My resolution for the coming year: look and check before you invest time and effort. And if I goof up anyway –> I will laugh about it. I was checking for the first Wednesday Quote for 2026 and thought I had found it: Planning ahead … Continue reading Ready, steady, goal!
There is one quote that every German knows when it comes to Christmas: “Früher war mehr Lametta.” “In previous years was more tinsel.” Loriot NB: A slight awkwardness in the wording was intended by Loriot. He is also the author of a famous Christmas poem. … Continue reading Memories of tinsel and glitter
“Holidays are necessary celebrations of human collectiveness. It reminds us we’re a part of society.”― Kailin Gow For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy. Every day is an atheist holiday. It’s a day that we’re alive.”― Penn Jillette, Every … Continue reading Happy Holidays!
The title is, of curse, a quote from the Disney film, Robin Hood. [What an unfortunate typo, I’ve only discovered it now, but since we’re talking about manners I think I leave the curse word.] “Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. … Continue reading Mind your matters!
“Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, […]” ― Studs Terkel “Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.”― Henry Stevens “Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the … Continue reading More than Edibles
There are many deep and sad, even some morbid poems about autumn in German. They are often considered amongst the most beautiful of German poems, which says something about Germans, I suppose. The title of this post is actually the start of one of the … Continue reading The Time Has Come
“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.”― Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening And now, on a lighter note, a quote from Neil Gaiman’s American … Continue reading Promise Me?
you’ll never know what you’re gonna get. “Will looked horrified. “What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel Not this one: “Cookie?” he offered, holding a cookie full of chocolate chips.Upset tummy or not, there was no way I could refuse … Continue reading A Post Is Like a Box of Chocolates
When this was still the mode to forward letters, the following sentence was just as true as today:
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.”
This quote or very close versions thereof have been attributed to various authors over the years, Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Johann Wolfgan von Goethe, Jonathan Swift, Heinrich von Kleist, and probably some others.
Axel Haitzer, a modern day recruiting and training expert, explained the sentiment thus:
“What hasn’t been thought completely through requires a lot of words.”
“Nicht zu Ende Gedachtes beansprucht viele Wörter.”
But letter writing can also be something quite different. Many years ago I took a class in calligraphy which basically is writing letters beautifully. I have only a few sheets still of what I did then. One of my first attempts:
And one with a sentiment I often expressed, although seldom as beautifully:
Wednesday Quotes: Letter Writing
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“Are you scared?’ asked Mr. Ibis.‘Not really.’‘Well, try to cultivate the emotions of true awe and spiritual terror, as we walk. They are the appropriate feelings for the situation at hand.”― Neil Gaiman, American Gods Wednesday Quotes: Spirituality
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