Welcome back to Wednesday Words. Shhh. Today is quiet. Listen to the sounds of silence… On Silence From the website, Brainy Quotes “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” Muhammad Ali “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers! Welcome to today’s Wednesday Words. Once upon a time there was a German poet who understood what it takes to get something done. Read on … Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Until One Is Committed” “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning … [Read more…]
Happy Thanksgiving 2024, readers! Today’s Wednesday Words is another poem. It’s from Marjorie Saiser, “Thanksgiving for Two,” (2014). To read it, please click this link where it appears with the poet’s permission: Thanksgiving for Two | The Poetry Foundation For me, this was an entertaining and thought-provoking poem. Maybe, if … [Read more…]
Hello, readers. This Wednesday Words post is a delightful quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German poet (1749 – 1832). Like me, maybe you’ll think of particular friends or family members as you read it. For years, I’ve had a copy of it stuck in the corner of my … [Read more…]
Greetings, subscribers. I write this on November 18th after receiving an issue of a newsletter called Cult News 101 bearing this headline: November 18th is International Cult Awareness Day. At the end of this post, I have republished it with permission from Patrick Ryan, a publisher of Cult News 101. … [Read more…]