JULY 2026

⛈️ July 18,2026 - JULY 27,2026 STORM OUTAGE 🌪️ EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE EXTENSIVE! ☀️ Repairs finally made and I'm Back, ready to quote!

Relax with a soothing cup of mint tea, paired with a captivating mix of inspiring, thought provoking and humorous reflections on life, all while enjoying a view of the calming waters of our local stream.

The Tea Room offers a curated collection of quotes and art. showcasing quotes from a diverse array of individuals, accompanied by art and photography by Jelani K. Asantewa.

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July 1, 2026

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Groucho Marx

July 2, 2026

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

Joan Rivers

July 3, 2026

There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

George Burns

July 4, 2026

This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them.

Gracie Allen

July 5, 2026

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Abraham Maslow

July 6, 2026

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

Frank Zappa

July 7, 2026

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

B. B. King

July 8, 2026

Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.

Bette Davis

July 9, 2026

The first wealth is health.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

July 10, 2026

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

Jack LaLanne

July 11, 2026

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Jim Rohn

July 12, 2026

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Stephen Covey

July 13, 2026

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Albert Einstein

July 14, 2026

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

Whoopi Goldberg

July 15, 2026

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Hosea Ballou

July 16, 2026

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Harry S Truman

⛈️ July 17, 2026

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Dr. Seuss

⛈️ Why There Are No Quotes for Storm Dates 18 - 26

Only Pictures.

July 17th, early in the evening. the storm hit. It was suppose to be a strong storm but turned out to be so much more. Fortunately I had put the daily quote up early that morning. Also fortunate, we had eaten supper early. It was a good windy storm, so we weren't surprised when we lost power. Usually they have power back on within hours, so that is what we expected of this outage. However, this was not your typical outage. Turns out an EF1 Tornado had hit in area all around us. Actually several Tornados had a come through in a short span of time. Fortunately, they skipped over my home and property... but not the electrical wires that connect us to the outside world!

There were massive outages and it took 10 days to get our electric and fiber Internet back online (27th, noon). My original plan had been to fill in the daily quotes missed during the storm outage. I finally found time to catch up. I collected my pictures and put them up first. I filled in the 18th and was about to fill in the other days, but as I looked at the pictures with no quotes they conjured the feelings of my 10 days with no electricity and no communication. In looking at the pictures with no quotes, I felt the stillness of those days. Hoping each day that the electric and internet would come back on, and being disappointed and anxious each day it did not.

We had enough food and water and a camper with a propane stove, so we were okay and did not have the need to leave our property. Electric was restored around day 8 and internet day 10. The pictures were all taken the day after the electric and internet were restored, when we finally ventured out. Clean up had been well underway and these are just some pictures of the damage not addressed yet. From neighbors reports these pictures are tame compared to the damage that had actually happened.

I always like to say that quotes are more than words - They are messages expressing life experiences. I realized, and decided, that the quiet lack of words can be as expressive as using audible written word. I feel that the lack of quotes expresses the quietness and mystery of not being able to communicate with the outside world,,, when that is what you have been programed to do continuously.