My readers have spoken. When I post a recipe, I get almost twice as many people who click the link to read the quotes… Guess I am going to post a recipe at least once a week! On another note, I hung the first sheets of drywall on the addition yesterday. Going to try to finish the most difficult part, the pocket barn door, in the next couple of days. I really wanted to put in a false wall or a secret passage, but the layout wasn’t quite right. When I was young, and we still lived on the farm, I thought Mom and Dad had a secret passage in their bedroom. In my young mind, it was the coolest thing that existed, and I would often search for the hidden entrance in their closet or on the right side of their bed behind the dresser. I wasn’t strong enough to actually move the dresser, so it could have been there.
As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get handwritten napkins.
Visual credits to: Featured image – @Mythos_Man Quotes: @realAtlasPress @TheAtlasSociety @Rothmus
Quotes:
1. “God provides the wind, man must raise the sails.” – Saint Augustine of Hippo
2. “A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a shortcut to meet it.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
3. “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” – Confucius
4. “Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.” – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Sources:
“God provides the wind, man must raise the sails.”
— Saint Augustine of Hippo pic.twitter.com/lxBTuWSppW
— Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) January 26, 2026
J.R.R. Tolkien is a magician with words pic.twitter.com/QclEBuDL6Z
— Atlas Press (@realAtlasPress) January 27, 2026
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
— Confucius
— The Atlas Society (@TheAtlasSociety) January 26, 2026
— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) January 27, 2026