Suddenly the well grew

thick and boiling

and a frog appeared.

His eyes bulged like two peas

and his body was trussed into place.

Do not be afraid, Princess,

he said, I am not a vagabond,

a cattle farmer, a shepherd,

a doorkeeper, a postman

or a laborer.

I come to you as a tradesman.

I have something to sell.

From The Frog Prince by Anne Sexton

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Happy moments spent watching the sun come up over the James River.

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right
It’s all right

The Beatles

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir

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Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. ~William Ruckelshaus, Business Week, 18 June 1990

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Truth is no Doctoresse, she takes no degrees at Paris or Oxford… but oftentimes to such an one as myself, an Idiota or common person, no great things, melancholizing in woods where waters are, quiet places by rivers, fountains, whereas the silly man expecting no such matter, thinketh only how best to delectate and refresh his mynde continually with Natura her pleasaunt scenes, woods, water-falls, or Art her statelie gardens, parks, terraces, Belvideres, on a sudden the goddesse herself Truth has appeared, with a shyning lyghte, and a sparklyng countenance, so as yee may not be able lightly to resist her. ~Charles Lamb

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives… by make-believe. ~W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938

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