Pic of the day:  1896 Olympic Marathon _________________________ It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. George Sheehan _________________________ Saturday:  3/4 of a mile into a [...]

Pic of the day:  Sternbrucke in Weimar, by Christian Rohlfs ___________________________ I’m glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to me? I laid in a field of green grass for four hours going, “My God! I love everything.” Yeah. Now, if that isn’t a hazard [...]

Pic of the day:  Still life with Cups and two Poems, by Katsushika Hokusai _________________________ Do not think dishonestly. The Way is in training. Become acquainted with every art. Know the Ways of all professions. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot [...]

Pic of the day:  Hagar and Ishmail in the Desert, by Andrea Sacchi __________________________ We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that [...]

Pic of the day:  Whistler’s Mother, by James Whistler ___________________________ Democracy and freedom do not guarantee the millennium. No, we do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully [...]