Category: Living for the Weekend

“How very special are we for just a moment to be part of life’s eternal rhyme. How very special are we to have on our family tree Mother Earth and Father Time. He turns the seasons around and so she changes her gown but they always look in their prime. They go on dancing their […]

Let life be an adventure. Live your life to the fullest, unfettered by fear of the ghosts and goblins of what might occur. Calamity and death happen as well to those who hide from life as to those who squeeze every drop of zest from it.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie What a great opportunity to […]

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. […]

“Life isn’t a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘Woohoo WHAT A RIDE.’” -Anonymous How does a nationally known jazz promoter celebrate her […]

“Forever mine all because you’re my kind, aw, baby, I got what you want, you got what I want and we were made for each other. Forever mine and I’m so glad ’cause it gets better with time, oh, girl I like what you like, you likewhat I like and we were made for each […]

“Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea, but such a tide as moving seems asleep, too full for sound and foam, when that which drew from out the boundless deep turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, […]

“When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm, there’s a golden sky and the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown, walk on, […]

“How do I say goodbye to what we had? The good times that made us laugh, outweighed the bad. I thought we’d get to see forever, but forever has blown away. It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday. I don’t know where this road is gonna lead to. All I know is where we’ve […]

“I wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing and then a kiss but more than this I wish you love. And in July a lemonade to cool you in some leafy glade I wish you health and more than wealth I wish you love.” -Gloria Lynne “Somerset is […]

“I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, Speak to me in the easy way, which you always used. Put no difference in your tone; wear no forced air of […]

“Hang onto the world as it spins around just don’t let the spin get you down. Things are moving fast hold on tight and you will last. Keep your self-respect, your man, the pride. Get yourself in gear, keep your stride never mind your fears brighter days will soon be here. Take it from me […]

“Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. I like a pipe for a Christmas present, or records, Bessie, bop, or Bach. I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races. So will my […]