City Life

"Millions of people being lonesome together."

--Henry David Thoreau

A Comma

"This morning I took out a comma

and this afternoon I put it back again."

--Oscar Wilde

A New Day

"Finish each day and be done with it.... You have done what you could;

some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sabbatical Leave

I have an announcement which is rather bittersweet: I shall be taking sabbatical leave from And a Cat Named Ponzo next year. Had it not been for Ponzo's great assistance, support, and encouragement, I am afraid I would have been unable to post something every day--and that was only because I could schedule posts in advance.

I wish to thank everyone who visited my online journal. But now I am happy to inform you that I shall be putting And a Cat Named Ponzo into the capable paws of my wonderful assistant, Ponzo, who has decided to post one of his favorite quotations each month along with a different monthly photo of himself. On that note, I wish everyone a very happy 2011!

Farewell

"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship,

and it is far the best ending for one."

--Oscar Wilde

Art

"Art for art's sake

makes no more sense than

gin for gin's sake."

--W. Somerset Maugham

Lots of Coffee

It seems one can never have too much coffee in a well-stocked kitchen, especially since there are so many flavors available nowadays. And every time I get a coffee gift package in the mail, I discover a new favorite, such as vanilla spice (my latest favorite). Then again, there are the old favorites: pecan, blueberry, coconut....