Charlene M. Taubert

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:59:05 -0400

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels

“Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:51:00 -0400

“Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton… I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by… If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations… What do you think you see, Linus?”
“Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean… That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor… And that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen… I can see the apostle Paul standing there to one side…”
“Uh huh… That’s very good… What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?”
“Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind!”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960

There is nothing worse than your foot falling asleep and having...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:38:00 -0400

There is nothing worse than your foot falling asleep and having to stomp around like a dinosaur until it wakes up. -Unknown

“Sanibel” by Crosby, Stills, Nash &...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:16:00 -0500

“Sanibel” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

There’s a ship
And it sails a sea of light
On it’s way to me tonight
From a distant shore
Taking me home once more
And the waves
And the whistling of the wind
Make me come alive again
My destiny’s at my door
Going to leave this town forever
And go where I’ll never
Nead an overcoat no more, where they cry

Oh lalalala, every night and every day
Sitting by the Gulf coast just a thousand miles away
Where they cry

Oh lalalala, on an island I will dwell
Starlit nights in paradise on the Isle of Sanibel
There’s a girl
And I see her dressed in white
As she lies there in the night
I can hear her cry
Where has he gone and why
But she knows
That someday he will arrive
And it keeps her love alive
Dreams can never die
She looks across the ocean
At sails in motion
In the early morning sky, where they cry

Angels of the water, sirens of the sea
Whispering there sweet love songs
Calling out to me

I hate Mondays.Garfield

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500

I hate Mondays.
Garfield

”Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:56:00 -0500

”Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”

“Every victory in war should be mourned rather than celebrated.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

Johnny Carson Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:45:00 -0500

Johnny Carson
Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:42:00 -0500

Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience.

Now I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the day time, on Thursday, November 29th, of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-three and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all His blessings.

—William Bradford
Ye Governor of Ye Colony

Henry David Thoreau I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:37:00 -0500

Henry David Thoreau
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

Linus Van Pelt: [after Linus and Charlie Brown discover the...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:00 -0500

Linus Van Pelt: [after Linus and Charlie Brown discover the little tree] Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?
Charlie Brown: This little green one here seems to need a home.
Linus Van Pelt: I don’t know, Charlie Brown. Remember what Lucy said? This doesn’t seem to fit the modern spirit.
Charlie Brown: I don’t care. We’ll decorate it and it’ll be just right for our play. Besides, I think it needs me.

“It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:21:00 -0500

“It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear … . It’s like being between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to.” Marilyn Ferguson

“Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:15:00 -0500

“Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.” Charles M. Schulz

I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing - that...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:04:00 -0500

I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
Walt Disney

Van GECKO. I am still far from being what I want to be, but with...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:58:00 -0500

Van GECKO.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed. -Vincent van Gogh

Someday a children’s book?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:56:00 -0500

Someday a children’s book?

Starving Artist.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:55:00 -0500

Starving Artist.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.-Pablo Picasso

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:51:00 -0500

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
-Pablo Picasso

Water. Think about the mysterious magical nature of this liquid...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:43:00 -0500

Water. Think about the mysterious magical nature of this liquid energy that we take for granted. Try to squeeze it, and it eludes us; relax our hands into it, and we experience it readily. If it stays stationary, it will become stagnant; if it is allowed to flow, it will stay pure. It does not seek the high spots to be above it all, but settles for the lowest places. It gathers into rivers, lakes, and streams; courses to the sea; and then evaporates to fall again as rain. It maps out nothing and it plays no favorites: It doesn’t intend to provide sustenance to the animals and plants. It has no plans to irrigate the fields; to slake our thirst; or to provide the opportunity to swim, sail, ski, and scuba dive. These are some of the benefits that come naturally from water simply doing what it does and being what it is. -Wayne Dyer

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:34:00 -0500

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” -Helen Keller

LUCY VAN PELT (in her psychiatric booth, consoling Charlie...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:28:00 -0500

LUCY VAN PELT
(in her psychiatric booth, consoling Charlie Brown after accidentally re-hooking Linus on security blankets after he kicked his habit on his own): In all of mankind’s history, there has never been more damage done than by people who “thought they were doing the right thing.”