“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.”  ~Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen Doug & Coco in Vinsetta Park / Cindy La Ferle _____________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.”  ~ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Carved statue of a saint in the Medieval Wing at the Detroit Institute of Arts / Cindy La Ferle I’m a longtime fan of Oscar Wilde, the Irish playwright and poet. My favorite of Wilde’s plays, The Importance of Being Earnest, was first performed in London in 1895. The reason for its enduring popularity? Wilde’s social satire is still funny — and still spot-on relevant — more than a century later. Today’s quote is a perfect example. ~CL _____________________ To view…

“Expectations are resentments under construction.”  ~Anne Lamott Cranbrook Gardens / Cindy La Ferle

“Entertaining isn’t a sport or a competition….You can twist it and turn it into anything you want—a way to show off your house, a way to compete with your friends, a way to earn love and approval. Or you can decide that every time you open your door, it’s an act of love, not performance or competition or striving. You can decide that every time people gather around your table, your goal is nourishment.”  ~Shauna Niequist, Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes Cindy La Ferle To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence. Like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” ~Zhuangzi Cindy La Ferle To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”