before he was an astronaut,
john glenn served as a military pilot during world war II and the korean war.
before leaving for combat missions, he always told his wife annie,
“i’m just going to the corner store to get a pack of gum.”
she always replied, “don’t be long.”
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” the return makes one love the farewell. “
-alfred de musset
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farewell john glenn, one of my heroes.
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credits: cnn.com, mental floss, washington post
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image credit: purple clover
it’s december 5th
happy national comfort food day
make the most of every minute.
‘the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
-pablo picasso
‘the field of consciousness is tiny. it accepts only one problem at a time.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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image credit: a friend’s sweet baby girl
“a crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. “
~Aesop
an autumn afternoon in ann arbor on the huron river
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“slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”
~john de paola
maybe…
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“the chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. “
-alfred adler
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credits: fineartamerica, zazzle.com, purple clover
I didn't have my glasses on.... 