STILETTOS TO ARISTOTLE

"Grapes must be crushed to make wine. Diamonds form under pressure. Olives are pressed to release oil. And seeds grow in the darkness....

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good conspiracy." (Mark Twain) I'd like to begin addressing present day philosophical questions...

It's all we can seem to think about, it's on the forefront of our minds. It's like a big grey elephant standing in the middle of our...

The Fellowship The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though...

“Oh, precious is the flow, That makes me white as snow.” (Robert Lowry, 1876) It was early December and we had just received one of our...

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’ [asked Alice.] ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’...

i·den·ti·ty (n): the fact of being who or what a person or thing is One day last week I woke up a little after 6:15 am and began my...

I didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a mother. I didn’t fantasize about what my children would look like and how they would adore me. I...

This isn’t Scandal. Olivia Pope didn’t cheat Donald Trump into the presidency. And few things are more irksome than a sore loser, just...

“Vanity working on a weak mind produces every sort of mischief.” (Jane Austen) Strong people don’t need to proclaim their strength. They...

new (n(y)o͞o) 1:  having recently come into existence: recent, modern 2 a (1):  having been seen, used, or known for a short time:  novel...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) My...

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.” (Epicurus) That which is the female friendship may...

“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet...

There are many occasions for which I listen to classical music. Generally, because I merely enjoy it. Sometimes to cleanse my mind of the...

per·son·al·i·ty noun 1. the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character 2. the set of...

Yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more...

“There is a place. Like no other place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad...

Randi & Jeff (144 of 158) EDITED.jpg man•ly (adjective): having or denoting those good qualities traditionally associated with men, such...

(Photo credit: Ashley Noelle Photography) “I think I’ll be Casper for Halloween, because my skin is almost see-through,” is what I told a...