Author Archive for joy



Wheels of Samsara

Waiting for reincarnation @ the Philip Glassof Sculpture Ranch in Suisun Valley

Quote: Ansel Adams

To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, ‘There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.
~ Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)

Without this - there is nought

Without this - there is nought -
All other Riches be
As is the Twitter of a Bird -
Heard opposite the Sea -
I could not care - to gain
A lesser than the Whole -
For did not this include themself -
As Seams - include the Ball?
I wished a way might be
My Heart to subdivide -
‘Twould magnify - the [...]

On Rembrandt and Imperfection

I read a short article on Rembrandt in the Dec issue of Smithsonian magazine by Stephanie Dickey which had this interesting section to close it out:
While his bold, unconventional approach to both life and art has been admired by some viewers more than others, the fundamental authenticity of his response to the human condition remains [...]

Sighting Dorothy & Toto

From the Desk of Dorothy Gale
Auntie Em,
Hate you.
Hate Kansas.
Taking the dog.
~ Dorothy
……………………………………………….
Dorothy’s all grown up now, still traveling the world, having adventures, making new friends and getting into a smattering of trouble.
I recently spotted her in Bologna in the form of my friend L, together with Toto, under [...]

Destiny and Fate

Good and evil exist as destiny and fate. Destiny is that which you were born to fulfil, Fate is that which exists to deter you from fulfilling your destiny.
Paraphrased from the Chronicle of Tao

4 frogs

in 2 days of gardening. wow!
i’ll take them over Partridges in a Pear tree any time.  after all, i didn’t really like that show.

And now for a short break…

I’ve been posting a lot about Bologna recently, but as I continue to wrestle with WordPress which would pop my bubble of post travel euphoria if I wasn’t a person of such saintly, nay, ungodly patience, let me tell you about the cutest, cleverest, nuttiest, silliest little froggies in the world. They live in [...]

pardon our dust while we do some housecleaning…

i upgraded wordpress yesterday and broke my stylesheets which i’ve subsequently upgraded. but i’m afraid everything here is still in a bit of a shambles at the moment, really.
for example, under firefox, i’ve noticed that the right nav has decided to duck under the entries on the frontpage and images are missing on some [...]

Heights

Traditionally, I’ve been afraid of heights. I’m not exactly sure when it happened because I was a bit of a monkey growing up, living in trees, leaving dirty footprints on the door jambs so I could stick to the ceiling, climbing up the school swing set, etc.
But at some point standing on a [...]




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