Uncategorized – A Pondering Mind

Geierlay Suspension Bridge Germany

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Diabetes

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Hanging Message Board

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Poster Quote

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“Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.” ~Alice Munro

“If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.” ~Lydia Davis

“When you’re reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How doContinue reading “Reading A Novel”

Walking Meditation

“Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.” ~ Gary Snyder

“To be reborn, you have to die first.” ~ Lucien Carr

Big Cities

“The way our big cities change sucks. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists, poets, and activists could come and unify and create different kinds of scenes. Not just fashion scenes, scenes that were politically active. Big cities are getting so high-end oriented, business corporate fashion, fashionContinue reading “Big Cities”

“we’re all golden sunflowers inside.” ~ Allen Ginsberg

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.” ~David Foster Wallace

Responsible Decisions

“The place of stillness that you have to go to write, but also to read seriously, is the point where you can actually make responsible decisions, where you can actually engage productively with an otherwise scary and unmanageable world.” ~ Jonathan Franzen

Writing/Meaning/Thinking

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” ~ Joan Didion

“Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.” `~Siri Hustvedt

“We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.” ~Patti Smith

Kitten In Hoodie

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One Word

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Question

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She definitely needs more coffee

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Repeat

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So True

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A True Winter Day

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This And That

Suppose we wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all? -Jack Kerouac

The Moon

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Life

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

its ….

thursday morning had my coffee with more to imbibe…now i sit and drumming my fingers on the table am i thinking or bored or a combination of both

Health will improve almost at once when worrying ends. ~Neale Donald Walsch

Money Is Numbers

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. Bob Marley

Man And Nature

It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. ~Anais Nin

Three Words

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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question

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Story is a metaphor for life and life is lived in time. ~Robert McKee

Four Words

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hmmmm

the 1st Monday of the year 2022 with 51 more of them to come

good karma

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Same old, same old

same shit different day same shit different month same shit different year and it goes on and on and …

January

To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June. ~Jean-Paul Sartre

Having A Frustrating Day, Then The Advice On The Wall Is A Good Idea

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Winter Wonderland

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Silhouette Of Man On Cliff

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…the strongest friends of the soul – BOOKS… ~Emily Dickinson

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“Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.” ~John Green

Today

Yesterday I got the booster shot. Today, having blood work done, and A1c level checked. With that said, I feel great.

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.” ~Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett, Philosopher

“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” ~Christopher Hitchens

Change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~ Alan Watts

Don’t Worry

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Four Words

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Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation. ~Sinclair Lewis

Nothing In The World Is Permanent

“Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham

“Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.” ~John Locke

Purple and White Petaled Flower

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More ….

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Hopefully ….

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Three Words

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Coffee Cup Inspiration

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Any Readers Know Who This Guy Is Or Was

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Two Words

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Polar Bear Cub

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Reading Cartoon

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December

When dark December glooms the day, And takes our autumn joys away; When short and scant the sun-beam throws, Upon the weary waste of snows… ~Walter Scott, Marmion, 1808 Source: Quote Garden

The Sign Says It All

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“Don’t run too fast through life. You only have one.” ~ Bo Jackson

Alertness

drink water to stay hydrated … drink coffee to stay awake … and alert

The best place to solve a problem is on paper. ~Jim Rohn

A

good book good coffee a comfortable place to do it

This is how it’s done

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Feelings

Meditation – Silhouette Image

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Not ready to do this

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One Word

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The Earth Has Rights, Too

“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.” ~ Evo Morales, President of Bolivia

One Word

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Opinions

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” ~ John Locke

I heed her advice

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International Community Of Readers

“More and more the writer is aware of an international community of readers for whom dense language use and frequent local references are a hindrance. This seems obvious. I don’t decry it or criticize it – it’s just a fact.” ~ Tim Parks, Novelist

The World We See

“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” ~ William James

Expression Of An Opinion

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: ifContinue reading “Expression Of An Opinion”

“Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?” ~John Locke

Looking for a book I’ve been badly wanting to read. Where do I begin?

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Silhouette Photo of a woman looking out the window

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“Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.” ~John Dewey

John Dewey – Philosopher, 1859 – 1952