Quote for Today: Catherynne M. Valente
The word I love is Arete. It has a simple meaning and a complicated meaning. The simple one is: excellence. But if that were all, we’d just use Excellence and …
Quote for Today: Lloyd Douglas
For many years a tree might wage a slow and silent warfare against an encumbering wall, without making any visible progress. One day the wall would topple–not because the tree …
Quote for Today: Farid ud Din ‘Attar
You think your monarch’s palace of more worth Than Him who fashioned it and all the earth. The home we seek is in eternity; The Truth we seek is like a …
Echoes of Water: Drumming by Katherine McDaniel
Humans living in modern cities have access to medicine, food and abundance. Despite opportunities, why are many of us unfulfilled? A few years ago, Houston Grand Opera sponsored a magical program …
Salt of the Sea: Ray: A Life Underwater
Meet Ray Ives, who has been diving into the sea since 1965. For many years he was a professional diver working for salvage and oil companies. Now he devotes his …