Barb's Best

In August, a friend invited me to participate in my first golf tournament. The event was held at an exclusive, private club which has a dre...

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis

Seems like there are more questions in life than answers.

"Foul, I to the fountain fly; wash me, Saviour, or I die."

"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and ha...

A few weeks ago, I was out to dinner with my family. As I approached the restaurant table, my sister-in-law commented on my recent weight l...

It seems I'm always behind. Whether my housework, homework, work-work and most important...life. There are milestone markers for childr...

The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane. -- Donald G....

I've been listening to a lot of books on CD of late. And in the true spirit of Eco Reading, I've been utilizing the public library....

Is it better to take the easy way, or take the hard way and fail?

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books." Chinese Proverb

Dedicated to A.G. Cool air Warm conversation A break in the clouds

Why did Emily Dickinson describe hope as a bird? Birds fly away...unless it's a flamingo or an emu. But I don't think flamingos or ...

Hope Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest...

When God does His thing, I get Isaac. When I take matters in to my own hands, I get Ishmael. That is why I struggle through each day...I h...

The Day Is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his fligh...

"A mutt is couture - it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you." Isaac Mizrahi

Growing up, my favorite cookie to bake and to eat was a Chocolate Drop Cookie (with chocolate frosting). I think the recipe came from someo...

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." - Mark Twain

When the slings and arrows of sins against me become to painful for me to bear, I find I start to build a wall. It's built with bricks ...