Bookshelves Quote by Anna Quindlen . . .

ANNA QUINDLEN is the author of five bestselling novels (Rise and Shine, Blessings, Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue), and six nonfiction books (Being Perfect, Loud & Clear, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, How Reading Changed My Life). She has also written two children's books (The Tree That Came to Stay, Happily Ever After). Her New York Times column "Public and Private" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Her column now appears every other week in Newsweek.

I hope her children didn't disappoint her with their decorating!

Life's Little Instruction Book, pages 30 + 31 . . .

...To be continued...

Abraham Lincoln Money Quote . . .

Abraham Lincoln | Rules for Living . . .

SIGNS ~ A super charming short film . . .

A simple short film about communication (and a charming office romance). Please watch when you get a spare 12 minutes. I am offering a money back guarantee if you don't love it.



It's a real feel-good flick, isn't it?

Timely Thomas Jefferson Banking Quote . . .

"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." Thomas Jefferson

Source: stated in 1811 when President Jefferson refused to renew the charter for the First Bank of the United States (the 2nd central bank chartered by Congress in 1791).

The beautiful building shown above is The Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia on Chestnut Street between 4th & 5th. It was founded after the War of 1812 when it was realized that without a national bank (the charter on the first bank was allowed to lapse) it would be impossible to fund another war such as the one just fought. Founded in 1816, the building was finished in 1818. William Strickland, one of the first great American architects designed the building, and Nicholas Biddle was the first president of the bank. After a long battle, Andrew Jackson disbanded the bank in 1832 during his crusade against the national banking system.

Elvis + Sinatra = Ha Ha Ha . . .

This made me laugh!

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Send an Ammi Phillips Folk Art Postcard from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts' current exhibit . . .

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Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures
American Masterworks from Minnesota Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
February 22 - May 3, 2009

If you live anywhere near Minneapolis, you should definitely plan to attend this exhibit. Click here for details and a slide show.

I adore this Ammi Phillips portrait!