Sunday, October 31, 2021

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Happiness is savory with sweet


On smoaking lard they dine;
A sav'ry bit that serv'd to relish wine. 

-- John Dryden

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Happiness is The Five Reasons Why Men Drink

 


 
If on my theme I rightly think,
There are five reasons why men drink:—
Good wine; a friend; because I'm dry;
Or lest I should be by and by;
Or — any other reason why.
 
-- Henry Aldrich (1647-1710)

Friday, October 1, 2021

Happiness is the one thousand year old oak tree

The King Oak of Denmark may date as early as the first century AD

 
 
 
The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees,
Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;
Three centuries he grows, and three he stays
Supreme in state; and in three more decays.
 
-- John Dryden