5/31/06

As a man is, so he sees. ~ William Blake

5/30/06

Art always came to the rescue as the alchemy which enriched life. ~ Anaïs Nin

5/26/06

Love is what's left of a relationship after all the selfishness has been removed. ~ Cullen Hightower

5/23/06

Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveler is unaware. ~ Martin Buber

5/22/06

Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you. ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living

5/18/06

You never know where your dreams might take you
So keep them safe and sound don't let reality break you
~ Richard Marx, Remember When

5/15/06

The heart’s the only house of safety, my friends;
It has fountains, and rose gardens within rose gardens.
Turn to the heart and go forward, travelers of the night;
There’s where you’ll find trees and streams of living water.
~Rumi

5/13/06

Get below the surface, below all your superficial whims and find the reality, the foundation. Find the structure on which your life is built. Find the ground form. ~ Rollo May, My Quest for Beauty

5/12/06

There are a million ways to be happy; the pursuit of a creative dream is one of them. ~ Don Hahn, Dancing Corn Dogs in the Night

5/11/06

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it is to grow the soul. ~ Christina Baldwin, The Seven Whispers

5/10/06

A life without delight is only half a life. ~ John O’Donohue, Beauty

5/9/06

If you want to live fully, you have to trust. ~ The Spark

5/8/06

Most of our life we’re put in a cage, where we sing the same song day in and day out. But life is not about being caged, life is about flying. ~ The Spark

5/5/06

…all it takes to transform the ordinary world into an extraordinary adventure is a little imagination. ~ The Spark

5/4/06

The power of imagination makes us infinite. ~ John Muir

5/3/06

yesterday disney parks around the world celebrated their 2,000,000,000th guest.

it's amazing where your imagination can take you, isn't it? ;)

5/2/06 for katie who just landed in venice

Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage. ~ Anaïs Nin

my daughter has so much more courage than her mother ever had - and if i do nothing else worthwhile in my life, i will still consider myself to have mattered in that, somehow - against the odds - i managed to raise a daughter who has the courage to live a rich, full, true, vibrant life.

here is her (tentative) itinerary:
Tue May 2-fri may 5 Venice
Fri may 5-Mon 8 Cinque Terre-Montarossa
Mon 8-Thur 11 Florence
Thur 11-Tue 16 Rome