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Monthly Archives: May 2017

Bertrand Russell

The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. Bertrand Russell, In praise of Idleness and other essays

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 31, 2017May 31, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Bertrand Russell, Ideas, Knowledge, Leisure, Musings, Philosopher, Quotes, Thoughts2 Comments on Bertrand Russell

Taking Risks

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 31, 2017May 30, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Mind, Risks

Eric Clapton

The blues are what I turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. Eric Clapton

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 31, 2017May 30, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Eric Clapton, Music, Musings, Quotes, The Blues, Thoughts

Buddy Guy

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 30, 2017May 30, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Buddy Guy, Music, Quotes, The Blues, Thoughts

Dalai Lama

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 30, 2017May 29, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Believe, Dalai Lama, Days, Love, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom4 Comments on Dalai Lama

Bonnie Raitt

QuoteParrot.com

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 29, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Bonnie Raitt, Music, Musings, people, Quotes, Religion, Spirituality, The Blues, Thoughts4 Comments on Bonnie Raitt

George Carlin’s Use Of The Word “Fat”

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 29, 2017May 28, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fat, George Carlin, Humor, Quotes, Weight2 Comments on George Carlin’s Use Of The Word “Fat”

Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty of words. Edgar Allan Poe

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 28, 2017May 28, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Beauty, Edgar Allan Poe, Musings, poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Words, Writing

Robert Downey Jr. “Worrying”

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 28, 2017May 27, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Actor, Musings, Quotes, Robert Downey Jr., Thoughts, Worry, Worrying2 Comments on Robert Downey Jr. “Worrying”

Nervous

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 28, 2017May 27, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Nerves, Thoughts2 Comments on Nervous

Jack Kerouac

I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of thinking and enjoying what they call living, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds. Jack Kerouac

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 27, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Beat Generation, Beat Poet, Clouds, Jack Kerouac, Musings, Poet, Quotes, Solitude, Thinking, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Jack Kerouac

R.I.P. Greg Allman

Greg Allman, along with his late brother Duane, that founded The Allman Brothers Band, passed away. He was 69 years old.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 27, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Music, Southern Rock, The Allman Brothers Band8 Comments on R.I.P. Greg Allman

Henry David Thoreau

It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 27, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Ants, Busy, Henry David Thoreau, Quotes4 Comments on Henry David Thoreau

Coffee

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 26, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Coffee, Hugs5 Comments on Coffee

Waldeinsamkeit (German)

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 26, 2017May 24, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Forest, German, Solitude, Woods2 Comments on Waldeinsamkeit (German)

Fear

Picture Quotes . com

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 24, 2017May 24, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Choices, Fear, Phobias2 Comments on Fear

Aristotle On Madness

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 23, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Aristotle, Knowledge, Madness, Mind, Minds, Musings, Philosophical Quotes, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom

Thomas Edison

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 23, 2017May 22, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Inventor, Quotes, Thomas Edison, Weapons

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Break the monotony. Do something strange and extravagant! Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 22, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Monotony, Musings, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoughts, Wisdom

100 Word Story

Joel would do anything, to see his long, lost love. He would walk bare foot on hot coals, a bed of nails or a flooded street. She meant so much to him, but he could not understand why she refused to see him. He would give it one more try and talk to her andContinue reading “100 Word Story”

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 21, 2017May 21, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:100 Word Story, Fiction, Fiction Writing, people, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing

Saul Bellow On Libraries

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 21, 2017May 20, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:books, Libraries, Musings, people, Quotes, Reading, Saul Bellow, Thoughts4 Comments on Saul Bellow On Libraries

Thinking

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 20, 2017May 19, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Proverbs, Thinking, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Thinking

Jimi Hendrix

Music is a safe kind of high. Jimi Hendrix

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 19, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Jimi Hendrix, Music, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts

The Soul

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 19, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Conversation, Food, Musings, Proverbs, The Soul2 Comments on The Soul

Man

Man: a being in search of meaning. Plato

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 19, 2017May 18, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Meaning, Musings, Philosophy, Plato, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Man

Marshall McLuhan Quote

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 19, 2017May 18, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Diapers, Marshall McLuhan, Musings, Quotes6 Comments on Marshall McLuhan Quote

Publishing Is A Business – Nicholas Sparks

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 18, 2017May 18, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Art, Author, Business, Musings, Nicholas Sparks, Publishing, Quotes, Thoughts, Writing

Muhammad Ali Quote On Champions

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 18, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Boxer, Champions, Dreams, Muhammad Ali, Musings, Quotes, Skill, Thoughts, Vision, Wisdom

Allen Ginsberg Quote On Poetry

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 17, 2017May 17, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Allen Ginsberg, Musings, Poems, poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom

Soul

Picture Quotes

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 16, 2017May 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Balance, life, Musings, Quotes, Soul, Spirit, Thoughts, Wisdom6 Comments on Soul

Walt Whitman Quote

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 16, 2017May 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Exist, Existence, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Walt Whitman, Wisdom

Thinking

Picture Quotes

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 15, 2017May 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Humor, Thinking2 Comments on Thinking

Hell

Maybe this world is another planet’s hell. Aldous Huxley

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 15, 2017May 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Aldous Huxley, Hell, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, World2 Comments on Hell

Edna Ferber Quote

Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Edna Ferber

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 15, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Edna Ferber, Food, Musings, Philosophy, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer5 Comments on Edna Ferber Quote

Thinking

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Plato

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 14, 2017May 14, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Plato, Quotes, Soul, Thinking, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Thinking

Friedrich Nietzsche Quote

I and me are always too deep in conversation. Friedrich Nietzsche

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 14, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Conversation, Friedrich Nietzsche, Musings, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, Thoughts

Short Story

On almost any given night, the insomniacs congregate at the mid-town diner, with cups of coffee to discuss the different reasons, of the whys they cannot sleep.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 14, 2017May 13, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Coffee, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Insomnia, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing

Socrates Quote

To find yourself think for yourself. Socrates

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 14, 2017May 13, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, Socrates, Think

Six Word Story

Preaching to the choir for harmony.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 13, 2017May 12, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Choir, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Inspiration, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories, Writing

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 13, 2017

Beach “Oststrand” on Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Norderney%2C_Nordsee_am_Oststrand_–_2016_–_5167_%28bw%29_-_2.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 12, 2017May 12, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Germany, Lower Saxony, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

Marvin Phillips “Umph”

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 12, 2017May 11, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Marvin Phillips, Musings, Quotes, Triumph

Billy Joel On Musicians

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 12, 2017May 11, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Billy Joel, Hearts, Music, Musicians, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom

Marcel Proust Quote

Born: July 10, 1871 – Died: November 18, 1922

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 11, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Marcel Proust, Mind, Musings, Quotes, Reality, Thoughts, Wisdom

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 10, 2017

  Italian Bee https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Apis_mellifera_-_Melilotus_albus_-_Keila.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 11, 2017May 11, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Bees, Italian Bee, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia2 Comments on Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 10, 2017

Ombrophobous

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 11, 2017May 10, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fears, Greek, Ombrophobous, Rain4 Comments on Ombrophobous

Carl Perkins Quote

Born: April 9, 1932 – Died: January 19, 1998

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 10, 2017May 10, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Carl Perkins, Music, Musings, Quotes, Rockabilly, Rocks, Songs, Thoughts

Short Story

The green look on his face says, he had something to eat, that certainly did not agree with him. Hello bathroom.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 10, 2017May 10, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fiction, Fiction Writing, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories, Writing1 Comment on Short Story

Six Word Story

The jury’s back. Not looking good.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 10, 2017May 10, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Courts, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Jury, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories

Ray Bradbury On Writing

AZ Quotes

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 10, 2017May 9, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Quotes, Ray Bradbury, Short Story, Thoughts, Writing2 Comments on Ray Bradbury On Writing

Jack Kerouac Quote

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 10, 2017May 9, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Bed, Jack Kerouac, Musings, Quotes, Sleep, Thoughts, Wisdom

Frida Kahlo Quote

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 9, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Frida Kahlo, Muse, Musings, Quotes, Subject, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Frida Kahlo Quote

Six Word Story

Moaning and groaning is his calling.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 9, 2017May 8, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fiction, Fiction Writing, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories, Writing

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 9, 2017

   Polar Bear https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Endangered_arctic_-_starving_polar_bear.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017May 9, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Photos, Polar Bear, Wikimedia, Wikipedia8 Comments on Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 9, 2017

Two Words #2

foul disposition

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017May 8, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Thoughts, Words

Two Words

avoid evade

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Thoughts, Words

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 8, 2017

Vanessa Indica, Indian Red Admiral Butterfly https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Vanessa_indica-Silent_Valley-2016-08-14-001.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017May 8, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Butterfly, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

Federico Felini “Life”

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017May 7, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Federico Fellini, Funny, Humor, life, Magic, Musings, Pasta, Quotes, Thoughts

Robert Frost Quote

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 8, 2017May 7, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Musings, Poet, Quotes, Reader, Robert Frost, Thoughts, Wisdom, Writer2 Comments on Robert Frost Quote

Fantasy

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Posted byA Pondering MindMay 7, 2017May 6, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fantasy, Musings, Quotes, Reality, Survive6 Comments on Fantasy

Gautama Buddha On The Way

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 6, 2017May 6, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Buddha, Buddha Quotes, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Heart, Quotes, Sky, Thoughts, Wisdom

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 6, 2017

The 15th-century gatehouse and Manor house at Brockhampton Estate https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Brockhampton_Estate_-_gatehouse_and_manor_house_2.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 6, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Brockhampton, Gatehouse, Manor, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

Jane Austen On Reading

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 6, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:books, Jane Austen, Library, Musings, Quotes, Reading, Thoughts, Wisdom1 Comment on Jane Austen On Reading

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 5, 2017

Blue tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans female infuscansobsoleta.   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Blue-tailed_damselfly_%28Ischnura_elegans%29_female_infuscans-obsoleta_2.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 6, 2017May 6, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Damselfly, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

A Quote On Matter

Picture Quotes

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 5, 2017May 4, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Living, Mass, Matter, Musings, Quotes, Space, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on A Quote On Matter

Short Story

He and she, will never see eye to eye, and it will always be like that.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 4, 2017May 4, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fiction, Fiction Writing, people, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories

Allen Ginsberg On Poetry

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 4, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Allen Ginsberg, Expression, Musings, Poems, poetry, Quotes, Thinking, Thoughts, Writing8 Comments on Allen Ginsberg On Poetry

Six Word Story

A nightmare on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 3, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Fiction, Fiction Writing, Nightmare, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories2 Comments on Six Word Story

E. E. Cummings Quote

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 3, 2017May 2, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:America, E. E. Cummings, Hell, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on E. E. Cummings Quote

Eigengrau

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 2, 2017May 2, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Color, Darkness, Eigengrau, Eyes

Albert Camus Quote

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 2, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Albert Camus, Ethics, Man, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom, World6 Comments on Albert Camus Quote

Six Word Story

His breath wreaks of cheap booze.

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 2, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Booze, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Six Word Story, Stories

Featured image from Wikimedia Commons | May 2, 2017

Northern white-breasted hedgehog. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Erinaceus_roumanicus_2013_G5.jpg

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 2, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Hedgehog, Photos, Wikimedia, Wikipedia

Mark Twain Quote

Wordables

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 1, 2017April 30, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags:Ambitions, Mark Twain, Musings, people, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom
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