Monthly Archives: May 2016

Abandoned to Nature

He could not feel bad here lying under the good stars. The lighthouse was just visible & tall waves knew grey rock. He recalled other beaches, summers & the taste of strawberries. The guitar of wind kissed skin & hair … Continue reading →

“Be natural, my children.”–last words of English novelist Charles Dickens Living authentically, especially in social situations like families and workplaces, is one of the hardest, trickiest challenges in interpersonal relationships. It always works if you are honest, simply yourself, and … Continue reading →

“They intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.”–Aldous Huxley “There is no wisdom without leisure.”–Jewish proverb

“Perhaps the androgynous mind is less apt to make these distinctions than the single-sexed mind….the androgynous mind is resonant and porous; that it transmits emotion without impediment; that it is unnaturally creative, incandescent and undivided.” –Virginia Woolf, A Room of … Continue reading →

Absolute madness! Crazies phoning her office ordering her to resign because Mr. Perfect hit her in the breast. (Fact–whether on purpose or not.) Equally sickening the Liberals thronging around JT after the hit, thereby trivializing this incident and his out-of-control “Get … Continue reading →

(“conferring her own crown of greatness and genius”: Joni Mitchell’s clever self-portrait based on a van Gogh painting) Ingrid Bergman Juliette Binoche Deborah Kerr Vanessa Redgrave Elizabeth Taylor Virginia Woolf Agatha Christie Jane Austen Emily Dickinson Willa Cather Alice Munro … Continue reading →

I’d have no problem with any of these Academy choices for very good or great films: 1939–Gone with the Wind; big focus: American Civil War as it affected the South; several storylines; strong performances including Gable and Leigh; big scenes–Gettysburg … Continue reading →

“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”–George Eliot, Daniel Deronda “You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. But you can only decide how you’re going to live, now.”–Joan Baez “We must make the … Continue reading →

The baby and young child start life as gifts, unbeknownst to themselves. They are what they are, naturally, as much as a beautiful, undisturbed landscape or an animal in the wild. Consciousness is relatively undeveloped through the early years. And … Continue reading →