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

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com