Fret Not Yourself

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of w...

I wanted a perfect ending.  Now I've learned, the hard way,  that some poems don't rhyme,  and some stories don't have a clear b...

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people  - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the co...

You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent b...

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist. ...

The first casualty of war is the truth. ~Aeschylus Quilting Since I've made so many Four-letter-word quilts, I'm down to pretty dull...

What makes a movement Fascist is not ideology but the willingness to do whatever is necessary - including the use of force and trampling on ...

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of w...

We all get to be young but only the lucky get to be old. Quilting My eldest grandson requested a new twin quilt in blue and cream with more ...

To use the world well, to be able to stop wasting it and our time in it, we need to relearn our being in it. ~Ursula Le Guin Quilting Ocean ...

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ~Maya Angelou Quilting Quilted, bound, washed, and ready to gift. The bask...

Constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no ...

A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom - he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold. ~E.B. White...