Parental Peace Seeker Prints

"I'll do all the overtime you've got till the kids go back to school..."

"Don't worry, management is completely in support of the on-site daycare."

"The kids love it, and it's saved my marriage."

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

'Where would you recommend for a tech-free experience.'

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

"Try thinking about something else."

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

'I love it here. It really floats my boat.'

"I hate it when we fight."

* For latent content, see your psychiatrist.

Cactus seats.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy.' You in?"

Dog in Daisys

'Never mind about buying that trampoline. I love your new bed!'

Meditation

FIGHT STRESS: Walk-A-Thon

Lounging by the pool

"Yes, sir, Dave. Out here, under the big sky, I always get back in touch with who I am."

"I'm trying to achieve total harmony of body, mind and cashflow."

"Hey, no problem. I am one with multiple tasks."

'4 Jello desserts - and, for the love of God, please make them all the same color.' (at restaurant with three kids)

But there are other pleasures still for the fisherman's delight....for nature is everywhere about him.

Before pagers,mobile phones and the internet.

UNFADED GLORY

'It WAS rather unkind of you to hide his bottle-opener, Mrs Jones.'

'Oh, yeah? -- Well, my true inner self can whip your true inner self!'

'It feels like I'm very much in a good place these days. That is, aside from the grammar.'

How's my enlightenment? Call 1-800-Nirvana.

'Dad, what is peace?'

"Make me one with everything!"

Trouble everywhere...

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."—Joan Didion, Penny, Joan Didion.

'We come in peace. Unless, of course, you have stuff that we want.'