Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know or to admit the change and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

Summer is a great time to visit art museums which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water you immerse yourself in art.

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

I live alone with cats books pictures fresh vegetables to cook the garden the hens to feed.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

We incorporated new tastes and flavors into our kids' diets from a very early age which helped to develop their palates and prevented them from becoming picky eaters. We don't buy junk food and give them options of fresh fruit yogurt raw almonds or dried whole grain cereals for snack time.

Every time I see something terrible it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

Age is not all decay it is the ripening the swelling of the fresh life within that withers and bursts the husk.