH Family Archives

Monday, June 18, 2018

there are not always words ... Elie Wiesel

Words can sometimes,
 in moments of grace,
 attain the quality of deeds. 
~Elie Wiesel

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Location: Montezuma's Well, Arizona

Sunday, June 17, 2018

nothing to fear ... Joyce Meyer

The eagle has no fear
 of adversity. 
We need to be 
like the eagle 
and have a fearless spirit 
of a conqueror. 
~Joyce Meyer



Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona

Saturday, June 16, 2018

who you talking to? Charles V

I speak Spanish to God,
 Italian to women,
French to my men, 
and German to my horse. 
~Charles V

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Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona

Friday, June 15, 2018

get a little dizzy ... Edie Adams

All the dreamers 
in the world 
are dizzy 
in the noodle. 
~ Edie Adams

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

do clothes make the man ... Arthur Ashe

Clothes and manners 
do not make the man;
 but when he is made, 
they greatly improve 
his appearance. 
~Arthur Ashe

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

what's the destination ... Drake

Sometimes it's the journey
 that teaches you 
about your destination. 
~Drake 

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

just a note ... HP Lovecraft


Toil without song 
is like 
a weary journey 
without an end. 
~H.P. Lovecraft

Courtesy of the Library of Congress
1886 Dr. Drummond Orchestra

Monday, June 11, 2018

a little originality, please

You are God's 
own masterpiece! 
That means you are 
not ordinary 
or average; 
you are a 
one-of-a-kind 
original. 
~Victoria Osteen

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
when I first got Prince (on the left), I was convinced he was the ONLY
turns out, he might have had a littermate (Pancho)
Location: Scottsdale Dog Park

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Saturday, June 9, 2018

perspective... Jean de la Bruyere

Out of difficulties 
grow miracles. 
~Jean de la Bruyere

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Location: Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Friday, June 8, 2018

Thursday, June 7, 2018

the meaning of life...B.C. Forbes

Work is the meat of life, 
pleasure the desert. 
~B.C. Forbes



Courtesy of the Library of Congress, 1913

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

pep talk with Christopher Reeve

A hero is someone who, 
in spite of weakness, 
doubt or not always 
knowing the answers, 
goes ahead and 
overcomes anyway. 
~Christopher Reeve



Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

getting reasonable ... Galileo Galilei



Where the senses fail us,
 reason must step in. 
~Galileo Galilei


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Location: Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona

Monday, June 4, 2018

weird, huh ... Hunter S. Thompson

Yesterday's weirdness is
 tomorrow's reason why. 
~Hunter S. Thompson

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Sunday, June 3, 2018

reasoning things out ... J.P. Morgan

A man always has 
two reasons for 
doing anything; 
a good reason 
and the real reason. 
~J.P. Morgan



Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Ronsom House
Phoenix, Arizona

Saturday, June 2, 2018

a piece of advice from Agatha Christie

Good advice is always
 certain to be ignored, 
but that's no reason 
not to give it. 
~Agatha Christie

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Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona

Friday, June 1, 2018

just pondering ... C.S. Lewis

Reason is the natural order
 of truth; 
but imagination is 
the organ of meaning. 
~C.S. Lewis



Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Tohono Chul
Tucson, Arizona