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“Follow your bliss.” ”Live from your own centre.’”–Joseph Campbell “Since in the world of time every man lives but one life, it is in himself that he must search for the secret of the Garden.”–Loren Eiseley Alienation is a word … Continue reading →

“There are no rules. Just follow your heart.”

A strange screwball romantic comedy from 1963 with husband-wife team Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. (In real life they were married 50 years–the 2nd longest Hollywood actor marriage.) “Strange” is certainly the word for just about everything in this entertaining … Continue reading →

George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-four, forecast many things that have become truths and truisms today. Here are some quotes from that book and others by one of the most unappreciated authors of the twentieth century: The essence of being … Continue reading →

N.H.L. hockey, that is. The Todd Bertuzzi-Steve Moore lawsuit settled after 10 ridiculous, dragged-out years. (Bertuzzi sucker-punched Moore and ended the rookie’s career as the Vancouver fans howled for revenge and got more than they, Bertuzzi, and Moore all expected.) … Continue reading →

(heard on intercom at chain drugstore): “Feel the Freedom! Restrictions apply.” Same kind of psychological in tv drug ads–in which scenes of happy, healthy people are shown as the narrator quietly runs through serious and deadly side effects. There are … Continue reading →

Freedom is universally acknowledged to be a good, desirable thing. There are the large en masse freedoms for the many, such as the end of a war or a dictatorship. As seen on tv news, people are usually quite happy … Continue reading →

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy [and Jill a dull girl].”–from Mother Goose Many animals play: dogs, cats, horses, otters, monkeys, dolphins. People, too, play beginning in their first year of life, once they hit the … Continue reading →

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”–Albert Camus

(grandson update, 29 mos.) requirement: Backyard Birds Calendar. Take Gwanma’s finger and touch each of the numbers of the month, giggling more and more once she begins to touch the 20s. Loud hearty laughs when she reads 30 and 31. Make … Continue reading →