Author: lcarlson

UNESCO-designated Cultural HIghlights — "Celebrating the Ordinary"

November 16, 2010 Dear DMC There are a number of cultural highlights listed here, of which this...

“The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor” by Nathaniel Currier [from Wikipedia]

Dear DMC, I read your blog posting about the “Celebrate the ordinary things” article...

Dr Wolfgang Lasars Dear Grover Dr Wolfgang Lasars, a German colleague of mine, has a delightful...

“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”...

Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers