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(large wooden key on wall outside bedroom door) (selected aphorisms by Richard Davies, 1990 A.D.) …………………………………………………………………… “We do it to ourselves and then we do it to each other.” “He wanted to give himself up to her and she to … Continue reading →

(path, Robert Frost Farm, Derry, N.H.) “If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again–if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and … Continue reading →

“The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow I have clutched.” –Thoreau

Marty (on left, above) was 83. He always played a nice, decent, friendly, ‘good guy’ and, occasionally, was a role-model for me from grades 6-8. Later, in grades 9-12, I took more after his co-star the cooler, Beatish Buz Murdock played … Continue reading →

In the time spent in the foggy dew With the raven and the dove Barefoot she walked the winter streets In search of her own true love ……………….. You’ve heard of the House of the Rising Sun And what careless … Continue reading →

  Entire, whole, complete. …………………………………. “Simplify, simplify.” –Thoreau ……………………….. “since feeling is first” –E.E. Cummings

(Hyla Brook, Robert Frost Farm, Derry, N.H., Sept.1991) “Everything good and wonderful comes down to deciding. But someone can’t decide for you.” –Richard Davies “Two destructive words are “indecision” and “fear”. Two constructive words are “plan” and “focus”. From the … Continue reading →

We have all done things we’ve regretted and made serious mistakes that have left a pervasive feeling of conscious and subconscious guilt. It is that experience which anchored John Knowles’ best-selling novel A Separate Peace. Director Larry Preece uses atmosphere … Continue reading →

(the excellent rare 1979 Caedmon records LP adaptation read by Alan Paton–the author, himself; cover: Howard Rogers) (two first editions: left is the U.S. Scribner’s; right is the U.K. Jonathan Cape version) (two acclaimed movie versions: the original 1951 U.K. … Continue reading →

“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.” –Toni Cade “and nothing is worse than a dream deferred.” –Nikki Giovanni “I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure … Continue reading →