Regional Proverbs
Profound Truths – Life Science #3
The following is a correct statement: Today is Day #3 of Life Science Week The Glory of Confusion One of the most satisfying things about studying science, even at my amateur level, is the glory of discovering how many things are contradictory truths. It doesn't make...
Directions – Bad Habit Week #1
I am going to make a habit of this.It's 'Bad Habit Week' at the NDD! This could easily be called addiction week as well, but I wanted to use the word habit because it applies in more cases. Not everyone is an addict, but everyone has habits. Some can be quite...
An Ounce of Mother – Mother's Day #3
Whether it's confession, absolution, forgiveness or advice, moms pretty much have it over Priests or anyone else for that matter. Father's can be pretty good at it too! Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily Quote is a Spanish Proverb...
God Could Not Be Everywhere
Ask any mother, whether with one kid or 10, what life is like and they will all say they wish they had as many arms as the mother in the drawing does! Most of the mom's I know actually do have this many arms, but all but two of them stretch out from her heart, not...
Zen #5 – The Infinite
It's Day Infinity of Zen Week. Not unexpectedly, this week's series has resulted in many more visitors from Japan than usual. I am hopeful you are all safe and have the support and strength to rebuild your homeland. INFINITY Normal cat is insistently meowing to get...
Zen #4 – Enlightenment
I hope you are enlightened on day 4 of Zen Week at The Napkin Dad Daily. Enlightenment always wants to be grand. We like to make the grand proclamation that we have been enlightened about something. Maybe after we have done something bad, been caught, and had to...
Giving
Thanks to CK for the quote today. Everything is part of a cycle. It isn't just one thing about you that can help fill others. It's all sides of you. That includes your kindnesses, wisdom and expressions of concern. It also includes your humor, intelligence...
Only a Fool
Sometimes it's good to jump in, other times it's not. When to be careful and when to throw caution to the wind is a delicate art. It can lead to bad consequences and it can lead to great leaps of wonder. How to know the difference isn't easy. The only advice I have...
>Many Complain of Their Looks
>Aha Moment News:Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know the results of the Aha Moment project. I didn't make it into the top 10 so my ad will not be running in 2011. Thank you all so much for your support and your votes. It was a lot of fun and...
The Best Memories
I am trying to remember if I have done a series on memory yet. I have had some relationships over my life with people who have had long memories for slights and injuries. I know this because as I got to know them I found out all the places we couldn't go and things...
Truth is the Safest Lie – Lying About The Truth #3
I think this is a great quote. What it says to me is that telling the truth is an art. It is within the realm of truth that you are allowed the greatest leeway. You can craft that truth in such a way that it is kinder or meaner, transparent or opaque,...
Wishes Won’t Wash Dishes
They also will not write proposals, get trademarks and copyrights, find vendors, get publicity, draw up a business plan, advertise, sell products, build relationships, or do windows. There is a passage in the Christian New Testament, in the Book of James, where...
The Good Spectator – updated 2018
Day 2 of Art Week at The Napkin Dad Daily! When I have an art exhibition I can guarantee there will be a number of people who want to know what the art means. They will not feel comfortable or at ease without knowing what it is I meant to say in the art. What I...
Shared Joy – updated 2017
My wife and I had my unwife and my daughter over for dinner last night. We talked a lot about our various family members, some doing well, some doing not so well. Some battling cancer, some exploding with opportunities of a brand new life ahead. Some in hard jobs,...
Little Children, Big Children – updated 2017
When my daughters were small I remembering getting sympathy from others because we had 3 in 4 years. It was the cliché of the 'headache'. But it didn't really produce an actual headache for me, and my wife didn't often say she had one. What it really was was an...
The Busy Man – updated 2017
When I was in the second year of my first marriage, we moved into my in-laws house while we reestablished ourselves in San Jose. Getting a job, applying to grad schools, and other things kept us living there for almost 11 months. I was, and still am, grateful for the...
They Who Smile – updated 2017
A vintage napkin from 2003, given to my daughters' in their lunches. Two daughters (at the time) were in high school and I drew a napkin for each of them. Of course, it's a balancing act. It isn't realistic to just smile at all things. If you do you aren't able to...
Everyone is Kneaded – updated 2017
I found this quote via twitter a few days ago and really liked it. Thanks to @charvoice (Charlene Lewis). Thought I would take a 'heart series' break and put this one in the mix. It's important for me to always remember that I do not always know the circumstances and...
In Love – updated 2017
Back to the Heart series, #6 I don't know what this means actually, since I don't speak French. Ok, it's not IN French, but it is a French proverb, which is about the same. Someone explain it to me, ok? Or, better yet, lots of people explain it to me. Drawing and...
One Kind Word – updated 2017
A young friend of mine had a car accident on Friday, here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winter weather - sleet and freezing rain - had been falling most of the day and when something went wrong on the road, I don't know what, she rolled her car over. She thought she had...
A Guest Sees More
Here the guest sees worse, but the guest also may see better than the host. Every perception is a real perception. That doesn't mean that you have to take another's as your own. You just have to live with, and be at peace with, the reality that two conflicting...
Pearls Lie Not – updated 2017
Of course, this is not true. You can go to a jewelry store and purchase one. You can steal one. You can inherit one. But you can't find your very own pearl, uniquely yours, never owned or touched by another person, unless you dive for it. Even then you need to know to...
A Son is a Son – updated 2017
I love my daughters. Chelsea wrote an article about our relationship for Mia Magazine. I am proud of her skill in writing it and grateful she saw me as being helpful (overall) in her growing up years. Mia Magazine (click on the magazine image at the bottom of the link...
Make Happy Those Who Are Near – updated 2017
A perfect quote for all you entrepreneurs, business and sales people out there. I recently had a problem with my Mac Pro. I know, not a common occurrence. I went in to the Apple store to buy a new graphics card, which is where I thought the problem lied. At the last...
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