Columbia River Gorge

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

~Buddha.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Upon the face of this old queen of the French cathedrals, beside each wrinkle we find a scar.

~Victor Hugo.

Multnomah Falls, OR

I like this place and I can willingly waste my time in it

~William Shakespeare.

Rain on the Oregon Coast.

I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue.

~Author Unknown.

Portland, OR

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.” 

~Bertrand Russell.

Trevi Fountain

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

~Anatole France.

Arches National Park

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

~Albert Einstein.

Friends

The most important things find us without words.

~Unknown

Woodburn, OR

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

~Abraham Lincoln 

Venice

“Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.” 

― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Southern California

Precisamente en el dia de hoy,

 no te enfades.

   Precisamente en el dia de hoy,

 no te preocupes.

 Presisamente en el dia de hoy,

 se amable con los demas.

Presisamente en el dia de hoy,

 ganate el pan con didgnidad.

Presisamente en el dia de hoy,

 se agradecido con la vida.

~Principios de Reiki-Do

Cinque Terre, Italy

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oregon Coast

To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, 

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand and

Eternity in an hour

~William Blake

                                                        

                                                         

Crater Lake, OR

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

H.G. Wells

Watermelon

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

Chinese Proverb.