Monthly Archives: February 2021
3:00 A.M. ~ So
So, I often wonder what people are doing at 3:00 a.m. Sleeping? Watching TV? Working? Reading a book? Walking the dog? Bathroom run? Just something that I would throw out there, to see what responses would come of it.
The body
“The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.” ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Philosopher ~ 1908-1961
“All consciousness is consciousness of something” ~Edmund Husserl
Six Word Sunday
Good conversation. Great times. Happy people.
One Sentence
She’s 88 years old, and she is by all means peaches and cream, with a dollop of whip cream on top.
We The People
Two Sentences
High sugar content. A diabetic’s nightmare.
Two People
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ~ William James
One Sentence
Even though it is still winter, spring cleaning has begun.
Time is the most unknown of all unknown things. ~Aristotle
Six Word Saturday
Into the void. No exit found.
3:00 A.M. – Short Fiction
It was one those nights, Ned was tossing and turning, and restless. He looked at the alarm clock, and it read 3:00 a.m. He decided to get up, put his clothes on, grabbed his keys and cigarettes, and went for a walk. The air was warm, and the stars were shining. It felt good toContinue reading “3:00 A.M. – Short Fiction”
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Reading A Novel
“Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist’s head, and you invest many hours to do so.” ~ Jay McInerney
“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” ~William Ralph Inge
Hard Work
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~ Stephen King
3:00 A.M. The Village Square -Short Fiction
The village square is for the most of the time, relatively dead, that you can hear a pin drop on the steel grating. But on this early morning hour at 3:00 a.m., accompanied by a full moon, and a few scattered clouds creeping by, something odd was happening. There were a pack of dogs chasingContinue reading “3:00 A.M. The Village Square -Short Fiction”
Two Sentences
Life’s short. Make the best of it.
Six Words Redux
Do it yourself, works for me.
“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” ~George Harrison
Six Words
High on life is all good.
Wrong Planet
“Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?” ~ George Harrison – Born: February 25, 1943 – Died: November 29, 2001
Being Here Now
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire
3:00 A.M. Downtown – Short Fiction
A late winter storm, dumping copious amounts of snow on the streets and avenues, in the downtown area. Its 3:00 a.m., not a soul to be seen venturing in the deepening snow. Even the plows are having a hard time keeping the roads cleared. The only places that are still open, are a 24 hourContinue reading “3:00 A.M. Downtown – Short Fiction”
Materials Of Knowledge
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke
“Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.” ~Paul Theroux
“Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.” ~Paul Auster
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” ~Tom Stoppard
3:00 A.M. – A Short Story
Every morning, at 3:00 a.m., you will find an elderly gentleman, sitting in his favorite booth, having a cup of coffee. He has been patronizing this certain coffee shop, since he retired many years ago from the book editing job, that he had for over 35 years. He usually is the only one there, andContinue reading “3:00 A.M. – A Short Story”
“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
Back In Time
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” ~ Harvey Mackay
One Sentence
Let’s get along, for no other reason than to get along.
“To silence gossip, don’t repeat it.” ~ John Keats
For What Its Worth
Moving forward. Not looking back. What’s the point of it.
“Life is a constant process of dying.” ~Arthur Schopenhauer
“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” ~Arthur Schopenhauer
Majority Of Men
“The majority of men… are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and… are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher – 1788-1860
Suddenly Wake Up
“Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?” ~ Jack Kerouac
So
The expression, “you’re older than dirt.” So, how old is dirt?
“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” ~Jack Kerouac
Six Words Sunday
Lazy day. Idling by. Forward moving.
“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.” ~Baruch Spinoza
Two Sentences
Orbiting the sun for 72 years plus. An experience of many dimensions.
Life Is One Big Road
“Life is one big road with lots of signs,So when you riding through the ruts,Don’t you complicate your mindFlee from hate, mischief and jealousyDon’t bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.” ~ Bob Marley
The Charming Gardeners
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust
Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. ~Carl Jung
To be is to be perceived. (Esse est percipi) ~Bishop ~George Berkeley
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Six Word Saturday
Walking in freshly falling snow. Heavenly.
“If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” ~Thomas A. Edison
Its Worth It
I wear a mask in public, to protect you and me. Its the right thing to do.
Six Word Story
Watching the canary do his thing.
Two Sentences
Never said I was perfect. Far from it.
Six Words
Watching old Andy Griffith on Sundance.
Sunsets
“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” ~ John Lubbock, 1834-1913
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don’t like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.” ~ Ralph Kiner
The Crazy Ones
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently – they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things…Continue reading “The Crazy Ones”
Six Words Redux
I’m old school…. because I’m old.
Six Words
Lack of thoughts. Mind’s on vacation.
“To choose not to choose is still to act.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre
One Day Left
“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Two Sentences
TV weatherman says more snow on the horizon. Its winter, so it comes with the territory.
“I rebel; therefore I exist.” ~Albert Camus
“The loudest noise in the world is silence.” ~Thelonious Monk
Nihilist
A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. ~ Albert Camus
Written In Cursive
Clouds are poems, and the most moving poems linger on the blackboard so long, written in cursive so lovely, they also exist inside our fingertips. We never really erase them at the end of the lesson. ~ Ann Beattie
Jingoism
The avante-garde is to the left what jingoism is to the right. Both are a refuge in nonsense. ~ David Mamet
“The light is the left hand of darkness.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Its Like This
Walking, which I do several times a day, helps keep me in shape, control my blood sugar levels, and air out my head. I will pound the sidewalks in most any type of weather, except when its pouring rain, and/or if the snow is coming down to hard.
Six Words Redux
Gloomy weather casts a weary face.
The Mad Ones
“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
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” ~John W. Gardner
Six Words
So… here I sit, doing nothing.
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Law Of Life
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~ John F. Kennedy
February
February, the shortest month of the year, is already at the mid way point. Before you know it, the month of March will be here, and February will just be a memory.
Butterfly
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Six Words
Life: it is what it is.
“Two truths cannot contradict one another.” ~Galileo Galilei
The Sun
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” ~ Galileo Galilei
“Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.” ~Galileo Galilei
Six Word Sunday
Keeping the beat. Life is grand.
One Sentence Story
He’s dancing to the music in his head.
Love
Understanding Ourselves
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
The Opportunist
“Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist–while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!” ~ Lori Greiner – Inventor, Born: December 9, 1969
“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.” ~ Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes – Philosopher, 1588-1679
Realistic Fiction
“To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin – Author, Born: October 21, 1929
Define Your Character
“Go without a coat when it’s cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it’s all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you’reContinue reading “Define Your Character”
Six Word Saturday
Walking on eggshells. An uncomfortable feeling.
“Simple music is the hardest music to play and blues is simple music.” ~Albert Collins
Six Words
I am I. You are you.
“We are our choices.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre
“I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.” ~Johann Gottlieb Fichte*
*Philosopher, 1762-1814
Lie Is A Lie
“But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.” ~ Immanuel Kant
You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am. ~Immanuel Kant
Three Things
“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes” ~ Immanuel Kant