Monthly Archives: April 2014

Good perspectives on his part. There is way more to life than one’s personal job or career (in his case, professional hockey). It is good to give your best and all. He did that–his ‘chicklets’ on the ice, the stitch marks … Continue reading →

gets in early. You see young tots trying out things, in some cases testing their audiences–siblings, parents, other kids–to see how they respond. And one learns early on that one can draw responses from others by one’s behavior or actions. … Continue reading →

Many people welcome new or different aphorisms in their lives, especially pithy statements which correspond to their world views and personal or past experiences. Aphorisms, then, have subjective appeal and mean or don’t mean much to a given listener or … Continue reading →

Impromptu observation of 2 year, 2 month grandson, from his car seat on drive home from day-home. From thought to language. Independent thought and consciousness expressed as in: “You know, it’s different outside now. I remember there used to be … Continue reading →

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

of the first sensuously warm spring afternoon butterfly. (Watch where you step!) ……………………………… This butterfly has quite a range in Canada, also being found in the Mingan Archipelago Park in Quebec–which I highlighted in a fall poem comparing Mingan with the … Continue reading →

“Draw” by grandson, 2 years, 2 months. Given what sells these days, likely worth millions at auction.

The old Hollywood is passing. There are fewer and fewer of the old guard left. With Mickey Rooney’s passing yesterday at 93, who is still alive and well? (with their birth-years) 1916–Olivia de Havilland (Gone with the Wind), the legendary … Continue reading →

(A Polaroid of Cohen signing copies of Book of Longing with a female companion in 2006. It came with my signed copy–above– as an extra. His companion is stamping the red Order of the Unified Heart as he signs.) A … Continue reading →

Basically, what life’s about–those transitory, ephemeral possibilities which an individual chooses or passes on. Very seldom does the same opportunity knock twice. The riskiest and most alive feelings and experiences are those which occur when one accepts and makes the positive choice … Continue reading →