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Category Archives: Quotations
The Philosophers’ Stone
Better the penny drops late than not at all. Continue reading
Let Me
One of them thar Texan poets. Continue reading
Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron
Chesterton on the relations between the sexes. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Quotations, Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Culture
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The Same River
Yes, the universe is unfolding as it should. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Landscapes, Quotations, Through Space
Tagged Birds, Desert, Other Animals, Trees
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Some Power
Was Robert Burns a Flat-Earther, do you suppose? Continue reading
Time-Travelling Space Aliens
Half-remembered quotation causing trouble again. Continue reading
Life Is
Life is a bucket brigade: Don’t slop the bucket when it’s your turn. What’s that you say? You’ve never heard that metaphor for life before? You wonder if I made it up? Well, OK. I understand your skepticism. What else? … Continue reading
You’re Too Kind
Starting with the expression that “it takes all kinds,” I explore just how many kinds there are. It takes all kinds, or so I hear. Although it’s not when someone is being a fun, thoughtful, or salt-of-the-earth kind. No, … Continue reading
By Bread Alone
A chance encounter with buckwheat tea leads to deep thoughts about bread, bread-like substances, and proverbs. It started innocently enough. Doesn’t it always? It ended with yet another overwhelming spell on Dr. Google’s couch. But I get ahead of myself. … Continue reading
