A Pondering Mind

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  • Reading Cartoon

    Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

    December 5, 2021
    Art, books, cartoon, Pixabay, Reading

  • 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

    December 4, 2021
    autumn, December, Poem, Poems, poetry, Quotes, Walter Scott

  • The Sign Says It All

    Photo by kevin grieve from Pexels

    December 1, 2021
    Climate, Climate Change, Photos

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

    November 30, 2021
    Bo Jackson, life, Quotes

  • Alertness

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

    November 30, 2021
    Coffee, Philosophy, Thoughts

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

    November 30, 2021
    Jim Rohn, Paper, Quotes

  • A

    good book
    good coffee
    a comfortable
    place to
    do it

    November 28, 2021
    books, Coffee, Philosophy, Reading, Thoughts

  • This is how it’s done

    Gerard Altmann from Pixabay

    November 28, 2021
    Photos, Pixabay

  • Feelings

    November 27, 2021
    Art, Beat Generation, Deleting, Feelings, Jack Kerouac, Lowell Massachusetts, Novelist, Quotes, Writer, Writing, Youth

  • Meditation – Silhouette Image

     

    Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

    November 27, 2021
    Aurora, Meditating, Meditation, Photos, Silhouette

  • Not ready to do this

    Photo by Adam Jícha on Unsplash

    November 27, 2021
    Photos, Unsplash

  • One Word

    Photo: Prexels – Pixabay

    November 27, 2021
    Dream, One Word, Photos

  • 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

    November 26, 2021
    Earth, Evo Morales, Human Beings, Humans, Mother Earth, Planet, Quotes, Rights

  • One Word

    Photo: Pexels – Pixabay

    November 24, 2021
    Blog, Blogging, Photos

  • Opinions

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

    ~ John Locke

    November 23, 2021
    John Locke, opinions, Philosopher, Philosophical, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes

  • I heed her advice

    Photo by cottonbro from Pexels

    November 22, 2021
    books, Photos, Reading

  • 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

    November 21, 2021
    books, Language, Quotes, Reading, Tim Parks, Writers

  • 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

    November 21, 2021
    Fear, History, Past, Philosopher, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, William James, World

  • 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: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.”

    ~ John Stuart Mill

    November 21, 2021
    Errors, Evil, Human Race, John Stuart Mill, Opinion, Opportunity, Philosopher, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, Race, Truth

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

    November 20, 2021
    John Locke, Philosopher, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes

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

    Photo by Guilherme Rossi from Pexels

    November 20, 2021
    books, Library, Photos, Reading, Stacks

  • Silhouette Photo of a woman looking out the window

    Photo by Kaitlyn Jade from Pexels

    November 18, 2021
    Black and White Photos, life, Photos, Silhouette, Window, Windows, Woman

  • “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

    November 18, 2021
    Art, Expression, John Dewey, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, Writing

  • Coffee Menu

    Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

    November 18, 2021
    Coffee, Menus, Photos

  • A Question On The Wall

    Photo by Finn on Unsplash

    November 17, 2021
    life, Photos

  • The wording on the mug says it all

    Photo by lilartsy from Pexels

    November 15, 2021
    Coffee, Coffee Cup, Coffee Mugs, life, Mugs, Philosophy, Photos

  • Children

    “There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”

    ~ John Locke, Philosopher, 1632 – 1704

    November 14, 2021
    Children, John Locke, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes

  • Reading Books

    “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”

    ~ Anna Quindlen

    November 13, 2021
    Anna Quindlen, Book Reading, books, Destination, Home, Journey, Quotes, Reading, Travel

  • Yup I Do

    Photo by Prateek Katyal from Pexels

    November 13, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Photos, Quotes

  • The Best Experiences

    “With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different finds you, takes you by surprise, shifts your tastes to new territory.”

    ~ Tim Parks, Novelist

    November 12, 2021
    books, Experience, Quotes, Tim Parks

  • I’ve been to this station in Denver

    Photo by Colin Lloyd from Pexels

    November 12, 2021
    Amtrak, Denver, Photos, Trains, Travel

  • Life Quote

    Photo by mikoto.raw Photographer from Pexels

    November 12, 2021
    Coffee, life, Mind, Pexels, Photos, Quotes

  • 3 For 3

    Photo by Bruno Cervera from Pexels

    November 11, 2021
    Coffee, life, Love, Peace, Philosophy, Photos

  • My Philosophy

    Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels

    November 10, 2021
    Coffee, life, Philosophy, Photos, Quotes

  • I Second The Motion

    Photo by Simon Noh on Unsplash

    November 9, 2021
    life, Music, Philosophy, Photos, Thoughts, Wisdom

  • Only Way To Read A Book

    Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash

    November 8, 2021
    books, life, Photos, Reading

  • Early Sunsets

    With daylight savings time
    done for the next four months…
    it won’t stop me from taking
    my early evening walks…I’ll
    admit that I enjoy it….even
    when there is snow and whatnot
    on the ground…plod on…plod on….

    November 8, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Thoughts, Time, Walking, Weather

  • Great Advice

    Photo by Reafon Gates from Pexels

    November 7, 2021
    life, Pexels, Philosophy, Quotes

  • “When you’re happy you enjoy the music, but when you’re sad you understand the lyrics.” ~Frank Ocean

    November 6, 2021
    Frank Ocean, happy, Music, Quotes

  • Soooooo

    you can’t have
    your cake and
    eat it too …
    fine … i
    don’t eat cake…
    _____________________
    just tell it like it is

    November 5, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Thoughts

  • Human Emotions

    “Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It’s what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you’re bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love.”

    ~ Stephen King

    November 1, 2021
    Coffee, Quotes, Sorry, Stephen King

  • Yup

    sunday night
    sitting on the
    living room couch
    which is accommodating
    a retired person
    like me
    so…i have no qualms
    about it…yup

    October 31, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Thoughts

  • War

    “War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.”

    ~ Paul Valery, Poet, 1871 – 1945

    October 30, 2021
    Paul Valery, people, Poet, Quotes, war

  • Judging People

    Photo by Alesia Kozik from Pexels

    October 29, 2021
    Judge, Love, people, Photos, Time

  • Relaxing Photo

    Photo by Vie Studio from Pexels

    October 28, 2021
    Meditate, Pexels, Photos

  • World

    “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

    ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, Playwright 1849 – 1924

    October 28, 2021
    Frances Hodgson Burnett, Garden, Playwright, Quotes, World

  • “I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.” ~Antonio Porchia

    October 28, 2021
    Antonio Porchia, Poet, Quotes

  • Okay

    nothing said
    nothing written
    nothing to read

    October 27, 2021
    life, Thoughts, Writing

  • All Truth

    “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

    ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

    October 27, 2021
    Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, Truth

  • A Syndrome

    so I have
    been self-diagnosed
    with brain fog
    syndrome

    no long term
    effects

    the only
    cure is to
    wait it out
    ________________________
    just something to write – that’s what I did
    in my other life

    October 26, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writing

  • Our Stories

    “Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright’s pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.”

    ~ Maya Angelou

    October 25, 2021
    Identity, life, Lives, Maya Angelou, Mind, Peace, Poet, Quotes, Roles, Stories, Writers, Writing

  • Its time

    to put Columbus Day to bed and make the change to indigenous people day. They deserve it.

    October 11, 2021
    Change, Indigenous People, Thoughts

  • I

    just go
    with the
    flow

    its a
    great feeling

    October 11, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Thoughts

  • The Key To Life

    “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

    ~ John Lennon

    Born 81 years ago … October 9, 1940

    October 9, 2021
    happiness, John Lennon, life, Quotes, The Beatles

  • Gloomy

    day
    good
    for
    puttering
    around
    apartment

    good
    for
    kicking
    back
    relax

    good
    for
    taking
    a
    siesta

    good
    for
    doing
    anything
    a
    person
    chooses
    to
    do

    October 4, 2021
    Gloom, Gloomy, life, Philosophy, Thoughts, Weather, Writing

  • Jack Kerouac

    Finishing up Jack Kerouac’s novel: The Town and The City. Its the second time I have read it, and its an interesting read. The beginning of the book, he mentions the city I was born and raised in, the city I reside in now, and the river which is only two blocks away. When I read his books, I feel like I am sitting across the table from him, and having a mind bending conversation.
    He was a great writer, who passed away at what I would call a young age (47 y/o).

    October 4, 2021
    Beat Generation, books, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Jack Kerouac, life, Lowell Massachusetts, New York City, Novelist, Philosophy, Poet, Writer, Writing

  • Greed Is A Bottomless Pit

    “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”

    ~ Erich Fromm

    October 3, 2021
    Effort, Erich Fromm, Greed, Needs, Quotes

  • October

    now its October
    the days are
    getting shorter
    the air a tad
    cooler …. the
    leaves slowly
    turning their
    collective colors
    soon to be naked
    indicating winter
    is on its way

    October 2, 2021
    life, October, Philosophy, Poem, Poems

  • “Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.” ~ Jack Kerouac

    October 2, 2021
    American Beat Writer, Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, life, Poet, Quotes, Writing

  • Calm State Of Mind

    alone at his
    favorite
    outdoor table
    while quietly
    thinking …
    blocking out the
    sounds of the
    traffic and
    people passing by
    … completely focused
    on the other world
    that he knows
    will never happen

    October 1, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, Meditating, Meditation, people, Philosophy, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Thinking, Thoughts, World, Writing

  • One Sentence Story

    the thought police are doing a number on the old professor’s head

    September 26, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Thoughts, Writing

  • Sundays

    are for
    kicking back
    relaxing
    reading
    writing
    crosswords
    sports on
    the boob
    tube
    or…
    just being
    a lazy
    ass…

    September 26, 2021
    life, Philosophy, Sunday, Sundays, Thoughts, Writing

  • Interesting People

    When I venture out for a walk, I sometimes meet some interesting people…from all walks of life. They could be dog walkers…people going or returning from an errand…the homeless… some of them I’ve gotten to know over the past few years…sometimes I’ll give them a dollar or two, as I know how it is to be in their predicament… then there was a woman who was sitting on the boardwalk bench and I told her I liked her new bicycle…she was tickled pink telling me how she was tracking it online from where the bike was shipped from California….
    Anyway you never know who you’ll see…run into…and say hello and maybe a conversation

    September 26, 2021
    Homeless People, life, people, Walking, Writing

  • “Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.” ~Paul Auster

    September 25, 2021
    Paul Auster, Quotes, Stories

  • What is

    what is reality
    what is real
    what is fake
    what is true

    not even
    going to try
    and figure
    it out

    just crawl
    back into
    my niche
    and live

    September 25, 2021
    life, Reality, Thoughts, Truth, Writing

  • The Creative Center Of A Writer’s Life

    “Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books— of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone’s favorite, the john. You can even read while you’re driving, thanks to the audiobook revolution. Of the books I read each year, anywhere from six to a dozen are on tape.”

    ~ Stephen King

    September 23, 2021
    books, life, Quotes, Stephen King, Writing

  • summer

    came to
    an end
    at 3:21 pm

    past history
    in a flash
    like it was
    all a blur

    that was real

    September 22, 2021
    Fall Season, life, Seasons, Summer

  • Walking Aimlessly

    early morning
    coffee in hand
    pounding the pavement
    saying hi to everyone
    yet no plan
    as to where he is going

    September 17, 2021
    Coffee, Poem, poetry, Walk, Walking

  • Knowing…Not Knowing

    We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.

    ~David Hawkins

    September 16, 2021
    David Hawkins, Knowing, Quotes

  • The Sound Of Water

    Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of the ear to carve a volume into the void of darkness. The space traced by the ear becomes a cavity sculpted in the interior of the mind.

    ~Steven Holl

    September 16, 2021
    Darkness, Mind, Quotes, Sound, Sounds, Steven Holl, Void, water

  • “Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” ~Albert Camus

    September 11, 2021
    Albert Camus, Change, Man, Quotes

  • Never complain. Never Explain. ~Katharine Hepburn

    September 5, 2021
    Complain, Katharine Hepburn, Positive Thinking, Positivity, Quotes

  • The Greatest Achievement

    “The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.”

    ~ James Allen, Writer, 1864 – 1912

    September 5, 2021
    Dreams, James Allen, Quotes, Realities, Reality, Sleep, The Soul

  • Being An Intellectual

    “Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin”

    August 31, 2021
    Janis Joplin, life, Lonely, Music, Quotes

  • lost and found

    its a perfect day to take a stroll, when a young female stops a few feet away. she has a dumbfounded look on her face… he stops dead in his tracks … excuse me… you look like you are lost… she replied… i am lost … do you need help… since you say that you are lost… nope… okay … so how can i help you in any other way … she told him i am no longer lost … huh … why is that he asked… because i found you … so my quest is over for finding the first man that noticed i was lost…

    —————————–
    oh how the words come flowing out. makes writing so much fun…

    August 31, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, people, Quick Fiction, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing

  • “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.” ~ Helen Hayes

    August 28, 2021
    Helen Hayes, Hero, news, Quotes

  • America…

    “America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.”

    ~ Hunter S. Thompson

    August 28, 2021
    America, Hunter S. Thompson, Quotes, World

  • “The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.” ~Bob Marley

    August 23, 2021
    beautiful, Bob Marley, Body, Curves, Quotes

  • A Writer’s Life

    “Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for books— of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone’s favorite, the john. You can even read while you’re driving, thanks to the audiobook revolution. Of the books I read each year, anywhere from six to a dozen are on tape.”

    ~ Stephen King

    August 21, 2021
    books, Quotes, Reading, Stephen King, Writing

  • its been

    so long since
    i used an
    alarm clock
    … probably
    wouldn’t know
    how to set one
    and even if i
    did … well

    August 19, 2021
    life, Thoughts, Time, Writing

  • Strangers In The Park

    Sitting on a park bench, reading one of his favorite authors, he noticed out of the corner of his eye, an acquaintance that he hasn’t seen in ages. He remembered her name, but as far some of the particulars go, they just passed right by him. He finally looked up, and said hello, and she said I know you, but can’t remember where I’ve seen you before.

    After a few moments of happy chat, she still couldn’t place him, and when she got home, to look him up on the internet. What she learned was that he was a high school teacher, never married, and no brothers and sisters.

    With that info, she was contemplating to whether to call him, and hopefully meet up with him, or just call it a day, and move on.

    ___________________________________
    I write for the hell of it.

    August 18, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, people, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing

  • Why Me

    It is one of those days, when nothing seems to go right for a number of reasons. So what were the things that ended up ruining the neighbor’s day.
    He looks out the window and sees that his car stolen…no milk in the fridge for his cereal…coffee maker shit the bed…later in the day…he burnt his sirloin steak…

    With everything that went south,he took a double dose of Xanax..and called it a day.

    ————-
    I write to entertain the masses.

    August 17, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, people, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing

  • People Are Strange

    “People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”

    ~ Charles Bukowsk, Poet, 1920 – 1994

    August 16, 2021
    Anger, Charles Bukowski, life, people, Quotes

  • A Much Needed Change

    With all the bullshit going with the Delta virus flaring up in his state, Jim decided to pack his bags, jump in his car, and head out of state.

    After driving north for the past four hours, he decided to keep going in the same direction. Eventually, he got on Interstate 95 North, and saw the sign for Portland, Maine. He stayed overnight at the rest stop…rested up…then topped off the gas tank, and after a bite to eat he proceeded back on his journey.

    Around five hours later, he was approaching the US-Canadian border in Houlton, went through the all the questions the Canadian border police asked, and then proceeded on 95 in Woodstock, New Brunswick.

    He felt so relieved to be in a country where the people are a lot friendlier, and that made up his mind to want live in Canada, and leave the past behind.

    _______________________________
    I write as it keeps me sane.

    August 16, 2021
    Canada, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Houlton, life, Maine, New Brunswick, Portland Maine, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories

  • The Mind Loves The Unknown

    “The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.”

    ~ Rene Magritte, Artist, 1898 – 1967

    August 15, 2021
    Familiar, Images, Love, Mind, Quotes, Rene Magritte, Strange

  • Not What She expected

    A rural upbringing, she decided to move to a big city.

    The realtor won her over with all the good things and the closeness to some of the best restaurants, cinemas, etc., etc…so she agreed to take the one bedroom apartment, which was on 12th floor.

    What she didn’t expect, was the littered sidewalks, traffic tie ups, and the constant or she seemed think that there the sound of sirens…police cruisers, fire engines, ambulances…

    She felt uncomfortable seeing the homeless lying down on the benches…sidewalks…the panhandlers asking for money.

    So after a couple of months of living in a city rife with all the things that she got tired of dealing with…she came to the conclusion, of moving back to the small village that she still adores, and never again live in a city.

    _____________________________
    I write because its something I like to do.

    August 15, 2021
    City, City Life, Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, Short Fiction, Short Story, Words, Writing

  • “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ~Francis Bacon

    August 14, 2021
    Frances Bacon, Quotes, Wisdom, Wise

  • A Sight For Sore Eyes

    Saturday morning, he goes down to his favorite bakery to buy a couple of bran muffins and a coffee to go. As he is waiting for his order to be finished, he hears the bell atop the door ring, and what he sees is his ex-girlfriend from a few years back. It immediately brought back some bad memories, and now he’s at a loss for words.

    They looked at each other, neither one said a word, and when his order was ready, he paid for his stuff, and left the premises. All the way home, he he wished that he never went out. When he finally arrives at his home, he puts the muffins on the counter, then go to his spot on the floor and meditate, knowing that it will clear up his head.

    ___________________________
    I write because this is what I do.

    August 13, 2021
    Fiction, Fiction Writing, life, Meditating, Meditation, Short Fiction, Short Story, Stories

  • remember

    the television show Route 66
    starring Martin Milner…
    George Maharis…Glenn Corbett

    August 8, 2021
    George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, Martin Milner, Route 66, Time, TV

  • “Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.” ~ Denis Diderot

    Denis Diderot, Philosopher, 1713 – 1784

    July 31, 2021
    Denis Diderot, Facts, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes

  • remember

    when hamburgers cost 15 cents

    July 31, 2021
    life, Time

  • Independent Thinkers

    “A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.”

    ~ John Dewey, Philosopher, 1859 – 1952

    July 29, 2021
    Independence, Independent, Independent Thinkers, John Dewey, Philosophy, Philosophy Quotes, Quotes, society, Thinkers

  • Monday Evening 8:54 p.m.

    the smoke from
    the west coast
    wildfires is
    really bad
    here in my
    part of the
    state…wore
    a mask while
    I took a walk…
    you can actually
    smell it too…
    shortly after
    7:00..the sun was
    a ball of red
    as it was behind
    the smoke…its
    supposed to be
    a little better
    tomorrow…as
    I’ve had enough
    of this shit…

    July 26, 2021
    life, Walk, Weather

  • Monday Morning 9:13 a.m.

    the air stinks
    from the wildfires
    out west…cut my
    walk short…can
    see the smoke on
    the horizon

    July 26, 2021
    life, Thoughts, Time, Walk, Weather

  • sunday afternoon 4:44 p.m.

    since its Sunday
    not much if anything
    is happening in my
    neck of the woods
    …that’s fine with me

    July 25, 2021
    life, Sunday, Thoughts

  • sunday morning 10:07 a.m.

    while spinning using
    the in stride cycle xl
    …i started a new book….
    Invisible by Paul Auster…
    one of my favorite writers

    July 25, 2021
    books, Paul Auster, Sunday, Sunday Morning

  • 11:54 a.m.

    approaching noontime
    on the east coast
    the day is about
    to begin the
    second half

    July 24, 2021
    Thoughts, Time

  • Six Words

    wearing a mask again. staying safe.

    July 24, 2021
    Six Word Fiction, Six Word Saturday, Six Word Sunday, Six Words, Six Words Redux

  • Life Is Too Short

    “I don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.”

    ~ Amy Winehouse, Singer-songwriter, Born: September 14, 1983 – Died: July 23, 2011

    July 23, 2021
    Amy Winehouse, life, people, Quotes, Singer, Songwriter, Thinking

  • thursday 3:41 p.m.

    what to think…say…write…will it make sense…what to make of it…it looks and sounds daft to me

    July 22, 2021
    Ideas, life, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writing

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