Monthly Archives: April 2015

“It is better to live rich than to die rich.”–Samuel Johnson “To live poetically is to densify life.”–Vilhelm Ekelund “My business, my art is to live my life.–Montaigne “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”–Socrates

“I shop, therefore I am.”–Barbara Kruger

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” –Francis Bacon

(first robin in backyard) “Where’s the worms?”

(rare signed 1994 Ready-to-Wear movie book about the European fashion world; a less successful movie, this was the first one he made after a heart transplant in his 70s) Highly recommended documentary for any Altman fan or serious fan of indie-style … Continue reading →

  (unposed pic of Peter Cottontail rabbit, floor vent to left of plant; the serviettes sitting beside it were not placed or moved for the pic) Safe Read-Only site–ignore any security warnings when opening pix. Easter morning here. I’m changing … Continue reading →

and we think we have now found our purpose and meaning and will try to hang onto ‘the feeling’ as long as possible, thinking in the backs of our minds that we will be mindful this time, and do our … Continue reading →

(bridge from “I Can’t Get Started with You”–lyrics by Ira Gershwin) You’re so supreme, lyrics I write of you Scheme, just for the sight of you Dream, both day and night of you And what good does it do?

of high Western culture/civilization, that no terrorist can/will never destroy: “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II. An eternal joy forever, it permanently transcends the ignorant, destructive hatred of the Middle-Eastern anarchists every time it is played and heard.

We meet, and the angels sing The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard You speak, and the angels sing Or am I breathing music into every word? –Benny Goodman (“And The Angels Sing”)