Pick up a pen, start writing

My heroes are writers. I’ve come to realize this in recent years, probably in some small part because of my experiences with this blog. It will be five years next month that I took the plunge and started collecting my thoughts and stories in one place. And I wish I had started it earlier than

Words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Over the past year or so, I’ve been picking up a volume of Emerson’s writings when I can, looking for pearls of wisdom. And I think I found one today, when I came across the following words: To the extent that a man thinks, he is free I don’t see much independent thought in our

The magic of color

I came upon this term while reading a letter by Ralph Waldo Emerson. And the dazzling display that Nature has been putting on over the weekend proves what Emerson was saying. Winter is coming soon, but for now Fall still has the stage. And we’ll do well to take it all in, while we still