Quote of the Day (Anne Bradstreet, on Winter and Adversity)

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” —American Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), “Meditations Divine and Moral” (1655)

The accompanying picture was taken in my hometown, Englewood, NJ, almost exactly a year ago, when snow was still on the ground on the first day of spring.

Quote of the Day (Anne Bradstreet, on Authority)

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”—Poet Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672), Meditations Divine and Moral (1670)