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“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” — Samuel Butler (1835–1902) Continue reading
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“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, Continue reading
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“The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?” Continue reading
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“Life continues, and some mornings, weary of the noise, discouraged by the prospect of the interminable work to keep after, sickened also by the madness of the world that leaps at you from the newspaper, finally convinced that I will not be equal to it and that I will disappoint everyone—all I want to do Continue reading
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“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” -Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
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if I was a milkman, I would deliver the milk if I was a newsboy, I would hawk newspapers on the street corner if I was a hawk, I would swoop down on the prey if I was a cashier, I would ring up your items if I was a dark cloud, I would rain Continue reading
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“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much to easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. Continue reading
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“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things as well.” – Hugh Walpole (1884-1941), “Reading An Essay” Continue reading
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don’t worry about tomorrow when today is not even over with Continue reading
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“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop” ~ Gertrude Stein Continue reading
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Friday night All is well In the neighborhood Its smooth sailing Just the way I like it May tomorrow be the same Or close to being the same Continue reading
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“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.” ~ Clarice Lispector Continue reading
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“Perhaps that’s what I feel, an outside and an inside and me in the middle, perhaps that’s what I am, the thing that divides the world in two, on the one side the outside, on the other the inside, that can be as thin as foil, I’m neither one side nor the other, I’m in Continue reading
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“History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It fills people with false memories, exaggerates their reactions, exacerbates old grievances, torments them in their repose, and encourages either a delirium of grandeur or a delusion of persecution. It makes Continue reading
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“What does it mean that I am in this endless universe, thinking that I’m a man sitting under the stars on the terrace of the earth, but actually empty and awake throughout the emptiness and awakedness of everything? It means that I’m empty and awake, that I know I’m empty and awake, and that there’s Continue reading
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there are people actually a ton of them that will believe a lie than the truth. just plain weird! Continue reading
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it’s a wonderful, gorgeous, stupendous, beautiful day in the neighborhood…the air is delightful, breathable, its truly breath of fresh air…no sticky, humid glue factory feel of the air, just air that is meant to be…enjoy it because come Saturday night the humidity returns…it seems those good things never last long at all… Continue reading
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“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups…I want to speak to their souls.” ~ John Coltrane Continue reading
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“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” ~ Satchel Paige Continue reading
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“When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles.” ~ Esther Dyson – Journalist Continue reading
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“Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression ‘I have to say’, what follows usually needn’t be said?” ~ Richard Russo Continue reading
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“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” ~ Iris Murdoch Continue reading
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“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate Continue reading
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“It’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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“I think life is really hard sometimes. It’s not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that’s Continue reading
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“Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past, but you can’t erase it.” ~ E. B. White Continue reading
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never a dull moment in the city known as excitement 24/7/365 Continue reading
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one step forward two steps backwards not making any progress I wonder why … Continue reading
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a bit of fiction to pass the time away —– sleepy eyed sleep deprived diner cook bacon eggs burnt toast muddy coffee lunch time nears swatting at imaginary flies yeah that too no smoking allowed in the restrooms but patrons do it anyways call the cigarette police make arrests perps make bail head back to Continue reading
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today is a good day to sit back and do some reading. I did go for a walk earlier and it was sunny, hot and humid. I paced myself and had no problems dealing with it. it is July and with it comes this blah weather so, I’ll cope and deal with it the best Continue reading
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no matter how you like your coffee, whether its with milk and sugar, cream and sugar,no sugar or none of the above such as strong black coffee which is my all around choice. enjoy it as it will make the day more enjoyable. Continue reading
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My philosophy: Sundays are always good for kicking back and relaxing. What ever needs to be done, can be done tomorrow or whenever. Continue reading
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my philosophy: live enjoy and relax one day at a time it works for me Continue reading
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life is grand if you have a grand or two (money) Continue reading
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“Liberalism – it is well to recall this today–it is the supreme form of generosity, it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. It announces the determination to share the existence with the enemy more than that, with an Continue reading
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Two weeks I was admitted to the hospital for rapid heartbeat, lightheadedness, and a glucose reading of 250, which is way too high. I was first taken to the hospital in the city I live in. Spent a little more than 24 hours in the emergency room, and while there, the was beating back to Continue reading
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“Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.” — Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014), “Writing and Being” Continue reading
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ignoring all the bullshit that is happening in Washington since you know who, parked his fat ass in the office he should not be in, helps keep my sanity intact. I’ll read a book, go for walk, or find other things to do. I just can’t be bothered reading or hearing whatever the asshole(s) have Continue reading
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“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.” -Carl Rogers (1902-1987) Continue reading
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you know what sucks? sitting here with my laptop, trying to think of what to write. my mind is a total blank, like I can’t seem to come up with anything substantial to put down. come to think of it, I just did write something. my. my. Continue reading
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today’s weather: hot and sticky. a good especially to stay cool and hydrated don’t need no more problems, as I have enough of them Continue reading
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“What is the meaning of life? That was all – a simple question, one that tended to close in on one with years. The great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there was little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark here was one.” -Virginia Woolf, “To Continue reading
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“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” – Haruki Murakami Continue reading
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there’s nothing like having leg cramps in the wee hours of the morning, say around four in the a.m. such a rude, startling wakeup call Continue reading
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another day of strong gusty winds single digit wind chill feeling and lots of icy sidewalks and pathways to deal with the past day or so late this morning the city finally scraped down and salted the sidewalks …. winter …. gotta love it Continue reading
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no doubt about it its windy I mean honest to goodness wind the kind that will take your hat for a long flight off your head yep that kind of wind Continue reading
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“There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.” – G. K. Chesterton Continue reading
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“If your in trouble and hurt or need, go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help, the only ones.” – John Steinbeck Continue reading
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“There’s always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life.” – Charles Bukowski Continue reading
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“How much better is silence, the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, things in themselves, myself being myself.” – Virginia Woolf Continue reading
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“It’s a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘Try to be a little kinder.” – Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Damn head cold is kicking the shit out of me, yet the good thing is that I haven’t lost the taste for coffee, and I still have an appetite, which is a good thing. Continue reading
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Spent a good amount of time on the couch today. Why is that? I’ve been dealing with a head cold, which I don’t get them as. I used to get. Anyways, no fever and/or aches and pains. In other news, forgetting the cold I’m feeling good and just getting on with life. Continue reading
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“Man is a rational – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, nut so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it.” – Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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“I must learn to love the fool in me, the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I Continue reading
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“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning they distract themselves with pleasure.” – Viktor Frankl Continue reading
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“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.” -Carl Rogers Continue reading
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“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you can possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. Continue reading
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“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” –Joan Didion Continue reading
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Sundays are made for doing whatever the hell you feel like doing including not doing a damn thing Continue reading
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went out early this morning and when I stepped outside bam… the heat hit me right away and this was in the shade…the air was heavy that I didn’t want to be out in it I’m so done with this steamy sticky weather Continue reading
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can’t think of anything to write about it’s just one of those days Continue reading
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well I’ll be a new month is upon us it seemed the 4th of July was just a day or two ago but it seems like it was a blur which seems to be a constant thing Continue reading
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so damn humid I feel like a wreck so tired of this damn weather Continue reading
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the day is getting old nothing exciting to tell just the same old same old its fine and dandy with me Continue reading
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coming into the stretch run of the month of July only six days remain to think there is only five months remaining then a new year will be upon us depressing nah ho=hum maybe or so be it Continue reading
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“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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why do some people walk around with a look on their faces that somebody pissed in their coffee just asking Continue reading
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The heat finally caught up with me today Ended up crashing on the couch and out for the count It’s the fucking sticky air that I don’t like dealing with Never have Never will Maybe as I got older I would get use to it but no dice I should have been born an Eskimo Continue reading
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Went for an early afternoon walk I decided to cut it short, as when I got home, I felt like a river rat Shirt was practically plastered on me and it felt good to enter the apartment that was nice and cool The damn hot, sticky air is getting old if you know what I Continue reading
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still alive and kicking must be doing something right just saying… Continue reading
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today is one of those days that I don’t feel like doing anything but sit back and read and a couple of other things that don’t require too much exertion I’m happy with that Continue reading
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Friday afternoon spending the time being a couch potato neither a Mainer or an Idahoan just being me Continue reading
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the weekend is upon us with many more to follow the never-ending cycle such is life Continue reading
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I’m done in worn out toast all 3 apply to me and its only early afternoon Continue reading
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with the weather we’re having I’d rather be inside than outside I’ve had enough of it Continue reading
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bottled water is a blessing to have as the tap water the city provides you with … sucks! enough said Continue reading
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my philosophy live one day at a time put one foot in front of the other think before you talk listen with an open mind though with some people it is hard to do Continue reading
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the weather outside is blah ahh but nice and cool inside makes it a good day for ice cream even though I don’t eat it that often today is one of those days to have some Continue reading
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muggy sticky yuck day okay … in other news its a quiet day it must be the long weekend for some vacation for others and laze about for the rest of the people Continue reading
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today is a good day to kick back and relax in a perfect world everyday would be a good day to do that Continue reading
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the coffee is good the book is good the atmosphere is good the surroundings are good then it is all good Continue reading
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its Friday the last one of the month its also the sixth month of the year which means we’re closing out the first half of 2024 this year seems to have zipped by at a rapid pace in other stuff worth mentioning everything is good as far as my health goes meaning blood work is Continue reading
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a beautiful Wednesday morning sun is shining the birds are happy spirits are lifted which brings out the goodness in people Continue reading
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kind of a shitty day first off went to get my blood work done got there early checked in for the 9:30 appointment only it was about 10 minutes after the appointed time and the technician made a mess of the job so, I get home and the bandage is soaked with blood so I Continue reading
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a day older & a bit more wiser* *its not my birthday Continue reading
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the gods of thunder have finally struck the rain is coming down in buckets the wind has died down its a welcome relief but come tomorrow it will be humid though it will not be hot as the past couple of days Continue reading
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first thing this morning at 5:45 am it was 74F degrees and could feel the humid air coming through the a/c which was off at the time today is supposed to be the worst of it and to think it is mid-June do I dare venture out? most likely I will Continue reading
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Sunday morning a rainy morning took a walk though it was a bit cool now relaxing have the baseball game on from London, England also plan on doing some reading Monday, its off to visit the doctor early appointment which is good and get it over with I feel great so I have nothing to Continue reading
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the inquiring thought that is making a home inside the head that is connected to the rest of the body is wondering ‘what is it like to walk on cloud nine’ is it fact or is it fiction as far as i know I have no knowledge or remembrance it ever happening … Continue reading
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with yesterday’s crappy weather today it’s hell of a lot better actually, beautifully better on a scale of 1-10 Thursday was a 2 today a perfect 10 a great day to be outside so with that said I took a longer walk than usual and took a different route quite a few people were out Continue reading
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gloomy weather damp misty windy too it was no stopping me from taking the morning walk kicked it up a notch did see a couple more homeless people with nowhere to go been there done that 15 years ago I’m afraid it is only going to get worse for the people and families that are Continue reading
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