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The Lights Are On (B&W)
This one is in black & white. Continue reading
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The Lights Are On
This is a photo I snapped this past Thursday, but I was too damn lazy to post it. This was taken shortly after sunset, which is 4:13 pm. With that said, there lies the reason of the lights turning on so early. Continue reading
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Hell
It sure is hell to be president. — Harry S. Truman Continue reading
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Viagra Distribution Center
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The Zen proverb ….
The Zen proverb, ‘in summer we sweat; in winter we shiver,’ is meant to illustrate the importance of not trying to escape or avoid our present situation. — Rebecca Otowa Continue reading
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Nature
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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The Zen philosophy …..
The Zen philosophy posits that ‘human beings suffer’ and ‘the cause of suffering is desire.’ The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time. — Karl Albrecht Continue reading
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Egg
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it. — Japanese Proverb Continue reading
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Learning
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A man’s work …..
A man’s work is nothing but his slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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Energy
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Nature
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France Continue reading
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Cooperation
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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Snow Covered Park
On my daily walk this morning, I decided to cut through the local park, as the walking was kind of on the treacherous side. Lots of icy spots. I only took this one photo, and it does have a Zen look to it. Continue reading
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A newspaper is a ….
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. — Henry Louis Mencken Continue reading
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Quote
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. — Sophocles Continue reading
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Fairy Tale
From my email inbox: A MALE FAIRY TALE: Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, “Will you marry me?” The Princess said, “No!!!” And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and dated skinny long-legged full-breasted women and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and… Continue reading
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Ray Charles
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He knows not ….
He knows not where he’s going, For the ocean will decide, Its not the destination, It’s the glory of the ride. –Edward Monkton, Zen dog Continue reading
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Do not fear ……
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. — Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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A View Through The Balcony Window
Two photos of rooftops and grounds covered with a coating of snow. Not much of an accumulation, as it went from snow, to sleet, back to snow, then a light mist. Continue reading
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Sun
Took this photo on Sunday. The sun was showing weakly through the overcast sky. Continue reading
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Moon
The moon is in its Waxing Crescent phase, which is 32% illuminated. Believe me, the moon is in the photo. Shortly after 6:00 pm, it was 31F, -0.6C. Not too bad for the first week of December. Continue reading
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Public opinion …..
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin Continue reading
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Once a person is …..
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them. — Nelson Mandela Continue reading
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Age
The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be. — Paul Newman Continue reading
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Smoke
Smoke coming from the heating exhaust pipe, which is behind the building I reside. Continue reading
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Lights and Fog
The fog is slowly creeping in, so I took three photos, and this one turned out to be the best. The other two… eh… Continue reading
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The first forty years ……
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. — Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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Quote
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. — Lorraine Hansberry Continue reading
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Sky Photo
Took this photo, using the B&W mode. Hint: I do love black & white. Continue reading
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Life is not a ……
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. — Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Observation
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ‘creative observation.’ Creative viewing. — William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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A conservative is ….
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits. — Woodrow Wilson Continue reading
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You can only go ….
You can only go halfway into the darkest forest; then you are coming out the other side. — Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Trouble
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folk’s who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. — William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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After all, a homeless man …..
After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is against him. — Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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November 22, 1963
The question “Do you remember where you was, when President John Kennedy was assassinated”? The answer is yes. I was 14 years old, a sophomore at Lawrence High School. When the seventh period was over, which the last class of the day, there was a guy standing outside on the sidewalk, telling everyone, that the… Continue reading
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The ache for home ….
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. — Maya Angelou Continue reading
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Building Lit Up
Just a photo of a building with all or most of the lights on. Continue reading
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Jack Nicholson
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Guess who kept everybody ……
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Living
Instructions for living a life. Pay Attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver Continue reading
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The next time you get a call ….
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So ……
So earlier today, A Pondering Mind was outside getting some air. This was close to noon time. Well, out comes one of my neighbors and this was the gist of the conversation: He: Nice day, huh! Me: What? Off he went on his merry way. This happened with an overcast sky, 40F, and a damp/raw… Continue reading
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20 years later ……
Time sure does fly… Continue reading
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Everything
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki Continue reading
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Aw I don’t wanta go ….
Aw I don’t wanta go to no such thing. I just wanta to drink in alleys.’…But you’ll miss all that, just for some old wine.’ There’s wisdom in wine, goddam it’ I yelled. ‘Have a shot! — Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Shower Radio
Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door. — Jerry Seinfeld Continue reading
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How long a minute is ……
How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you’re on. — Zall’s Second Law Continue reading
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Friday Afternoon Sunset
It was 60 degrees at 4:28 pm. When I saw the colorful sky, I knew I had to take the photo of it. In about 4 weeks, the sun will be setting at or around 4:10 pm. Continue reading
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Truth
Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived. –Americ Azevedo Continue reading
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No matter what people say …..
No matter what people say about you, know who you are. Their blame can’t injure you, nor can their praise elevate you. You are what you are; nothing anyone can say can change that. — Daniel Levin Continue reading
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If you propose to speak ….
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Moon – Waxing Gibbous
I thought I’d give it a try, taking this photo of the Moon, during its Waxing Gibbous phase, which is 90% illuminated. It was taken on Nov. 13, and it was 29F. Continue reading
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Socrates
Socrates Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumor or spread gossip. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?” “Wait a… Continue reading
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Meditation
Meditation is not about finding the self–quite the contrary: it is about finding one’s way beyond the self. Meditation is also not about ‘explaining the mind’. It is instead about clearing away clutter created by the mind. — David M. White Continue reading
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America is a land …..
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. — Laurence J. Peter Source of quote Continue reading
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Conversation
A conversation is so much more than words: a conversation is eyes, smiles, the silences between the words. — Annika Thor Continue reading
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Gray Day
Overcast, cold day. It has the look of snow, but it has not happened. Continue reading
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Sun And Trees
A wonderful sunny and cool day. Its a Zen like day. Continue reading
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Opinions
But opinions, judgements, memories, dreaming about the future–ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality. — Charlotte J. Beck Continue reading
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Reality
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. — Thich Nhat Hanh Continue reading
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We may believe ……
We may believe that we know what another person is thinking, but most often our efforts at ‘mind reading’ are projections of our own inner, self-centered concerns. — Susan Edmiston, Leonard Scheff Continue reading
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Hot Air Balloon
From my email inbox: So you think you’re having a bad day… then you step outside of your house… and look up into the beautiful blue sky… …and see this!!!!! All of a sudden, that smile comes back to your face and you say to yourself ”Now that’s a big ass balloon!!!” …and things don’t seem… Continue reading
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Do not judge …..
Do not judge a person until the lid of his coffin is closed. — Chinese Proverbs Continue reading
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Travelers Complaints
From my email inbox: Its true. You can’t please everyone. 19 Idiotic (But Real) Travel Complaints These are actual complaints received from dissatisfied customers by Thomas Cook Vacations (based on a Thomas Cook/ABTA survey): 1. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits… Continue reading
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All change is a miracle …..
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. — Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Protest
Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. — Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading
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You don’t get to choose ….
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. — Joan Baez Continue reading
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Saturday Sunset(s)
Another warm day here in Massachusetts, which will be the last one. Colder air moving in for Sunday and Monday. Here’s a couple of photos of the end of day’s sunset. Continue reading
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The principle that the poor ….
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