Freedom

"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion"
Butterfly McQueen
Colts Neck Fireworks, NJ

Journey

“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”

John Steinbeck
Atlantic City Boardwalk

To Be Alive

“We're sitting on our blessed Mother Earth from which we get our strength and determination, love and humility - all the beautiful attributes that we've been given. So turn to one another; love one another; respect one another; respect Mother Earth; respect the waters - because that's life itself!”

Phil Lane Sr. (Yankton Sioux)

Black is Beautiful

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door
Only this, and nothing more."
Edgar Allan Poe
picture taken at the Cape May Zoo

Determination and Love

“Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.
Sincerity is the greatest virtue of the mind.
Determination is the greatest virtue of the will.
Courage is the greatest virtue of the spirit.”

Frank Lloyd Wright

Morning

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

Kahlil Gibran

Dew Drop

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”
Rabindranath Tagore