May 2021 – A Pondering Mind

quality time

sit down…take a load off your feet, and have a cup of coffee…we can spend some quality time having a gab fest…most any subject works for me…we can keep it light, or on the heavy side…in between is okay too…so…what ever floats your boat…

Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us. ~Paul Theroux

and

its sunday afternoon… sitting on the couch, tv is on… laptop across my thighs… going through emails… blog posts… doing digital crosswords… its a good day for it… as the rain is streaking at slanting angle… brewed some french roast coffee… so it will help me to function properly without getting sleepy eyed…

Six Words

day number two of blah weather

me

this is me writing to me and to me alone me needs only to know about me and me is the one to know anything me is currently doing besides writing about me which is amounting to nothing but empty words concerning me so with that said its me who wishes all of you aContinue reading “me”

Six Word Saturday

its raining. its chilly. its blah.

so

taking a walk in a lightly falling rain does the mind and body a world of good. just saying

Night Time

Night time is really the best time to work. All there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. ~Catherine Ohara

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” ~Martin Heidegger

“Nothing is everything that doesn’t happen at this very moment.” ~Martin Heidegger

Pleasure Of Reading

Sunday Evening Photos

A few photos taken during my evening stroll.

Philosophically Thinking

oh to be young again … nah. it would be nuts wanting to be of a younger age … i’m better off now, knowing what i know now from past and present experience, even though it is a known fact, that while i’m still at my age of 72 years, equals to the amount ofContinue reading “Philosophically Thinking”

Two Words

its hot

Story Writers

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it. Edgar Allan Poe

hmmmm

July type weather in the month of May. What is wrong with this picture?

The Wise Man

“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Wednesday Morning Photos

A couple of photos taken during my morning walk.

and so

i never did have my mug shot on a box of wheaties never even dreamed of it happening

Coffee And Tea

“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.” ~ William E. Gladstone, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom

Self-Expression

“To me, clothing is a form of self-expression – there are hints about who you are in what you wear.” ~ Marc Jacobs, Fashion designer

Tuesday Evening Photo

Pondering Thought #22

living a wholesome lifestyle in a fragmented environment

and so it goes

bleak cafe burnt coffee stale doughnuts unreliable free wifi mouse running across the floor and so it goes

Pedestrian Walkway

Pondering Thought #21

just tell like it is. no harm. no foul.

Flowering Shrub

okay so addendum

if any of readers understood my previous post you get an a if you didn’t understand it you will get an a for reading it

okay so

today i am tired why am i tired when i slept pretty good even though when i woke up in the morning, i was still groggy then it could be that i am tired of being tired if there’s such a thing as being tired of being tired oh well at least i am whileContinue reading “okay so”

Three Years

Three years ago today {May 14}, I was being transported by ambulance to the local hospital. When I arrived, the nurses worked on me right away, and kept feeding IV bags. Also the were keeping me awake, as they thought might go into a coma, as my sugar reading(s) were going through the roof. SinceContinue reading “Three Years”

and so

today is today and tomorrow will soon be here followed by another tomorrow and another etc., etc., the cycle never ends

Thinking #2

felt the pinch therefore I exist

Pondering Thought #20

the older one gets, the faster the time goes by.

Thinking

brewed coffee makes a great statement vs instant, it just doesn’t make the cut

The Most Beautiful Things

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. ~John Steinbeck

Pursuit Of Money

“In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.” ~ John Rawls, Philosopher, 1921 – 2002

Beautiful insane in the rain. ~Jack Kerouac

Some walks you have to take alone. ~Suzanne Collins

Ok So

overcast a tad cool no rain good walking weather which makes me a happy camper

Saturday Morning Photo

Out and about, and took this one photo.

Six Word Saturday

word x six equals 6 words

“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832

Writing Is …

Friday Evening Snaps

A couple of photos I took, while on my evening walk around town.

Reading List

Not Good

the feeling when you spill coffee on your clothes, carpet or furniture. it’s a bitch to clean up…

“There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.” ~David Hume

An Opinion

writing whatever you write, is therapeutic

Bricks

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” ~ Gilles Deleuze, Philosopher, 1925 – 1995

“No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.” ~Baruch Spinoza

Two Ways To Be Fooled

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

Words

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. ~ Blaise Pascal

The Poor

The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

Monday Evening Photo

The secret of theory is that truth does not exist. ~Jean Baudrillard

More And More Information

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning. ~ Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher, Born: June 27, 1929 – Died: March 6, 2007

Dream Beings

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. ~Jack Kerouac

“If you can’t do anything about it, laugh like hell.” ~David Cook

David Cook, Singer-songwriter

Pondering Thought #19

half-baked truth[s], should be baked thoroughly through … then its the whole truth, and nothing but the truth …

Six Words Redux

whatever it is … then its it

Cats of Odessa: Ginger

A couple of nice cat photos. Enjoy.

Pondering Thought #18

the thoughts in this old noggin are an eddying whirlpool of a swirling word salad which would be best not said

Six Word Sunday

lazy ass day, it feels great.

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.” ~ Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome, Writer, Born: May 2, 1859 – Died: June 14, 1927

Essentials To Happiness

Joseph Addison, Essayist, Born: May 1, 1672 – Died: June 17, 1719

Six Words

being a nonconformist, can be exhilarating

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. ~Margaret Mead

I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. ~Haruki Murakami

Bon Mot #5

if I ain’t walking, then I’m sitting

Saturday Evening Photo

Falling In Love

“Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. Give me two and they’ll fall in love. Give me three and they’ll invent the charming thing we call ‘society’. Give me four and they’ll build a pyramid. Give me five and they’ll make one an outcast. Give me six andContinue reading “Falling In Love”