Healing
Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder She thought to herself, “This is now.” She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. Find Laura Ingalls Wilder on Goodreads
With a Heart of Gold
Willie Cole With a Heart of Gold is one of Willie Cole’s 3 dimensional art installations using recycled women’s shoes. The multiplication of a single object has become the driving aesthetic of my sculptural work. I think of myself as creating the same way nature does: through cell replication and multiplication. I tell myself that …
I Won’t Back Down
Tom Petty Well I won’t back down No, I won’t back down You could stand me up at the gates of hell And I won’t back down I’m gonna stand my ground Won’t be turned around And I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down Gonna stand my ground And I won’t back down …
Landscape Survey
John Brehm And what about this boulder, knocked off the moutaintop and tumbled down a thousand years ago to lodge against the streambank, does it waste itself with worry about how things are going to turn out? Does the current slicing around it stop itself mid- stream because it can’t get past all it’s left …
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. The Art of Racing in the Rain is available through Goodreads.
Hard Work Ahead
Tim Christensen I make pots about the times in which we live, and the challenges of living in a time in which we are divorced from the natural world around us. I make my work to be appreciated by those who know a lot or a little about porcelain or art, and make it with …
Stubborn Love
The Lumineers It’s better to feel pain, than nothing at all The opposite of love’s indifference… So keep your head up, keep your love Keep your head up, my love Keep your head up, my love Keep your head up, keep your love More from The Lumineers
Healing Quote of the Day
Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. –Mother Theresa