Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany
Sometimes the very best of all summer books is a blank notebook. Get one big enough, and you can practice sketching the lemon slice in your drink or the hot lifeguard on the beach or the vista down the hill from your cabin. (Michael Dirda)
SOMEWHERE ON THE PACIFIC WEST COAST
“Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one’s resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.” (Antoni Gaudi)
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
“Embrace the power of little things and you will build a tower of mighty things. Mighty things are made up of varieties of little things put together.” (Israelmore Ayivor)
Campanile, Venice
“Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)
“Time has its own dimensions, and neither the sun nor the clock can encompass them all.” (Hal Borland)
Clocktower, Whistler, Canada
Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly! (Unknown)
Bookstore Inside – Victoria, British Columbia
Mushrooms – Lower Mainland, British Columbia
“Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
of Gratitude …
Stein am Rhein – SWITZERLAND
adventures of a traveling translator 