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street of the birdcage-makers
Lisa: Well aren't you just a precious little snowflake....
Me: I am not A precious little snowflake, I am THE precious little snowflake. I resent all insinuations that there might be other snowflakes out there that are also precious! I even resent the idea that there might be other snowflakes!
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the silver branch, the small white flower
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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the chromodynamics of mournful Whistlers
"I'm beginning to think that Turners are a bit like jazz-- they must be experienced in person or not at all."
~me
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here's a shell to hear their heartbeats
I happened across a very funny cartoon which does a lot to illustrate how Congress works . . . or perhaps doesn't. ;-)
xOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxxOxAmerica is a land of many people, and our names for towns, landmarks, and even states reflects that. It amused my shakuhachi sensei to no end that, on his last concert tour, as he traveled from ( Read more... ) -
two lights
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three wise monkeys
In an old Chinese story, a master asked to define the essence of Buddhism said, "Don't do evil, do only good." The questioner said, "What's so special about that? Even a child knows that!" "Well, then," said the master, "if even a child knows that, why can't you do it ( Read more... ) -
but now I'm glad
A quote:
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
~Plato
A poem:
( A Color of the Sky, by Tony Hoagland )
