Chester Burton “Chet” Atkins, Mister Guitar (1924) Atkins got his first guitar by making a trade with his brother, and it was arguably the best deal he ever made. Although he struggled with shyness and suffered from severe asthma—he had […]

Traveling is a fool’s paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)        

debonair Definition: (adjective) Having a sophisticated charm. Synonyms: suave Usage: Like other girls she had her dreams of a possible Prince Charming, young and handsome and debonair.    

Wallis Simpson (1896) Simpson was an American socialite for whom English King Edward VIII voluntarily abdicated the throne. Their relationship caused a furor in England because the Church of England at the time did not allow people with living ex-spouses […]

There is—though I do not know how there is or why there is—a sense of infinite peace and protection in the glittering hosts of heaven. H.G. Wells (1866-1946)    

frugal Definition: (adjective) Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. Synonyms: sparing, stinting, economical Usage: My frugal mother refused to buy me new clothing and instead dressed me in my […]

Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928) Guevara was a Latin American revolutionary who developed guerrilla warfare as a tool for revolution. Born in Argentina, Guevara traveled widely as a medical student and became convinced that only violent revolt would end the poverty […]

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.” Stephen Crane (1871-1900)    

incarcerate Definition: (verb) Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. Synonyms: immure, imprison, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away Usage: It can cost huge sums to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.    

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon (1863) A leading British fashion designer of the Edwardian era, Gordon made less restrictive clothing for women that she sold in her own “Lucile, Ltd.” shops in London, Paris, Chicago, and New York. To promote […]

She might yet be able to help him to the building of the rainbow bridge that should connect the prose in us with the passion. Without it we are meaningless fragments, half monks, half beasts, unconnected arches that have never […]