Category: quotes

“I learned early on that setting a table is so much more than just laying down knives and forks.  It is creating a setting for food and conversation, setting a mood and an aura that lingers long after what was served and who said what was forgotten.”                                                                 —–Peri Wolfman

“The fields are harvested and bare, And Winter whistles through the square.  October dresses in flame and gold Like a woman afraid of trowing old.”           —– Anne Mary Lawler

“The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.”                                                 —–Laurie Colwin

“I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”                                                               —-St. Paul

“I’d rather have roses on my table, than diamonds on my neck.”                                                    —–Emma Goldman

“Gardening is an instrument of grace.”                                —–May Sarton

“September, the harvest month…Summer is over and autumn has arrived.”                                                                     —–Cynthia Wickham

“The English rose greets the summer garden with a profusion of color and perfume and our doors and windows are thrown open to allow the season’s intoxicating atmosphere to envelop us and our homes.”                                                                   —–Sydney A. Sykes

“Style has nothing to do with money.  Anybody can do it with money.  The true art is to do it on a shoestring.”                                                               —–Tom Hogan

“Oh, the fun of arriving at a house and feeling the spark that tells you that you are going to have a good time.”                                                           —–Mark Hampton

“Your possessions express your personality.  Few things, including clothes, are more personal than your cherished ornaments.  The pioneer woman, who crossed a wild continent clutching their treasures to them, knew that a clock, a picture, a pair of candlesticks, meant home, even in the wilderness. ”                            …

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“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.”                                                                             —–Nikos Kazantzakis