Happy Tuesday, dear friends. Another photography challenge became real to me this morning when I tried to photograph a black linen dress! My!
Yesterday I had to run out for some errands on my lunch break. While out, you know my van headed right into the Goodwill parking lot! I still just cannot figure out how that happens! But I decided to just enjoy it (not that I had that much extra time) and make a quick walk-through and see what jumped out at me. I spied a linen shirt in there about a week ago but did not get it, and I had decided that if it was still there I would get it. I had already tried it on for size. Then, whoa!, I saw a lovely black linen dress hanging close by, actually out of place from where it should have been, and I snapped it up, knowing it would be perfect even without trying it on.
Again, not the best photos, but here you can see the ruffles and the slightly-disheveled-but-still-dressy look.
It immediately occurred to me that one of the millinery pins would be fabulous on this dress!
I apologize, dear readers, that the quality of these photos just does NOT do the dress justice! But here you can see the size of the dress. I will certainly wear a layer under it, as it is a bit short for my taste, but I have tried it on since getting it home and it will work great that way! And the size is PERFECT!
This last picture may be the best one of all! Natural light or flash, it did not seem to matter, the texture of the fabric combined with all that black just did not make for a good picture. There’s gotta be something I could have done differently. Will try to have it figured out before I get the dress ready to wear and model it for you!
Now, friends, I have been remiss in my photo-taking of THE ALICE TREE. I was sitting here having my coffee this morning when Annie announced to me that she was severely disappointed at not having had her picture made by THE ALICE TREE and put on the blog. Come to think of it, she has cozied up to the tree several times and looked longingly at my camera! I cannot believe I didn’t notice it!
So here she is. Isn’t she lovely? She’s a good girl, learning to behave better and better every day.
In closing, since we have had so many G.W. Boutique fashion posts of late, let’s have some quotations about FASHION and BEAUTY.
“Love is a great beautifier.” ~Louisa May Alcott
“So many women just don’t know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.” ~Mary Kay Ashe
“I think knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste. ~Lucille Ball
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” ~Anonymous
Good Monday morn, dear readers! Today is a rainy day here. Gray. Cold. But the little Rose Cottage apartment is warm and cozy inside. I am counting all the things this morning that I feel happy about — lots to be thankful about here in America.
Enjoying the Alice in Wonderland tree.
Over the weekend, I went into Target to see about boots that might be on clearance. You know, friends, the department stores are already putting out swimsuits? Yeah. Swimsuits. So, looking for a winter-something, I totally, completely lucked out!
You see, there is a pair of fur-lined boots here at the apartment that I found (looking just about brand new) at G.W. Boutique a year ago, and Michaela and I have literally worn them out. The back part of the sole is coming away from the boot, which exposes the heel of the foot, and what is the point of wearing them? They are similar to the Ugg boots, only an off brand. I just wanted something to replace them with. I do not have to have official anything, especially not fur lined boots.
So I went to Target. I had just about given up on finding any, when I knelt down to look into the back of a clearance shelf down low, and there they were — just one pair left!! — a pair of size 8, brown, fur lined boots for 10 dollars. I also got a similar pair of fur-lined slipper boots which are perfect for me around the apartment complex during the day, for only 5 dollars. That was a big score! Something to be happy about. But let’s talk food, shall we?
I am also happy about a gluten free pizza I made over the weekend. Folks, unless you have gone gluten-free and been without pizza for a long time (a year plus), you just don’t know how much you miss the occasional slice of chewy bread covered in veggies, pepperoni and cheese… Hmmmm. So, I have been looking for websites and have found one that I have tried a couple of things from: Gluten Free Goddess. Everything I have read on her site makes sense. The things I have tried from there have been great. Including the pizza. Mind you, my children could tell the difference in this crust compared to traditional white-flour pizza crust, but I think it was great!
Hmm. I am terrible for leaving cabinet doors open when I am cooking. See all the vitamins? And mortar and pestle for grinding them up for smoothies? I digress.
This dough was really easy to work with, and I followed the recipe instructions for wetting my hands and smoothing the dough out on the baking pan.
One thing that was a little tricky to me was that the crust seemed to split around the edges. But I took a spatula and pushed the dough in around the edges, over and over, smoothing it and making sort of a rim around the edge. It seemed to work fine.
Finally, my gluten free pizza, all ready to eat. Yum!!!
One thing I will say is that I might have done well to use a bit more water and work the edge more. Also, I felt like the dough was too thick in some areas, so I need to spread it more evenly — it’s drier and more dense than what I am used to for pizza crust, you know, back in the good ol’ days when I could eat gluten. Michaela called it “crumbly” but it was not. I think she was just not used to the texture. For moisture’s sake, I added more tomato sauce and toppings to the second one I made. But overall, this recipe gets a huge thumbs up from me! I won’t tell you how many slices of pizza I had yesterday. Oh, okay. Five!
And while we are talking about eating, and overeating, and loving every bite of it, I may as well show you what I have been hooked on lately. You may not even be able to tell what this is…
That, friends, is a sweet potato fry, dipped in a mixture of local honey and Newman’s Own Ranch dressing. There is something about that mix that I LOVE. I often eat a plate of these fries for lunch. (Someone roll me to the treadmill.)
Finally, let’s talk crafts. One of my new millinery pins got lots of compliments over the weekend, as I wore it on my dress all day yesterday! It prompted the transaction of handing out two business cards. Some day, my dream is to work only with my crafts — my dolls and accessories — and whatever else I feel like making or growing. (If I can dream it, I can do it.)
This is not the best picture — fuzzy, flash fades everything, I know, but anyway, in addition to the flower this picture also shows you the latest G.W. find. A beautiful sweater in excellent shape. Another 4 dollar score as my other faithfully-goes-with-everything, winter white sweater is just about worn completely out.
Friends, can I squeeze in one more thing? Just look how sweet Michaela’s game board looks framed? It is so cheery and bright, I love it! I think it needs not just a poster frame, but a REAL frame. Okay. Well. That’s all. Being quiet now. Sort of. In just a minute more.
I want to close with a comment someone left for me that ended up in spam, and well it should have. I get hundreds of comments that do go straight to spam. Read this and you’ll know why:
We are a gaggle of volunteers and starting a new scheme in our community. Your site offered us with valuable info to paintings on. You have done a formidable task and our entire neighborhood will likely be grateful to you.
So, folks, somewhere there is a gaggle of volunteers and an entire neighborhood grateful to me. Wow.
My dear friends, good Saturday morn to you! It’s a new day, a work day for me, and likely a day where you have things to do as well. It is so easy to go into a day with a “cloudy” attitude (trust me, I know whereof I speak), but with a little positive thinking and deciding, I can usually turn the ship around and put a smile on.
There was a sign in a locker room once upon a time that said “to be a winner you have to say no to pleasures that an athlete just cannot afford.” Not that having a stormy disposition is a pleasure, by any means, but it can fall into the category of self-indulgence, which is something a mother, wife, employee, fill in the blank, just cannot afford. In our karate class, our sensei has a saying that we say out loud sometimes. It is a class motto: Champions sometimes do the things they hate to create the things they love.
It is with those kinds of thoughts that I pull hard on the sails sometimes and put my face to the sunny corner of my life and move full steam ahead.
Do you ever do a little thing that makes you wake up happy? Last night, while talking on the phone, I stitched up some millinery flowers.
I think Annie and I both will love this pretty little millinery flower perched on one of this year’s winter caps. I because it will make me want to walk outside in a hat today, and Annie because she gets to go along.
Yeah, I will test this pretty little flower out for durability (or prettiness — take your choice) and then into the Etsy Shop it will go.
Do you, dear friends, like as much as I do the juxtaposition of plaids and florals? I always have. Go figure. But is anyone surprised?
While I love, love, love making the clay brooches, I sometimes need an alternative-crafty-something to do with my hands. These little flowers are just right. I’ll fill my heart up with them until I realize I am missing the feel of hard clay in my hands, and then I will switch back. Or maybe I will do both.
Part of life is enjoying real pleasures, like making, doing, being, smiling; and real pleasure, I suppose, is always setting our sails for sunny skies and bringing those we love along with us.
Ahh, dear friends, I hope you won’t be disappointed. It is, after all, only a 9 dollar tree (or somewhere thereabouts) from G.W. Boutique. A tree I did not plan on having at all, and especially not for this long! It has, however, been a lovely distraction for me on these mornings when the apartment is quiet and I have not started to work yet.
Again, not fancy, but bright, pink, sparkly, somewhat educational — or maybe a lot educational — and feminine. For the rest of January, I have committed myself to sit quietly with my tea and just enjoy the soft lights in my little Rose Cottage apartment each morning.
One thing I did find out is that it is not so easy to capture the magic of lights and glitter and sparkles with a camera. I set up the camera at different angles and used my “no flash” setting so that hopefully I could get the feel of the lights in the pictures. A flash just seems to ruin that!
Okay. Wow. The lights look even brighter now to me than they did when I edited the pictures. But Ms. Tarrant looks happy for her place on the tree, no?
Michaela’s game pieces. I love this little spot on the tree.
This one is edited to show you the pinky-ness of the tree. Okay, well, maybe I went overboard. But you know it reminded me of one of those old polaroids from the 70s. As if the styles were not already dreadful enough — polyester dresses and leisure suits with huge collars — the photos came out with a striking red tint that seemed to just intensify with time. Just sayin.
I think the stitched Alice ornament is my favorite of all. I just love the paper it is printed on and the primitive quality and the colors.
Glitter, go ahead, make my day.
Love this section too, with the bun-bun in the teacup (did not realize his little face was hiding), the game pieces, and the vintage playing card.
But this spot too! With another, GASP, hiding bun-bun (how did I manage that?) and the author himself!
The real Alice, kitty cats, and some vintage-y white and gold.
I think he is the only one who looks a little stunned about being on a pink tree. But I think he’s getting used to it. Every time I see his face, it looks a little softer. Maybe he is happy at Rose Cottage. I am happy with his illustrations, I know that! He did some of my favorites!
Well, that is it for today. Thank you so much for stopping in!
On a FASHION note, by the way, the dress at the top, with a black-lace-trimmed slip made into it, is the latest G.W. find — right at 4 dollars. Love it. Tights (25 cents) from The Scrap Exchange. Red leather shoes bought NEW from G.W. several years ago — some of my favorites of all time — about3 or 4 dollars. Long sleeve shirt was a Rugged Wearhouse find for a song and a dance (they have great deals). The whole outfit, I am sure, is under 15.00. My oh my, how I love to shop. Glad I have resources to do it within my budget!
Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for joining me for this Alice Tree adventure. The next step for me is to think about possibly planning a tea party. If it happens, you will be sure and see the results!
Today, dear friends, is a beautiful, cold Thursday here in central North Carolina. It is also the day that I have finished up my ornaments for The Alice Tree! This morning was such a treat! Getting up, not having to work, and just heading to the craft desk in a quiet apartment with my coffee! I would have posted earlier, but I ended up running into my-oh-my-it’s-time-to-do-errands, and out I went! But now, finally, it’s time to show you the last of the ornaments going on THE ALICE TREE.
First up, one of my favorite Alice illustrations of all time, all stitched up with Alice on one side…
and large white rose petals, a tiny blue rose, and a hint of text on the other side.
Next up, more Alice illustrators, some of the MANY who took on the job of creating their own Alice!
Bessie Pease Gutmann (look at that Gibson girl hair!)…
and her sweet little Alice sitting down behind the white rabbit.
I think I mentioned before that I was interested in putting a few of the illustrators on the tree. There ended up being so many, there was just no way to include them all! It was a most interesting project though! In searching for information about vintage Alice illustrators, I came across another very cool website:
If you want to know just how many Alice illustrators there have been, take a look at their Images tab. Again, it’s more than I have time or space to put on the tree!
Various illustrators’ interpretations of Alice…
I had not heard of Charles Robinson before, but I LOVE his version of the rabbit! Does not the little rabbit look real?
Well, maybe not totally real, but I am CRAZY about the twinkle in his eyes and his dark color! Maybe he reminds me of Coco. Remember Coco? And I love the little white and red teapot!
Now, let’s stop here. I forgot to put dates of birth and death on Maria Kirk, and I am sorry to say I don’t remember them, but just look how young Gwynedd Hudson was when she died! And do you know there’s virtually no information about that on line? I mean, I did look. And I looked. And I looked. And then I had to stop and move on, for the day was getting away from me!
As you see, Margaret Tarrant…
and her precious, dainty white rabbit!
Then, I started thinking a couple of images of vintage book covers would be nice…
and…
And yet another illustrator…
Peter Newell…
and an advertisement for his book.
Last but not least, knowing how I love a touch of RED these days…
Just another gorgeous illustration, apparently “Father Tuck’s Alice in Wonderland.”
The back side with image of the court, more stitches, a bit of text, and — as always — glitter.
Ahhhh, friends, we knew it had to come sooner or later (and many of you may be thrilled about that! …
Yeah, THE END of this lovely book. And the last sentence of the book…
That’s it! All of the ALICE TREE ornaments I intend to make. Now it is time to just ENJOY the tree. And some tea.
Stay tuned for picture of the entire tree tomorrow! In the meantime, just a couple more resources.
Came across this jam-packed-with-photos blog called Love For Books.
And an Alice recording at Librivox (thanks, April, for the idea!).
I have been trying really hard to add more green to my diet. Actually quite a bit more, say, oh, two or three times a day. I do this with the awareness that some greens contain quite a bit of vitamin K, so if you are a heart patient or on blood thinners, that would be something to be aware of as blood thinners cause, well, thinning, and then vitamin K helps with clotting. The two do not necessarily mix!
Lovely, no? I think it’s beautiful! Some juices are sweeter, and my children tend to like those better. Not really sweet, mind you, but with more a predominance of carrots and apples versus this heavier cabbage taste.
Michaela and I watched a movie together called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It was centered around one man, and then two or three other people, who took on the challenge to go on a juice fast (after a doctor visit, of course), and how much weight they lost (one man started at over 400 pounds) and how they came off prescription medications and had autoimmune diseases disappear. Now, Michaela and I are not going on a fast right now. It is not practical at the moment. But we are drinking more juice. Personally, it thrills me that Michaela is taking an interest in health. She is the one who wanted to watch the move to start with.
Oh, and I can say that adding the color green to your DIET seems to be very good as far as adding some spark to your WARDROBE! I guess there is nothing as slimming as eating more fruits and veggies and cutting back on the buttery, dairy-laden meat and carb dishes!
It goes without saying (but I will say it anyway), the other best weapon against that awful old waist fat is exercise. It’s been hard for me to get to the gym lately, not just because of time but if someone changes the door code and you don’t know about it and are lazy about finding out the new one, well there you go.
I have the gym code now and I could and will go, but little Annie has been looking at me so pitifully lately, I decided to try walking outside more, Annie in tow, and alternating walking and running with her. She loves it!
Little weathered birdhouse spotted on a walk yesterday.
Finally, in FINANCIAL NEWS (ha ha) I wanted to talk about the concept of Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do! For now, my black leather cowboy boots are in the closet and hopefully I will resole them one day. In the meantime, I have these tall Sam and Libby black boots that I will apply the Make It Do and Wear It Out concept to!
Tall boots like this seem to be in style anyway and I think these boots have a few more miles left in them!
I am learning lots of lessons about money in my new life. Not necessarily things I did not already know, but things that I guess are more real when it’s just you. It is in that spirit that I am making do with several things (not just tall boots) that I am not that crazy about. Now, I am crazy about these boots, but I have a face cream that I spent a pretty penny for and then did not like the way it feels. It’s sort of waxy feeling to me, but it is all natural, from Whole Foods. I have found that if I put a few drops of almond oil in with it, it feels 1000 times better! And my fair, freckled skin LOVES oil. It makes me feel good to apply the Use It Up concept to this face cream that has some lovely ingredients in it but did not end up being what I thought it would be!
Finally, THE ALICE TREE. Nothing to post today, except we are on the last chapter today: ALICE’S EVIDENCE. And tomorrow, Thursday, has been declared a catch-up-on-ornaments day, and then we’ll post final Alice Tree pictures on probably Friday! Stay tuned!!
Thank you so much for stopping in today! I meet you at the door this morning, hot tea in hand, posing a question. My oh my, did you know that a Quadrille was a square dance for four couples that had five parts or movements? I did not. I guess I never really read Alice in Wonderland ’til now. Why, I have seen multiple versions in movie form through the years, but did I ever really read the book?
When I saw the title LOBSTER QUADRILLE, I immediately thought creature, which would be my custom, as you know, but who knew that there was a dance going on with lobsters!? I will never view lobsters the same. No. You?
And speaking of whiting shoes in the ocean, I am quite sure that Charles Dickens spoke of blacking — think 19th century London — in at least one of his books. Hard Times comes to mind. Ahh, do we not love these stories that hail from the mind of England and speak of its children and countryside and, as hard as it was, the industrial revolution?
While reading some on line, I came across an interesting-looking web page. Famous Victorians. Will have to explore it a bit further before I recommend it wholeheartedly, but it does appear useful on first glance.
NOW! On to THE ALICE TREE!!
Only one ornament to speak of today (and likely will be adding more info to its back later today) but it’s an important one nonetheless: THE REAL ALICE. Did you know there was a real Alice? A young girl for whom the story was originally written? Yeah.
She’s quite a pretty little girl. Looks like a little sprite to me, ready to run off and dive into a rabbit hole herself!
Today we are reading WHO STOLE THE TARTS? And tomorrow will be our last day of reading and I think I will declare Thursday to be the day that all ornaments are finished up (for I have a few in the works, which time has not permitted me to finish) and placed lovingly on THE ALICE TREE! Do join me on Thursday or Friday when the whole tree, complete and finished, appears on the blog. I will be drinking tea by THE ALICE TREE for the duration of January. Ahhh, lovely!
Glitter…
glitter makes me HAPPY. Especially big pretty silver glitter. (But I also like gold and red and pink and blue.)
And now, a picture to share with you of the latest brooch. Hopefully going into the shop tomorrow with a couple more Renoir brooches.
I love the red hat! A touch of red is very pretty to me these days. Maybe it’s this need I have for color now. Color sometimes equals joy. JOY. Remember?
Finally, I would like to share some pictures of my beautiful grandbaby (according to Michaela, this creature made me a grandma for the first time).
Lazy. Fat. Self-centered. Hungry. I love her to pieces. She’s every grandma’s perfect grandbaby.
She lazily lifted one eyelid to peek at me, wondering if perhaps I had a doggie treat for her, but quickly slammed her eye shut again when she saw the camera.
Monday, Monday. Why? Why are you here so soon? Huh? Oh well. Guess I’ll pull myself up by the bootstraps and prepare myself to work today! Type, type, type. But, you know, with things the way they are, I am very grateful to have my job! There are so many who need jobs right now. Or who need better paying jobs. Or who have a hard time getting to work because of unreliable transportation. And here I am, working at home, full time, with enough to make my rent, and I should keep reminding myself that I have it made. Put a smile on and trudge on, dear girl!
Now.
IN ALICE NEWS…
We are reading chapter 10 at some point today, The Lobster Quadrille. Of course, in the last chapter we were introduced to the delightful little card people! Playing cards! Playing cards who are people. And don’t you love that when the gardeners fell flat to their faces, the Queen could not tell who they were because from the back everyone looked the same? Could have been soldiers, gardeners or anyone!
Is it not grand how Lewis Carroll put all this symbolism into a children’s story? I mean, I personally believe ALICE IN WONDERLAND is full of symbolism. Do you?
Anyway, I have always had a thing for playing cards — and I do not mean the verb “playing cards” because I do not much care for games, but I mean the noun “playing-cards” because they are so pretty and orderly and symbolic — and so I couldn’t wait to get to their part in the story!
So, loving playing cards like I do, when I saw this beautiful blue-flower design on some old cards sitting in The Scrap Exchange, I had to bring them home. I had no idea what I would end up doing with them, but alas they belong on THE ALICE TREE. ‘Twas their destiny!
And here he is, the KING OF HEARTS! He is the one who did not care much for The Cheshire Cat floating ’round in the air, showing only his toothy grin, and he is the one who asked the QUEEN OF HEARTS to please have him removed!
They don’t look like so much hanging on their white yarns, but a number of them hanging randomly all over THE ALICE TREE make quite the lovely show! At least to me they do!
More ornaments to come, dear readers, and please make sure you tune in to see THE ALICE TREE when it is all done!
WELL, NOW, LET’S DO A DIET UPDATE!
I find that the easiest way for me to consume fruits, and sometimes greens, is in a smoothie. I have never been a big fruit eater (unlike my lovely sister, who loves fruit and always has) and I just don’t gravitate towards the fruit bowl. I do, however, love the taste of fruit in smoothies! So it is that I start most every day with a big smoothie that has a variety of frozen fruits and fresh greens — like the kale shown below, yogurt, milk, honey, and my vitamins crushed up and put in. It is quite good!
My Michaela said that this thing, once it was blended up, looked like Play-Doh and milk mixed together and she made quite the face to go with that statement, but I tempted her into tasting it and she ended up saying that she would and could drink it every day if I made it. So did John! So it looks like they will jump on the smoothie bandwagon. Yay. Veggies and fruits into us all three!
AND NOW, FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE…
I felt like it would be nice to be reminded of the words that make up our club song, written back in the ’70s, at the height of my career. And you can bet your cluttery self that I was humming this last week when a STANDING AND STARING spell hit me and I cleaned out my closet. Yeah.
This basket of clothes contains items that will be donated to G.W. Boutique. I just hope I don’t have a relapse and buy any of it back, but I don’t think I will!
Hmmm, puts me in mind of a story. The time I cleaned out the kids toys, because they had a billion little things that I was tired of picking up, and I made a big donation to the thrift store. The kids did not even miss the stuff. UNTIL… We went to the thrift store about a week later and oh my, oh my…
“MAMA, THAT WAS MINE!! WHY IS IT HERE????”
I ended up buying some of the stuff back. Shame on me for not thinking. And I guess, for donating things without their prior knowledge. I don’t anticipate a breakdown like this on my own part in the next week or so, since I have told myself I am cleaning out, but I do expect to replace this outgoing clutter with some “new” incoming clutter as soon as time and money permit. It’s just the way I roll. Or maybe it’s the way the clutter rolls.
Well, have a lovely day, dear friends! More later on ornaments, ALICE, life, and other stuff and nonsense.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll is the focus of today’s ornaments for The Alice Tree! Now, I cannot say for sure that I already knew Lewis Carroll by any other name. Really. Maybe I knew it at some point and forgot, but I don’t think so. This ALICE TREE thing has been quite educational, and I am thinking if we have lovely little invitations sent to the girls who may make up a tea party guest list, including some EDUCATIONAL things would be quite appropriate!
In fact, why don’t I share something educational right now! Here’s the link to a most interesting and beautifully done website about Lewis Carroll: the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Who knew?
Made to look (somewhat — bear in mind the maker’s busy-ness) like an old frame, I love this picture of young Lewis Carroll. The more I learn of him, the more I want to know.
In jotting some things on the back, to make it look like an old family heirloom, you know, I find that Mr. Carroll was very talented. Mathematician? Wow.
While I would like to post more ornaments at the moment, they will have to wait until the next post, as I have to work today. But I did want you to know that, yes, the author of ALICE IN WONDERLAND will have a place on the tree. And more than just this! More to come, dear friends!
In fashion news, have you seen this G.W. find yet? I do not think so.
This jumper is perhaps the cutest thing I have seen, as far as denim jumpers go. I love the way it looks sort of farm-y. Like overalls.
And the back! So incredibly cute! 4 dollars. I had never seen Lua denim before, and in fact do not find a lot now on line, just one or two things on Ebay!
I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.
I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.
For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884
What You Do
Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.
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