Daily Archives: September 18, 2019

Today’s quote by Jane Austen

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After giving up my metal workshop I found a new way to be creative! I love painting with light!

“If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better.”
– Jane Austen

About Jane Austen

Lake Retreat Ravensdale, Washington

Jane Austen (1775-1817), the British writer whose sparkling, socially incisive novels remain extremely popular two centuries after her death, is best known for Pride and Prejudice, which she called her “own darling child.” She started writing solely for her own family, and her novels, including Sense and Sensibility and Emma, were initially published anonymously (or “By a Lady”). Nevertheless, she won fame later in life, and she earned the high honor of burial in Winchester Cathedral after her death in 1817 at age 41.

a snap shot from my past

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My first time picking out art supplies! The owner of the wrecking yard told me I could take what I wanted! Prosser, Washington

Today’s quote:

“It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.”

– Edward Henry Harriman
About Edward Henry Harriman
American railroad owner and financier Edward Henry Harriman modernized much of the nation’s railways. He was born on February 20, 1848 in New York. He dropped out of school at 14 to work on Wall Street. By age 22, he had a seat on the NY Stock Exchange. After he bought the Union Pacific, he inspected every mile of the aging rail system. In 1899, he organized a scientific exploration of the Alaska coastline. His estate outside New York City is now Harriman State Park. He died on September 9, 1909.