I'M TAKING A WALK.

Dug up this photo of Anne-Marie and I on our rock on the Rio Apurimac in Peru. 

I'm taking a walk

I'm going outside

I'm taking a walk

I don't need a ride

I'm watching the birds

Flying so high

In the words of John Prine, I'm taking a walk. A decision has been made. My beautiful cousin and favorite travel companion, Anne-Marie and I will devote the month of August to hiking the Appalachian Trail.  

PROMISE YOURSELF.

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. to look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best. To forget mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Love this quote that the Pickren girls found in their grandmother's attic and that I took note of on my jaunt in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Promise yourself, 

Cat

PICK UP YOUR CRAZY HEART.

And this ain’t no place for the weary kind

And this ain’t no place to lose your mind

And this ain’t no place to fall behind

Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try

Ryan Bingham's, The Weary Kind

YOUTH IS THE TIME.

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other... to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to see the sunrise in town and country; to be converted at a revival; to circumnavigate the metaphysics, write haulting verses, run a mile to see a fire, and wait all day long in the theatre to applaud Hernani.

(1850-95) Scottish

Robert Louis Stevenson

PAPA SAYS.

I go to bed laughin' and I wake up smilin'.


It is no mystery why this man is my hero. 
I love you, Papa. 

HOME FOR TEA.

Sail me on a silver sun

where I know that I am free,

show me that I'm everywhere

and get me home for tea.