"So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs."
--Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)

"High is our calling, Friend! Creative Art
(Whether the instrument of words she use,
Or pencil pregnant with ethereal hues,
Demands the service of a mind and heart."
--William Wordsworth, poet (1770-1850)

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (1903-1974)

I sure do like quotes. I wonder if this obsession(?) is strange to those around me--I get amused looks when I'm "caught" collecting quotes or writing them up on a bulletin board... It's just very interesting and at times enlightening to read what people have said in the past.

"When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come."
--Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher."
--Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914)

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."
--Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, and musician (1875-1965)

"The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night."
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807-1882)

It's almost time for Lyle's flight to Texas. I really hope his meeting goes well; he's worked so hard on preparing the website, features, presentation, as well as dealing with other people issues. I hope his talk with Michel goes well too. He deserves a well-earned break after this trip to relax and unwind. If we're lucky, we'll be able to go to Tahoe and ski again. Please, snow, don't melt yet!! When Lyle wasn't looking, I stuffed some honey-roasted cashew nuts and peach-flavored gummi into his duffle bag. Hee, hee, hope he finds it.

I feel stupid right now. I looked at the calendar and realized that Earth Day is this month, and I must have been looking ahead on the calendar last month when I thought Earth Day was back then. No wonder I kept thinking, "why do I remember it to be in April when I was in college..." Ah, well. Uh...on the positive side, I can celebrate it twice this year, eh? Heh, that's a pathetic try to cover up my mistake :P

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We have a new toilet! I'd be so dead if it hadn't been fixed in such a short time. The repairman's pretty efficient. He was the same person who came by to fix some things a couple of weeks ago. At least this time, I was awake and had my contacts in, so I know what he looks like now. He remembered that I was asleep and all groggy when he came by before--that's embarassing too :P He'll be back tomorrow to replace our microwave oven, which sputteringly died. I think he deserves a bunch of strawberries (if he likes strawberries). Hmm, I think I'm feeling weird.