Walking with no particular plan, I spotted this weathered little barn. I thought how resilient it is to stand in a kind of quiet...

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." ~ Michelangelo It's the first day of January, 2021. A day for...

"To love another person (creature), is to see the face of God." ~ Victor Hugo 4:30AM. The day begins with the familiar sounds of birds...

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." ~ Theodore Roosevelt Writing the word 'courageous' makes me feel less afraid. As I hear...

"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more." ~ Virginia Woolf On a balmy, rainy day In early December I met...

"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." ~ Aristotle In these irregular...

Pictures & Passages; Growth in Solitude, Reassurance in Nature

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." ~ Henry David Thoreau Three years ago a client left the insurance business to produce...

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"Herein lies the tragedy of the ages: not that men are poor, - all men know something of poverty, not that men are wicked, - who is good?...

Hello, everyone! Summer is about to end, In Small Doses begins. I hope these past months have been all you'd hoped they would be - fresh...

"It would be much better if I could only stop thinking. Thoughts are the dullest things. Duller than flesh. They stretch out and there's...

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In The News - This week I'm posting a notice about a program I believe deserves mention. If you're involved in a program you'd like to...

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"What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's...

Note a: A dear friend sent out a group message to friends asking them to visit, "In Small Doses". Happily, more than 10 new readers...

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"...have space to spread my mind out in." ~Virginia Woolf When we want answers we head to Google. We sit at computers, sit on the train,...