All the Best to You and Yours this Holiday Season Image: "Still Life with ornaments and candles" ...
Happy Independence Day America
Wishing everyone a Happy Fourth!Please take a moment between the burgers and the watermelon to reflect on the last phrase of our Pledge Allegiance: ...
“Test Pattern,” Circa 1950….short fiction
Circa 1950. The old man and Cat have looked after one another for years in their dingy, run-down flat, for as long as Cat could remember.They shared a ...
Reflecting on America
As this election cycle continues to wear me down I find myself Reflecting on America. And do you know what I have concluded? America is great, has ...
Flower and Water Garden at the Warrior Motel
We are traveling east along old, two lane, US 19, heading for the Eastern Gateway of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Cherokee, NC. The day ...
Peace, Joy, Love & Laughter
Peace, Joy, Love and Laughter for you and yours. Best Wishes ___Manne Quin ...
You Got the Blues?
I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. ___Justin Timberlake I been in the blues all my life. I'm ...
In Bali – Rice is Life
In Bali rice is life. The cycles of community life are centered around the cycles of rice farming. Yes, rice is the island’s staple food - but it is ...
Tropical Ripples
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa A light rain sending ripples ...
Haiti Revisited
There is a spirit and spirituality in Haiti like nowhere else. Haitians are resolute and tenacious and, in time, will move beyond the horrendous ...
