Monthly Archives: February 2018

The most important connection, first of all, would be with oneself. One needs to be relatively familiar with and in tune with oneself before one can significantly connect with others in adult life. Often, we see and meet people who … Continue reading →

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.–John Burroughs It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.–Oscar Wilde Nature is painting … Continue reading →

“I’m painting my room in a colourful way And when my mind is wandering There I will go.” -McCartney-Lennon, “Fixing a Hole”, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

“Hell is other people.”–Jean-Paul Sartre Indubitably. One has only to refer to the wisdom of myriad books, plays, and films. Or reflect on the amount of violence and conflict in society leading to such things as abuse, assault, abduction, separation, … Continue reading →

“If someone hangs on or around long enough, then he or she might finally get what s/he really wants, needs, or deserves.” –RD

-common sense -intelligence -sense of humor and wit -decency -sensibility -personal depth -natural capacity to respond to beauty -creative consciousness -empathy and sympathy -civility and courtesy -gentleness, kindness and caring -natural innocence, awe, and wonder -natural curiosity -appreciation -institutions that … Continue reading →

it can only get worse.” –Pearl Bailey

with the Justice MInister, says how the Stanley case should have gone, expresses his predictable p.c. agenda. (Is there a problem with Justin telling the Justice Minister how the trial should have gone? Is there a problem with the Minister … Continue reading →

Lying in bed (just like Brian Wilson did) early the other morning and realizing something basic to writing, my own writing, and life experience. Life itself is fundamentally made up of sound, image, and movement. Sound we are always hearing–from … Continue reading →

“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.” —My Antonia