Quote For The Day 9-6-2026

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

Quote For The Day 9-5-2026

“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.”
― C. JoyBell C.

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Word Of The Week 9-2-2026

Neomenia

noun

Definition

the time of the new moon; the beginning of the month

Examples

  • “The desert nomads calculated their journey based on the expected neomenia.”
  • “At the neomenia, the sky remained a bruised purple until the sliver of silver emerged.”
  • “Ancient astronomers watched for the neomenia to signal the start of the harvest month.”

Origin

Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek neomēnia, from ne- + -mēnia (from mēnē moon)

Merriam Webster.com

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Retro Tuesday 9-1-2026

Do you remember?

I remember the exact spot I was standing when I first saw the images on the television screen and realized something beyond horrible was happening.

I had just checked out from Roses and was heading towards the door. Beside the front desk and the door, there was a wall of televisions. All of them were turned on to the ongoing tragedy. I remember stopping, not understanding what I was seeing even thought somehow, somewhere, I knew it  was horrible.

I went home, still not understanding why I felt so cold inside. As soon as I got home, I turned on the TV and sat there, numb and horrified, as the images played over and over and over across the screen.

It was hard for me to understand the enormity of their actions. How could one human being perpetrate such terror on another. On thousands of anothers. On Mom’s and Dad’s and husband’s and wives. Son’s and daughters. Friends. Grandparents and grandkids. Lovers. Aunt’s and Uncle’s. Nieces and Nephews.

What makes a human hate so much they would purposefully and willingly kill so many other humans and call it a victory in the name of their God?

Aren’t all our Gods the same even if we call them by different names?

Aren’t we all connected by the star stuff of our birth over the million years and trillions of miles as our universe formed and gave birth to our planets and, over time, every single animal and plant and person which has ever existed. The air we breathe is the same air they breathed, the same air Abraham Lincoln breathed, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and the dinosaurs breathed.

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. We are made of energy. Inside each of us is the energy from the creation of the universe, the creatures crawling out of the water to become land animals, the beginning of mankind, the rise and fall of Rome, a ship called Mayflower sailing off into the unknown, the birth of our nation and every nation which has ever been or ever will be on our planet.

And we all started with one spark and a bang. I started that way. You did. The men who crashed those planes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania started with the same bang.

What happened to bring such hate into the world?

And what can we do to make the hate disappear?

That is the take-away from 9-11, at least for me. I can’t allow myself to hate because then I am one more person feeding hate into the world.

Hate fuels hate. Love fuels love.

Where do you stand?

Do you remember?