I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
~ Maya Angelou

Glassblower at Work, Alder House, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
~ Maya Angelou

Glassblower at Work, Alder House, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
~ Shakespeare

Heceta Head Lighthouse, Florence, Oregon 2018
It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance.
~ Albert Einstein

Bicycle on the Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia 2007
Fitting lyrics for today’s sunset:
“At the end of a long, long day
Come go with me in the blue and the gray
There’s no up, there’s no down
And there’s no way around
At the end of the day”
I love this song and I highly recommend you watch Doug Paisley perform it:

End of the Day, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
~ Wendell Johnson

Alligator, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, Georgia 2007
I had fun playing on the beach yesterday morning. Even my shadow seemed to enjoy the lovely sunshine!

Note: Image not to scale. I do have long legs, but not THAT long!
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
~ George Santayana

Hibiscus Flower, Independence, Missouri 2010
After a rainy beginning of November, this past week on the Oregon Coast we’ve been spoiled with mild, sunny days. As per usual, the wind picks up in the afternoon but the mornings, ah, the mornings have been stupendous. Thought I’d share a bit of my morning ocean with you.
Acknowledging a mistake just means that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
~ Kelly Ann Rothaus

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, Oregon 2018
I don’t do bumperstickers but this one that I spotted recently in Bellingham, Washington is right up my alley:
