QOTD - Martina Navratilova

“Do what you love and love what you do, and everything else is detail.” – Martina Navratilova

QOTD - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

QOTD - Bill Gates

“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates

QOTD - Ferdinand Foch

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” – Ferdinand Foch

QOTD - James M. Barrie

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – James M. Barrie

QOTD - Dolly Parton

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forgot to make a life.” – Dolly Parton

QOTD - Anna Quindlen

“In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.” – Anna Quindlen

QOTD - Robin Williams

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams

QOTD - Salvador Dali

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.” – Salvador Dali

QOTD - James E. Faust

“The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.” – James E. Faust

QOTD - Andy Stanley

“Kindness is loaning someone your strength instead of reminding them of their weakness.” – Andy Stanley

QOTD - Paulo Coelho

 “You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” – Paulo Coelho

QOTD - Norman Cousins

“A library is the delivery room for the birthplace of ideas, a place where history comes to life.” – Norman Cousins

QOTD - Henry David Thoreau

 “The universe is wider than our views of it.” – Henry David Thoreau

QOTD - H. G. Wells

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” – H. G. Wells

The Vintage Cookbook Collection - The Cook Not Mad: Or Rational Cookery ~ 1972 Reprint of Canada's First Cookbook

I've been on yet another vintage cookbook buying spree. I purchased reprint editions of the U.S. & Canadian versions of The Cook Not Mad: Or Rational Cookery. The American edition was first published in 1830 and a nearly identical Canadian edition followed in 1831, providing readers with practical and simple information on how to manage households and prepare tasty victuals.

While I think I'll pass on some of the receipts (roast mutton, calf's head, cottage beer, etc.), the updated recipes for Pound Cake, Cheese And Bacon Muffins, and Flower Pot Bread are on my need-to-try list.

Also note the above fire-safety instructions - Frontier Stop, Drop, & Roll!

 

QOTD - Carol Shields

“Routine is liberating. It makes you feel in control.” – Carol Shields

QOTD - Epicetus

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epicetus

QOTD - David Hume

“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches.” – David Hume

QOTD - John Barrymore

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore

QOTD - John F. Kennedy

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

The Vintage Cookbook Collection - Milk From A Wild Goat & Assorted Recipes

I am a collector of many things, especially old cook books and recipes. I recently purchased a copy of The American Woman's Cook Book and found a handful of recipes tucked inside by a previous owner. "Milk From A Wild Goat" is the most intriguing. This Pineapple Salad just could be weirdly delicious. And if you happen to be a fruitcake afficianado, S. S. Kresge Company's recipes may be right up your alley.

QOTD - George Eliot

“Might, could, would – they are contemptible auxiliaries.” – George Eliot

QOTD - Horace Walpole

“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.” – Horace Walpole

QOTD - William Makepeace Thackeray

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

QOTD - John Foster Dulles

“A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.” – John Foster Dulles

QOTD - Mae West

“It’s better to be looked over than overlooked.” – Mae West as Ruby Carter in Belle of the Nineties (1934)

QOTD - Amos Bronson Alcott

“The less routine the more of life.” – Amos Bronson Alcott

QOTD - Mahatma Gandhi

 “Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi

QOTD - Emily Dickinson

“We turn not older with years, but newer every day.” – Emily Dickinson

QOTD - Wu Ming-Yi

“The love of old things is a way of respecting time.” – Wu Ming-Yi, The Stolen Bicycle

QOTD - William Faulkner

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." – William Faulkner