I may be justifying my pockets of chaos, but I will always choose people over perfection and the heart over task and tidy. РBetsy Ca̱as Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com (2009 tweet, @wildthyme)

Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St

Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers