Soon we will have completed our annual list of good intentions. Across the country there are millions of cigarettes waiting to be stomped out, tons of fat waiting to be lost, miles to be run, lives to be organized, selves to be improved. Once again, we will pass resolutions as if we were our ownContinue reading “January 1st”
Monthly Archives: December 2017
It Happens To Everyone
Agatha Christie Quote
Born: September 15, 1890 – Died: January 12, 1976
Breathing
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Reality
The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before. -Margaret Halsey, No Laughing Matter
Hell
Music
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. -Kabir
Everybody Knows
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Good Health
To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha
Never Assume
Felix Unger played by Tony Randall (The Odd Couple)
Winter Quote ~ Ogden Nash
Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That’s the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue. Snow is snowy when it’s snowing, I’m sorry it’s slushyContinue reading “Winter Quote ~ Ogden Nash”
If Your A Native Chicagoan
Born: September 5, 1929
The Next Generation
Born: July 26, 1894 – Died: November 22, 1963
Proverb
Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
Billboards, Billboards, Drink This,…. ~ Neal Cassady
Born: February 8, 1926 – Died: February 4, 1968 Occupation: Poet
Poetry Is….
Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them. -Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Feelings
Born: March 26, 1930 – Died: January 17, 2001 Occupation: Poet
The World You See….. ~ Jack Kerouac
Winter
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter…. In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. -John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866
Best Friends
Let’s swear each with our pinky We’ll be the best of friends Until we are old and wrinkly! ~Author unknown
Winter Afternoons
There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference, Where the Meanings, are…. When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath – When it goes, ’tis like theContinue reading “Winter Afternoons”
I Write Differently …. – Franz Kafka
Wish You Were Here So….
Coffee
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Dream Quote ~ John Lennon
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A Journey ….
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Nothing Exists ….
Stephen King Quote ~ Sorry Is The Kool-Aid …..
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100 Word Story
He: Did he do it? She: What did he do? He: I’m asking you, did he do it? She: What did he do? He: You know what he did. She: I have know idea what you are talking about. He: I think you do. She: You think, but you don’t know for sure. He; Well,Continue reading “100 Word Story”
How Did It Get Late …. ~ Dr. Seuss
How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? ~Dr. Seuss
