December 2013
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Winter
Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’ –Robert Byrne Continue reading
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Let every dawn ……
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as it closes. — John Ruskin Continue reading
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Night
Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light. — Joyce Carol Oates Continue reading
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Call Me Unpredictable
As all you wonderful followers have likely noticed, that yet again, I have changed my theme. Nothing ever stays the same with me. So with that said, change is good, and you call me unpredictable, and that’s a good thing. Continue reading
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In any given moment …
In any given moment the answer to your problem is staring you in the face – if only you can see it. — Heather Jansch Source Continue reading
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A bird does not sing ….
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. — Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Lawsuit
From my email inbox: A recent article in the Kentucky Post reported that a woman, one Anne Maynard, has sued St Luke’s hospital, saying that after her husband had surgery there, he lost all interest in sex. A hospital spokesman replied … “Mr. Maynard was admitted in Ophthalmology – all we did was correct his Continue reading
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Painting
Painting, n,: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce Continue reading
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Friday Night
Stretched out on the couch, watching Cold Case on ION. Also, going through my blog, on my Smart Phone. What a charmed life I lead… Continue reading
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Cemetery on the NH – Mass Border
Before entering the supermarket, I took a couple of photos. The first one, is a photo of a cemetery in New Hampshire, which is right near the Mass border on the left side of the photo.The photo below is left of the one above. Continue reading
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Dusting Of Snow On Hedges
Got about an inch or two of snow today, more or less of a nuisance. Warmer weather is to be here for the weekend, and Monday. Continue reading
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Poverty
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. — Woody Allen Continue reading
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Books
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. — John Ruskin Continue reading
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America would be …..
America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. — Wilma Mankiller Continue reading
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Monday Evening
Monday evening. 6:20 pm. While reading and going through the blogs I follow. While I am doing this, NCIS on USA is keeping me company. Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Photo
In the distance, you can see blue lights strung around the top of the three story apartment building. Since the middle of November, they have been lit just about every night.For the full size, click on the image. Continue reading
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Focus
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. –Alexander Graham Bell Continue reading
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Wind
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Philosophy and Art ….
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. — George Henry Lewes Continue reading
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Truth
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Television
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. — Fred Allen Continue reading
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The Lights Are On (B&W)
This one is in black & white. Continue reading
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The Lights Are On
This is a photo I snapped this past Thursday, but I was too damn lazy to post it. This was taken shortly after sunset, which is 4:13 pm. With that said, there lies the reason of the lights turning on so early. Continue reading
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Hell
It sure is hell to be president. — Harry S. Truman Continue reading
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Viagra Distribution Center
From my email inbox: Continue reading
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The Zen proverb ….
The Zen proverb, ‘in summer we sweat; in winter we shiver,’ is meant to illustrate the importance of not trying to escape or avoid our present situation. — Rebecca Otowa Continue reading
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Nature
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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The Zen philosophy …..
The Zen philosophy posits that ‘human beings suffer’ and ‘the cause of suffering is desire.’ The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time. — Karl Albrecht Continue reading
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Egg
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it. — Japanese Proverb Continue reading
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Learning
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A man’s work …..
A man’s work is nothing but his slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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Energy
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Nature
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France Continue reading
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Cooperation
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Snow Covered Park
On my daily walk this morning, I decided to cut through the local park, as the walking was kind of on the treacherous side. Lots of icy spots. I only took this one photo, and it does have a Zen look to it. Continue reading
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A newspaper is a ….
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. — Henry Louis Mencken Continue reading
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Quote
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. — Sophocles Continue reading
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Fairy Tale
From my email inbox: A MALE FAIRY TALE: Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, “Will you marry me?” The Princess said, “No!!!” And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and dated skinny long-legged full-breasted women and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and Continue reading
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Ray Charles
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He knows not ….
He knows not where he’s going, For the ocean will decide, Its not the destination, It’s the glory of the ride. –Edward Monkton, Zen dog Continue reading
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Do not fear ……
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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A View Through The Balcony Window
Two photos of rooftops and grounds covered with a coating of snow. Not much of an accumulation, as it went from snow, to sleet, back to snow, then a light mist. Continue reading
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Sun
Took this photo on Sunday. The sun was showing weakly through the overcast sky. Continue reading
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Moon
The moon is in its Waxing Crescent phase, which is 32% illuminated. Believe me, the moon is in the photo. Shortly after 6:00 pm, it was 31F, -0.6C. Not too bad for the first week of December. Continue reading
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Public opinion …..
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin Continue reading
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Once a person is …..
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them. — Nelson Mandela Continue reading
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Age
The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be. — Paul Newman Continue reading
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Smoke
Smoke coming from the heating exhaust pipe, which is behind the building I reside. Continue reading
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Lights and Fog
The fog is slowly creeping in, so I took three photos, and this one turned out to be the best. The other two… eh… Continue reading
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The first forty years ……
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. — Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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Quote
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. — Lorraine Hansberry Continue reading
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Sky Photo
Took this photo, using the B&W mode. Hint: I do love black & white. Continue reading
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Life is not a ……
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. — Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Observation
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ‘creative observation.’ Creative viewing. — William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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A conservative is ….
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits. — Woodrow Wilson Continue reading
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