Sunday, October 31, 2010


rembrandt van rijn, the storm on the sea of galilee

Q. What is your only comfort in life
and in death?
A. That I am not my own, but belong
- body and soul in life and in death -
to my faithful savior Jesus Christ.

-Heidelberg Catechism

Saturday, October 30, 2010



Despite all my rage I am
still just a rat in a cage.

-Smashing Pumpkins

Friday, October 29, 2010



Winning isn't everything, 
but wanting to win is.

-Vince Lombardi 

Thursday, October 28, 2010



Success has ruined
many a man.

-Ben Franklin

Wednesday, October 27, 2010



This is an ordinary sample of my father's
handwriting on a recycled envelope..  My
mother's penmanship was also quite
beautiful and legible as was probably 90%
of their generation's.  What has happened?

Tuesday, October 26, 2010



There are no hard times
for good ideas.

-Gordon Selfridge

Monday, October 25, 2010


m. c. escher

At moments of great enthusiasm it seems
to me that no one in the world has ever made
something this beautiful and important.

-M. C. Escher

Sunday, October 24, 2010



By your words you will be
justified, and by your words
you will be condemned.

-Matthew 12:37

Saturday, October 23, 2010



Rigid, the skeleton of
habit alone upholds the human frame.

-Virginia Woolf

Friday, October 22, 2010



If I'm free it's because
I'm always running.

-Jimi Hendrix

Thursday, October 21, 2010



Any fool can make a rule.

-Henry David Thoreau

Wednesday, October 20, 2010



October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.

-Nova Blair

Tuesday, October 19, 2010



Be not afraid of solitude.

-Werner Herzog



Monday, October 18, 2010



A light heart lives
long.

-William Shakespeare

Sunday, October 17, 2010



Not to us, O Lord,
not to us, but to your
name give glory.

-Psalm 115:1

Saturday, October 16, 2010



Facts are stupid things.

-Ronald Reagan

Friday, October 15, 2010



But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.

-C. S. Lewis

Thursday, October 14, 2010



Every mile is two in winter.

-George Herbert

Wednesday, October 13, 2010


paul cezanne

The silence of the place was like
a sleep, so full of rest it seemed.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tuesday, October 12, 2010



The heart of the giver makes
the gift dear and precious.

-Martin Luther

Monday, October 11, 2010



There are strings in the
human heart that had
better not be vibrated.

-Charles Dickens

Sunday, October 10, 2010



The secret of the Lord is
with those who fear Him.

-Psalm 25:14

Saturday, October 09, 2010



Expenditure rises
to meet income.

-C. Northcote Parkinson

Friday, October 08, 2010



Some people can stay longer in an
hour than others can in a week.

-William Howells

Thursday, October 07, 2010



A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

-Chinese proverb

Wednesday, October 06, 2010


m. c. escher

When dealing with the insane, the
best method is to pretend to be sane.
 -Hermann Hesse

Tuesday, October 05, 2010



I may be totally wrong but i'm a dancing fool.

-Frank Zappa

Monday, October 04, 2010



It's okay not to be okay -
but it's not okay to stay there.

-Matt Chandler



Sunday, October 03, 2010



The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

-William Gurnall

Saturday, October 02, 2010



Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

-Gertrude Stein

Friday, October 01, 2010


edgar degas

Painting is easy when you don't
know how, but very difficult
when you do.

-Edgar Degas