Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul. – Terri Guillemets
Like steam from a cup of hot tea that fogs our glasses, false urgency of matters at hand blurs our vision to important things in the distance. – Terri Guillemets
We cannot see time directly; we catch glimpses only of its reflections. – Terri Guillemets
My next birthday cake will be a huge chocolate-covered peppermint patty, maraschino cherry candles, and edible confetti atop whipped cream, with a mug of steaming hot coffee and mint chip ice cream! – Terri Guillemets
By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course. – Henry Mitchell, The Essential Earthman, 1981