Destiny, a book by Tim Parks. Its a good read, but the one thing that I don’t care for, is a lot of the paragraphs are anywhere from 2 to 3 pages long, and that can slow down time of getting through the book.
She definitely needs more coffee
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Repeat
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So True
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A True Winter Day
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At 7:00 a.m. it was 1 degree below zero, with a wind chill of 18 below.
Reading….
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what read ours.
-John Locke
This And That
Suppose we wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?
-Jack Kerouac
The Moon
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Life
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments
you make the better.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
its ….
thursday morning
had my coffee
with more to
imbibe…now
i sit and
drumming my
fingers on
the table
am i thinking
or bored
or a combination
of both
Health will improve almost at once when worrying ends. ~Neale Donald Walsch
Money Is Numbers
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.
- Bob Marley
Man And Nature
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. ~Anais Nin
Three Words
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question
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Story is a metaphor for life and life is lived in time. ~Robert McKee
Four Words
hmmmm
the 1st
Monday of
the year
2022
with 51
more of
them to
come
good karma
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Same old, same old
same shit different day
same shit different month
same shit different year
and it goes on and on and …
January
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.
~Jean-Paul Sartre
Having A Frustrating Day, Then The Advice On The Wall Is A Good Idea
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Winter Wonderland
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Silhouette Of Man On Cliff
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…the strongest friends of the soul – BOOKS… ~Emily Dickinson
Source: quote garden
“Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.” ~John Green
Today
Yesterday I got the booster shot.
Today, having blood work done, and A1c level checked.
With that said, I feel great.
“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.” ~Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett, Philosopher
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” ~Christopher Hitchens
Change
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
~ Alan Watts
Don’t Worry
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Four Words
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Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation. ~Sinclair Lewis
Nothing In The World Is Permanent
“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham
“Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” ~John Locke
Purple and White Petaled Flower
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More ….
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Hopefully ….
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Three Words
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Coffee Cup Inspiration
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Any Readers Know Who This Guy Is Or Was
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Two Words
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Polar Bear Cub
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Reading Cartoon
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December
When dark December glooms the day,
And takes our autumn joys away;
When short and scant the sun-beam throws,
Upon the weary waste of snows…
~Walter Scott, Marmion, 1808
Source: Quote Garden
The Sign Says It All
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“Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.” ~ Bo Jackson
Alertness
drink water
to stay
hydrated …
drink coffee
to stay
awake …
and alert
The best place to solve a problem is on paper. ~Jim Rohn
A
good book
good coffee
a comfortable
place to
do it
This is how it’s done
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Feelings
Meditation – Silhouette Image
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Not ready to do this
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One Word
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The Earth Has Rights, Too
“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.”
~ Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
One Word
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Opinions
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”
~ John Locke
I heed her advice
International Community Of Readers
“More and more the writer is aware of an international community of readers for whom dense language use and frequent local references are a hindrance. This seems obvious. I don’t decry it or criticize it – it’s just a fact.”
~ Tim Parks, Novelist
The World We See
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.”
~ William James
Expression Of An Opinion
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.”
~ John Stuart Mill
“Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?” ~John Locke
Looking for a book I’ve been badly wanting to read. Where do I begin?
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Silhouette Photo of a woman looking out the window
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“Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.” ~John Dewey
John Dewey – Philosopher, 1859 – 1952
Coffee Menu
A Question On The Wall
The wording on the mug says it all
Children
“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”
~ John Locke, Philosopher, 1632 – 1704
Reading Books
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
~ Anna Quindlen
Yup I Do
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The Best Experiences
“With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different finds you, takes you by surprise, shifts your tastes to new territory.”
~ Tim Parks, Novelist
I’ve been to this station in Denver
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Life Quote
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3 For 3
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My Philosophy
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I Second The Motion
Only Way To Read A Book
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Early Sunsets
With daylight savings time
done for the next four months…
it won’t stop me from taking
my early evening walks…I’ll
admit that I enjoy it….even
when there is snow and whatnot
on the ground…plod on…plod on….
Great Advice
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“When you’re happy you enjoy the music, but when you’re sad you understand the lyrics.” ~Frank Ocean
Soooooo
you can’t have
your cake and
eat it too …
fine … i
don’t eat cake…
_____________________
just tell it like it is
Human Emotions
“Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It’s what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you’re bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love.”
~ Stephen King
Yup
sunday night
sitting on the
living room couch
which is accommodating
a retired person
like me
so…i have no qualms
about it…yup
War
“War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.”
~ Paul Valery, Poet, 1871 – 1945
Judging People
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Relaxing Photo
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World
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, Playwright 1849 – 1924
“I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.” ~Antonio Porchia
Okay
nothing said
nothing written
nothing to read
All Truth
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
A Syndrome
so I have
been self-diagnosed
with brain fog
syndrome
no long term
effects
the only
cure is to
wait it out
________________________
just something to write – that’s what I did
in my other life
Our Stories
“Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright’s pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.”
~ Maya Angelou
Its time
to put Columbus Day to bed and make the change to indigenous people day. They deserve it.
I
just go
with the
flow
its a
great feeling
The Key To Life
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
~ John Lennon
Born 81 years ago … October 9, 1940
Gloomy
day
good
for
puttering
around
apartment
good
for
kicking
back
relax
good
for
taking
a
siesta
good
for
doing
anything
a
person
chooses
to
do
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