Cyrano, Act III of Cyrano de Bergerac

Your name is like a golden bell
Hung in my heart; and when I think of you,
I tremble, and the bell swings and rings--
"Roxane!" . . .
"Roxane!" . . . along my veins, "Roxane!" . . .

"'I was also afraid of committing a mistake...'
I like the idea of a mistake being thought of as a crime."

-Ghandi quote, from Emma's blog

"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."

-Mark Twain

Monarch Butterflies

Just like birds, monarchs migrate south for the winter, traveling between 1,200 and 2,800 miles (at a rate of about 50 miles a day) to their wintering spot in central Mexico. It's thought that they use an internal sun compass to find the way.

The Amazing Lyre Bird

"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer."

-Edward R. Murrow

Vernors is a flavored golden ginger ale aged for four years in oak barrels before bottling. It was the first U.S. soft drink, originating in 1866, although it was modelled on imported Irish ginger beers. In Detroit, Michigan, a drink made with vanilla ice cream and Vernors ginger ale is called a Boston cooler. The name is not taken from Boston, Massachusetts, where this combination is unknown, but from an establishment on Boston Boulevard in Detroit where it is said to have been invented.

a kiss on yellow wallpaper - ghada amer