Jun 21, 2023 | Wednesday Quotes
Our word ‘vacation’ comes from an interesting Latin verb that means to be idle, empty, free, or unoccupied. This gives occasion to consider an important question: why do we go ‘on vacation’ anyway? Vacations reasonably can have various purposes. But a line in the...
Jun 5, 2019 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. Robert Louis Stevenson, At the Sea-Side A Child’s Garden of Verses There is nothing quite like playing alone. To watch it is a privilege. Indeed, in watching one might even...
Jun 8, 2016 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“My holes were empty like a cup. In every hole the sea came up. Till it could come no more.” Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child’s Garden of Verses It is fitting that for vacation we especially seek places of natural beauty. In her more notable...
Jun 10, 2015 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
In our overly frenetic lives, a time orchestrated for an intense being-together with those we love can be a real gift, even a necessity. I am on vacation this week, and I am deeply grateful to those who have made this extended-family vacation possible. It is a...
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