September 2018 – A Pondering Mind

Black Cat ~ Groucho Marx

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ~ Groucho Marx

George Carlin Quote: Odd Feeling

“You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.” ~ George Carlin

Edwin Way Teale Quote: Autumn

“For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.” ~ Edwin Way Teale

Aeschylus Quote: Happiness

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. -Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC Ancient Greek Dramatist

Jean de la Bruyere Quote: Three Events

There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscience of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. -Jean de la Bruyere French Philosopher

George Cooper, October’s Party

October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came– The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band. -George Cooper, October’s Party

Miles Davis Quote: Music Is

“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis

One Of Those

its one of those dank glum gloomy rainy type of day just make the best of it

True Wisdom

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates

Mad Ones ~ Jack Kerouac

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.” ~ Jack Kerouac

Power ~ Gregory Corso

“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.” ~ Gregory Corso

Jack Kerouac Quote: Life

“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~ Jack Kerouac

Charlie Parker – Master The Music

“Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.” ~ Charlie Parker

Look Around

Christina Rossetti Poem: Changing Seasons

“January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny June Brings longest day; In scorched July The storm-clouds fly, Lightning-torn; August bears corn, September fruit; In rough October Earth must disrobe her; Stars fall and shoot In keen November; And night isContinue reading “Christina Rossetti Poem: Changing Seasons”

Ambrose Bierce Quote

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. -Ambrose Bierce

John Burroughs Quote

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~ John Burroughs

Mother Earth ~ Mitchell Burgess

“If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect onContinue reading “Mother Earth ~ Mitchell Burgess”

A Note About Me

There are some things in life I do not care to talk about, and that is religion. I am not religious, and i haven’t been for quite a long time. I don’t like it, when certain people try to talk about it, and when they do, I walk away. Also, there are religious bloggers whoContinue reading “A Note About Me”

Life ~ Isaac Asimov

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. -Isaac Asimov

One Big Road ~ Bob Marley

Autumnal Winds

Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods. ~William Wordsworth

Autumn ~ French Proverb

Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb

Autumn ~ Albert Camus

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

John Donne ~ Autumn

No spring nor summer’s beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face…. ~John Donne, “Elegy IX: The Autumnal”

Walter Lippmann ~ Wisdom Quote

“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.” ~ Walter Lippmann

Books Are The Perfect Entertainment ~ Stephen King

Born: September 21, 1947

Genius And Madness

“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Matsuo Basho Quote

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho

Carl Sagan Quote

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~Carl Sagan

Mediocrity ~ Sherlock Holmes

Who I Am

see me for who I am not whom you think I am

John W. Fellows ~ Poem

I want to hear the simmer Of the old coffee pot; I want to hear it hummin’ When it’d gettin’ good and hot; I want to see the vapor rise, Like incense in the room, And float about a-fillin’ Every corner with perfume. ~John W. Fellows, “The Old Coffee Pot,” in The People’s Home Journal,Continue reading “John W. Fellows ~ Poem”