Residual Thoughts

"In the old days..."

12/8/2019

"Christmas in the Country - 2004, Lake Superior" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!”

~Dave Barry

"And in despair, I bowed my head..."

12/7/2019

"Christmas in the City, 2004 (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

“And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
the Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." ~The Conductor, The Polar Express

12/6/2019

"Christmas in the Country" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"The spirit of Christmas..."

12/5/2019

"Christmas in Pacifica" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.
~Thomas S. Monson

"But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time..."

12/4/2019

"Christmas in San Francisco" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
Charles Dickens

"I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do." ~Phyllis Diller

12/3/2019

"Atlas, WI" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." ~Alexander Den Heijer

12/2/2019

"Holiday Dreams" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams..."

12/1/2019

"Yellow River" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do.

~Pope John XXIII

"The moment we begin to fear the opinion of others..."

11/30/2019

"Winter Marsh" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others
and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us,
and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak,
the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

~Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"I don't need other people to have an open mind. The crucial question is 'Is my mind open?'" ~Byron Katie

11/29/2019

"Nature's Holiday Decorating" (Photo Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)