Author: Cynthia Brian

Emerency Evacuation Preparedness

Picture this: it’s the middle of the night. The power is out. It’s pitch-black and cold. You are sick with the flu, and there is pounding at your door. The firefighter says, “evacuate now…you have sixty seconds.” What do you do?...

Read More

Remember September

MIRACLE MOMENTS® “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne Frank A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian In the 1990s, while I was coaching...

Read More

Your Vote Counts!

MIRACLE MOMENTS® “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others.” President...

Read More

Hot August Days!

“August is one of the hottest months of the northern year…’twixt the flower and the fruit.” Hal Borland, Naturalist and Author It has been a warm summer, with August scheduled to bring on the heat. The hot days of this month...

Read More

To Tell the Truth!

MIRACLE MOMENT® “Truth is always the strongest argument.” Sophocles Share A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian We are fortunate to live in a country where the First Amendment of the United States...

Read More

Seasoning the Summer

“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James With the 250th birthday of our nation in 2026, many gardens are cloaked in red,...

Read More

Summer Reading and Leading

MIRACLE MOMENT® “To be a leader, you must be a reader.” Cynthia Brian A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian The ability to read is one of the most important and rewarding skills that a person can achieve....

Read More

June Blooms Eliminate the Gloom

“What is a weed? A flower whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”~ Emerson Because of the late-season rains, the weeds have been overwhelming. I have been pulling, cutting, smothering, and eliminating “these flowers whose...

Read More

The Importance of Family

MIRACLE MOMENT® “No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” Lee Iacocca, Retired Automobile...

Read More

Nature’s May Majesty

by Cynthia Brian “If an herb looks nice in a border, then why not grow it there? Why not grow anything anywhere, so long as it looks right where it is? That is, surely, the art of gardening.” Vita Sackville-West  Share If...

Read More