A Pondering Mind

10:10 a.m.

went for an earlier walk shortly after nine not much shade damn…I could feel the sun…and it felt like being in a 400 degrees oven so I managed to cut the distance as it was too hot

Direction

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going in the opposite direction in this too-big world. ~ Jack Kerouac

as the hot, humid weather is here it still hasn’t stopped me from venturing outside and do my walks I try to stay on the streets with the most shade and also try to block my mind from how bad it is…most of the time it works it does keep me in shape even thoughContinue reading “so”

Details are the Life of Prose. ~Jack Kerouac

The Queens English

You know, I do speak the Queens English. It’s just the wrong Queens that’s all. It’s over the 59th Street Bridge. It’s not over the Atlantic Ocean. ~ Cyndi Lauper

11:18 a.m.

89 degrees with a feel of 98 humid as all hell too glad I got things done early rest of the day will be a kick back and relax

The Shadowy Tip Of Reality

“This highway leads to the shadowy tip of reality: you’re on a through route to the land of the different, the bizarre, the unexplainable…Go as far as you like on this road. Its limits are only those of mind itself. Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re entering the wondrous dimension of imagination. . . Next stop TheContinue reading “The Shadowy Tip Of Reality”

The Key Of Imagination

“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone.” ~ Rod Serling The Twilight Zone (televisionContinue reading “The Key Of Imagination”

8:49 p.m.

its been a long day especially since i’ve been awake shortly after 5:00 a.m. not complaining just saying

Six Words

outside it’s hot…and that’s that

1:37 p.m.

a day to do nothing and just relax and chill

9:05 a.m.

completed the Sunday crossword a couple more to tackle later on in the Washington Post they can be head bangers no harm in trying

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” ~Fyodor Dostoevsky

9:14 p.m.

it is evening which means it is dark the streetlamps are on me…sitting on the couch trying to think of what to write along with the useless drivel that i’ve been coming up with maybe come tomorrow the brain may produce something useful to put into words we’ll see what happens

4:27 p.m.

no rhyme no reason just writing whatever comes to mind

4:19 p.m.

need more coffee

3:19 p.m.

plenty of bottled water on hand to keep me hydrated

3:14 p.m.

hot humid weather making a return not exactly my kind of weather high humidity tends to wear me down

“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” ~ George Orwell

11:07 a.m.

busy as a bee no rest for the weary the end will be at no appointed hour

so

its the time of year that the longest day of year is upon us. the reverse will happen as the days will be on the road to getting shorter… and nothing can be done about it … so we just grin and bear it….

enlighten me

what do people do when they are bored?

7:18 p.m.

weather is fantastic for a stroll and enjoying it

4:26 p.m.

leftover meatloaf for my evening meal sounds divine

Six Words

have no inkling what to write

5:51 p.m.

evening walk on hold thunderstorms moving through will wait it out and take one later on

4:17 p.m.

the afternoon has so far been a blah … blah … blah … lazy … type of day

1:17 p.m.

early afternoon took an afternoon walk weather isn’t all that great light mist which wasn’t that bad

8:44 a.m.

couch potato using the laptop instead of watching tv or does it watch me when its on anyway… living the comfy life the only way to be

Summer

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. ~ George R. R. Martin

“We hide ourselves in our music to reveal ourselves” ~ Jim Morrison

4:48 p.m.

binge watching Chicago PD on USA

Bright & Colorful

9:17 a.m.

finished two crossword puzzles the first one was online the other in the newspaper mission accomplished

7:24 a.m.

beautiful morning rain later in the day oh well….just make the best of it

3:38 p.m.

lazy day idle time no rush to do anything that’s what sundays are all about

12:00 noon

and all is well

8:39 a.m.

sun is shining 64 degrees time to go for a walk about town

6:02 a.m.

up earlier than usual and that’s okay it gives me more time to do whatever I feel like doing life is good

Honesty

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Reflection

Sidewalk

To Much

“I used to say, ‘Things cost too much.’ Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, ‘The problem isn’t that things cost too much. The problem is that you can’t afford it.’ That’s when I finally understood that the problem wasn’t ‘it’-the problem was ‘me.’” ~ Jim Rohn

1:58 p.m.

the sun did not disappoint shining brightly with lots of puffy white clouds with that said took a walk on the boardwalk which runs parallel with the river and its never crowded which is a good thing

11:29 a.m.

got to see blood work results online and my A1c is 5.8 a a glucose level of 117 which is down from the last test earlier this year the A1c then was 6.0 a level of 125 so I feel good knowing that I’m doing the right things and eating right and drinking plenty ofContinue reading “11:29 a.m.”

9:42 a.m.

laundry folded and put away now its time for a much needed coffee break

9:08 a.m.

went for a walk now i am back waiting for the laundry to finish drying

7:45 a.m.

saturday morning rain is done clouds are slowly departing looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood is in the cards

Traveling

“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán

10:00 a.m.

time is right for the aroma of fresh brewed coffee is calling for me

7:48 a.m.

the day is still and in no rush to do anything

8:45 p.m.

have all the time in the world to do exactly nothing nada zilch marvelous i say

5:02 p.m.

no complaints life is good

Downtown Flower Box

and so

think i’ll sit and wait out the heat and sticky feeling outside and enjoy the comforts of the a/c and slake my thirst with water with a cup or two of caffeine so…. that’s what i’ll do

Six Words

damn! it is way to humid

and so

took a walk in the heat very few people out and about came home dragging my ass the a/c felt great now i’m relaxing knowing my glucose reading is excellent tomorrow will be hotter do i dare to venture out… i’ll play it by ear

Six Words

its way too damn hot outside

Poor People

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” ~ Carl Jung

Six Word Saturday

sitting and thinking. still drawing blanks

Rainbow

so

it is a saturday it is june it is hot to hot for this time of the month some say climate change is a hoax i beg to differ but no use arguing with people in denial then i ask myself do people in denial like being that way or do they live miserable lives

Coffee, Book, etc.

“Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.” ~Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell, Actress, 1907-1976

Being Useless

“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.” ~ Sylvia Plath

Success

“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.” ~ John Madden, A former coach of the Oakland Raiders

“Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.” ~John Madden

Thursday Evening Photo

“To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.” ~John Burroughs

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” ~John Burroughs

John Burroughs, Essayist, 1837-1921

Tuesday Part 2

doc says everything is fine…blood pressure excellent, kidney function normal…plus all the other stuff…don’t have to go back until December…with all that said, i’m good to go…

Tuesday

will be paying a visit to see the doc this afternoon…no problems for me to tell her…so we’ll see what’s in store…oh, and have no aches…no pains…no squeaks…

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”