another balmy day. all is good.
Six Word Saturday
spring has sprung. birds are happy.
Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!”
~ Henry David Thoreau
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway
Pondering Thought #4
thinking of the days when a nickel was the cost for the local newspaper.
Pondering Thought #3
mind blowing experiences
Thursday Evening
it was a beautiful evening for walking.
enjoyed every minute of it
it was good for the mind and the body
A Thought
alley cats meowing away
Thursday Morning
sun is shining
quiet inside
outside the birds are singing
relaxing
reading a book
Six Words
sitting on the couch. dozing off.
Pondering Thought #2
a relaxed state of mind.
Pondering Thought 1
quiet nights are exhilarating
Six Words
daydreaming in the night time. yep.
Six Words
another windy day in the neighborhood.
Quick Fiction
He told her lover, cry me a river. She started to weep, when suddenly it seemed like the dam broke, and all hell broke loose. She just kept crying and crying, and it looked liked it wasn’t going to stop any time soon. Now he wished he never told her to cry.
“I don’t think there is any truth. There are only points of view.” ~Allen Ginsberg
“Our heads are round so thought can change direction” ~Allen Ginsberg
Six Words
another day dealing with brain cramps.
Sunday Evening Photo

Saturday Evening Sunset

So
watching tv, or is it watching me?
Six Word Sunday
walking on air. no better feeling.
Saturday Evening Photo

Six Word Saturday
suffering brain cramps. nonexistent thought(s) processing.
Time And Space
“Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.”
~ Edwin Way Teale, Naturalist ~ 1899 – 1980
“A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.” ~John Burroughs
Six Words
where have you gone Jack Kerouac?
Act Of Reading
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you’re just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
~ Frank Shorter
Six Words
new month. new day. same year.
an observation
naked trees gently swaying underneath the overcast sky.
a thought
and so it goes. so it goes…
Dreaming
“It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.”
~ Rene Descartes, Philosopher ~ 1596 – 1650
“I know that I exist; the question is, What is this ‘I’ that ‘I’ know.” ~Rene Descartes
“How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?” ~Rene Descartes
Six Words Redux
10:00 p.m. its dark. Its quiet.
Six Words
a new day. a normal life.
an observation
the winds of March are doing their thing, again.
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” ~John Burroughs
Each Day
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”
~ John Burroughs
Six Words
drab. dark. gloomy. shitty. crappy day.
Two Sentences
you meet all kinds of people in the supermarket, laundromat, drug store, and other places. but you knew that.
Six Word Saturday
she’s all sunshine, bouyancy and giggles.
Six Words
friday afternoon at the supermarket. chaos.
3:00 A.M. ~ What She Saw ~ Fiction
A hot and sticky night in the city. Nadia’s a/c doesn’t work, so she lay awake all night. She looked at the alarm clock, and saw it was 3:00 a.m., and suddenly she heard a woman screaming loudly, and she decided to look out the window, and saw a man beating an older woman. Nadia got on her cell phone, dialed 911, and told the police what was going on. A few minutes later a couple of cruisers arrived, and immediately called for an ambulance. A third cruiser happened to be nearby, and spotted a man from the description Nadia gave them. The police questioned the guy, who was three sheets to the wind, and saw his hands were marked from the beating he gave the woman. They cuffed him, read him his rights, and stuck his ass in the back seat of the police car, and took him for booking.
Six Words Redux
spill the beans. face gets redder.
Six Words
to know thyself, works for me.
Do Silly Things

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” ~Anton Chekhov
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
wondering
I get tired watching other people work. do you?
3:00 A.M. thoughts
3:00 a.m. in the Eastern Time Zone is dark, possible moon shining, and stars, not so many with all the light pollution, in the cities. To go along with the darkness, is silence, not 100% but close enough. And most people are sound asleep, and missing the all the goodness that 3:00 a.m. brings to the table.
Fear Of Truth
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
~ Niels Bohr
The Opposite Of
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”
~ Elie Wiesel
Six Word Story
Sun is shining. Birds are happy.
bread ~ a thought
it would be nice, when you go to the store for a loaf of bread, and it is already toasted, and each loaf had a light toast, another would be medium, the other would be dark toast. think of the time saved while you take out the slices of your favorite toast, knowing that you didn’t have to use the toaster, and the electricity you save. its like going green, and saving time, energy and money.
how it works ~ satire
the words regurgitate from the brain, down into the spine, then down through both arms straight on to the fingers on both hands, in which they do their diligent job of typing the words, which have flown freely from its beginning of its journey. voila! the job is completed. the story is written.
inspiration ~ satire
when I am out and about and need some inspiration, I seek out my guru who is sitting on one of the benches in the downtown square. buy him a coffee and a bagel, and he’s in his glory, filling my down and out brain a boost of enthusiastic goodwill and beautiful words to live by
Yup
everything is going well with me, in the niche of the planet I inhabit.
surprise surprise ~ satire
just read my horoscope (Aquarius), and it said I will not see eye-to-eye with family, friends and relative. conversations can be rancorous, and one sided. best to keep a tight lip, and let the time of day move on.
Anyway
still alive and kicking
A Message
I’m taking a break from posting, as I need to tend to other matters. I don’t have any idea If and when I will return.
Namaste
“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” ~ Jack Kerouac*
*Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969
“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.” ~ Jack Kerouac
Fear
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”
~ Bertrand Russell
“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” ~ Bertrand Russell
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~Henry David Thoreau
“The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.” ~Immanuel Kant
“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” ~Henry Rollins
One Sentence Story
Watching life go by in the rear view mirror.
Write Something
Since the old gray matter, aka the brain, seems to have gone on vacation. Its drawing blanks, so can’t come up with a scintilla of an idea of what to say, write, type, whatever. How long its going to be away, is anybody’s guess. Just don’t expect any postcards from it, saying wish you were here, you’d have a good time, yada, yada, yada. All I can say is, I hope you are having a good time.
Ok So
Without much sleep, I am sitting here, cup of coffee beside me, reading blog posts, and trying to figure out, what the hell am I doing up, when I should have gone back to bed. Of course there’s the nap routine, then there’s countless cups of strong, black coffee. Then there’s just go with the flow, and see what comes of it.
A Good Friend
“A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.”
~ Lois Wyse, Author ~ 1926 – 2007
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.” ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery
3:00 A.M. ~ London
I’ve been wondering if anything exciting, bad or both happened in London, England, at 3:00 a.m.. GMT. Are there people up and about, and what were they doing, probably some things not wanting to know about.
Smiles And Laughter
“Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day.”
~ Debbie Shapiro, Author ~ Born: 1953
Evening Walk ~ Three Photos



Four Words
slouched on the couch
Good
good coffee
good book
good day
life is good
Six Words Redux
Morning thought: coffee, self medicating stimulant.
Six Words
Sunday morning. Somewhat awake. Need coffee.
“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.” ~Jonathan Franzen
Evil
“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?”
~ Bret Easton Ellis, Novelist ~ Born: March 7, 1964
Six Word Sunday
Sunday silence. Sunday sun. Sunday serenity.
A Thought
Today is the new normal, to be replaced tomorrow by the new normal, and the next day a new normal will commence. See the pattern? Just a thought.
For What Its Worth
Better to write it right, and/or writes it write.
Six Word Saturday
Naked trees. Crows cawing. Blue sky.
“Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future” ~ Thomas A. Edison
3:00 A.M. ~ A Thought
Quietude and darkness at 3:00 a.m. For most people, both are conducive to a good night’s sleep. Just a thought.
The People Of The United States
“The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don’t understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.”
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Three Words
a beautiful day
3:00 A.M. ~ Quick Fiction
A hot and humid night in the city. People without a/c, having a hard time trying to get any sleep. Some of them choose to go outside, sitting on the stoops at 3:00 a.m. They see there are quite a few of their fellow citizens, doing the same thing. Talking and watching the few cars and trucks pass their homes. After a while some will go back inside, and give sleep another try, knowing in a couple of hours, some will be off to their jobs, and others call in sick.
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley
Meet Your Grandkids

Physicist – Born: January 24, 1947
An Observation
When strolling the sidewalks, and pathways of the parks, you are more than likely will meet some interesting people, from all walks of life.
Six Words
Another night of cold, gusty winds.
Three Words
lost in thoughts