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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

~Mark…

I have enough to share...

She thought men were saviors...

...And she looked for more in them

Than what they were...

Only to rescue herself

From those she wished

Would rescue her...

And isn't that the most tragic lie...

The lie...

Where we tell what we wished…

Little More Than A Handful

Of little import to most anyone else, I would think; but I had a small epiphany this morning (are any of them "small"?) About photography...either as a vocation, or a very involved hobby.

I have been asked innumerable times over my life, a tad over fifty of those years being involved more than casually with snapping…

Still Storms Ahead To Weather

Still Storms Ahead To Weather...appropriate, I think, for what I am feeling right now.  Air pressure is plunging to the basement, although it is dawn, the skies are filled with a uniform dark gray

color, with this ominous, vague yellowish tint to it that leaves an

eerie feeling in the back of my…

"And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.

And he answered, saying:

Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for…

I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can

tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three

things:a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've…

What is Death?

Death

is nothing at all.

I have only slipped away into the next room.

I am I and you are you.

Whatever we were to each other,

that we still are.…

In the morning, everything is new.

The day's blank slate lies before me,

ready for my writing.

May it be words of beauty I write.

May it be deeds of grace I do.

May it be thoughts of joy I think.

All the Holy Ones, Listen;

this is what I pray.

Great Spirits of the Four Realms,

Holy…

And Joy is Everywhere;

It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;

In the blue serenity of the Sky;

In the reckless exuberance of Spring;

In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;

In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;

In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;

In Living;

In…

Walking The Barrier, Grand Isle

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth;…

Sugarhouse, Vermont

A farmer was overseeing his herd in a remote pasture in Vermont when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.

The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie leans out the window and asks the farmer, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in…

Right Place, Right Time

THOUGHTS ON BEING GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE

One recurring attribute of people who have happiness (or inner peace and contentment) is the attribute of being grateful and appreciative for what is all around them. This is an attribute that all

of us could well cultivate, for it…

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. …

At first glance, this little addendum to our discussions might seem off-topic.  But, is it really, if all I am trying to convey is why you...as a grandparent, or a parent, some other relative or just a

good, caring friend of ALL children...should not overlook the times you

may play a role in a young person's Life as a teacher.

The short conversation that is the basis of this discussion is a bit irreverent...maybe even brusque. It is written from the…

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I cause so much pain?

Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake…