All quotes are from Climbing the Mango Trees, by Madhur Jaffrey, born Aug. 13, 1933.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) It just so happened that some American tap-dancers were staying with us at the same time. … [A] system of open hospitality was the norm. Welcome the tap-dancers.
All quotes are from Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning, by Leslie Odom Jr., born Aug. 6, 1981.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) There is a freeing power of an honest no. It’s the yang to yes’s yin. … Do not let Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/08/06”
All quotes are from The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance, by Tom Brady, born Aug. 3, 1977.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) What are your goals? How do you define success in your life? Only you can answer that! Yay!
Virgo (Aug. Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/07/30”
All quotes are from The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets, by Jean Craighead George, born July 2, 1919.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) But how were we going to manage the bath schedule? When we had the baby painted turtle in the tub for Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/07/02”
All quotes are from The Flame Trees of Thika, by Elspeth Huxley, born July 23, 1907.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) The prospect of a party, even if it consisted only of one guest with nothing beyond a clean pair of socks in his saddle-bag, always gave Tilly’s Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/07/23”
All quotes are from The Friendly Persuasion, by Jessamyn West, born July 18, 1902.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Eliza always said Labe never put a foot out of bed until he heard her start to scrape the gravy skillet. Don’t eat gravy for breakfast.
Leo (July 23 Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/07/16”
All quotes are from One Man’s Meat, by E.B. White, born July 11, 1899.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) My goal is no longer a three-hundred-egg hen but to find peace through conversion of my table scraps into humus. It’s good to have goals.
Leo (July 23 – Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/07/09”
All quotes are from Mrs. Pollifax Pursued, by Dorothy Gilman, born June 25, 1923.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Once ensconced in the kitchen Mrs. Pollifax pursued her inquiries as tactfully as possible. Breaking eggs into a bowl and whipping them she asked, ‘Were you followed out of Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/06/25”
All quotes are from Gentleman’s Agreement, by Laura Z. Hobson, born June 19, 1900.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20) So often getting to know a new man was a disheartening business of revising downward from the first impression. Expectations may need revising.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Continue reading “Signs of Life 20/06/18”