[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine read more

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.

I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words.

I hope that they'll learn to put different meanings with certain words.

Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer loans, deposits and credit cards,

Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer loans, deposits and credit cards,

And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious read more

And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can repel us initially, but which can jerk us out of our habitual selfishness, and give us intonations of that sacred otherness, which is God.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was read more

In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was wholly lost

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good read more

Elk existed at one time in 48 of the 50 states. A lot of the recovery is due to good wildlife management practices.

They're better right now than at any point last season.

They're better right now than at any point last season.