Monthly Archives: February 2014

“I believe I could never exhaust the supply of material lying within me. The deeper I plunge, the more I discover. There is no bottom to my heart and no limit to the acrobatic feats of my imagination.” –Anais Nin, … Continue reading →

(5th birthday, August 31, 1955, Winnipeg, with Jeanne’s cake–the latter still an annual tradition) If accessing site from Internet, activate any photos not showing automatically, by clicking on any picture frame. Then click “Continue to this website”–. *********************************************************************************************** There is much … Continue reading →

ESO conductor. Best they’ve ever had. He challenges them and makes them play beautifully and more sensitively, as in the case of Beethoven’s Pastorale last evening. A-mazing. Conducting without a score or baton. An incredible choreographed performance using all parts … Continue reading →

Pure, simple fun. Ingredients: one empty box, an adult to push, and a child’s willingness to risk.

Starting each day, providing breakfast for my aery brethren, regardless of weather…. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”–William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida

usually emerge while being totally immersed and engaged in the moment. Or from having someone or something to really look forward to in the near future.

The dumb luck of my life–so much of it, continuing… For what am I most grateful beyond love, family, nature, the arts? 12 years retired from teaching now, I’d have to say the incredible freedom, including that when a preschooler, … Continue reading →

Steal $750,000 = 4 yr. jail term Crash into and kill 3 people= 30 mos. jail time (taking out human life = 10 mos. jail time) Accident fled that kills a person= 90 days (taking out human life = 90 … Continue reading →

No. of original words first coined by Shakespeare. Easily the greatest English writer of all time, he represents the highest point ever of both language and literature in English culture. No one else even comes close.  

Imagination, empathy, kindness, and natural, easy closeness and warm intimacy. No masks, egos, or withholding. The acceptance, letting go, and sharing of true inner selves. Living in and for each other. All levels open–only freedom, mutual flow, and limitless possibilities.