Quote of the Week: Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art of winning without having the other person lose. —Anon

Sensational Switzerland

Here is a photo from Mt. Rigi in Switzerland.
It had snowed the night before and it was great walking down between the white frozen trees.

Living healthy doesn’t make you live longer,

it just seems that way.

Photo: Ghost Gum at Sunset. (c) Sam Gross, circa 1950

Winter must be cold, for those with no warm memories.

Photo: Ghost Gum in Palm Valley, James Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia.

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night

is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

US author John Steinbeck.

Photo: South-west Tasmania. (c) D. Trudinger, circa 1985.

Insight often comes during moments of peaceful contemplation.

Photo: Lake Louise, Canada. (c) Marie Trudinger , 1987.

Tact is the ability to convince someone else that they are smarter than you.

Photo: Avon River, Christchurch, New Zealand. (c) Marie Trudinger 2000.