“What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?”  ~Rollo May Dessert at Lily’s Seafood in Royal Oak / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Fear is the cheapest room in the house.  I’d like to see you in better living conditions.”  ~Hafez, Persian poet Unrestored room at The Village in Grand Traverse Commons / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Those of us who’ve been broken become experts at mending.”  ~Steve Maraboli  Cindy La Ferle _____________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“It would add very much to the pleasure of life and to its sanctity if we cultivated the habit of seeing what is beautiful and divine in ordinary things. This is not easy, because our natural tendency is to think and talk most about what is extraordinary.” ~Alfred Rowland Cindy La Ferle _____________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Even when you’re grown up, you should never stop having fun.” ~Nina Dobrev At the North American International Auto Show 2018 Getting fancy is a rare opportunity. On Friday night, our family attended the black-tie Charity Preview for the North American International Auto Show. Our car-loving son and his wife thought it would be fun for all of us to get dressed up for an evening at one of the Motor City’s biggest events. (In this photo, from left: Doug, me, Nate, Andrea, and Andrea’s mom, Matilda.) We all had a wonderful time, starting with champagne and appetizers at Matilda’s house, then admiring scores of new cars and trucks at Cobo Center.