This picture was taken around July 12th 2009. I wish I could do it again. Soon. Craving the sun. California = sunny = big fat myth. This picture was sent via email to some friends along with the following email:
the picture below—i just had to share. I had to text and find out what the heck these thingys are called even though i had seen them for ages in kansas and california and so many other places (thanks melissa for texting me back and letting me know what they are called—a HAY BALE!). well, this picture was taken a few days ago in south dakota….near chamberlin….in route to one of ... read more »
Tagged wanderlust
So, while my father is fixing the fire in the fireplace as I finish my plate of dinner nearby, he recites:
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act,— act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God overhead !
And then asks: Who wrote those words?
I make a guess and it is wrong. Not Shakespeare even though the last line is strangely familiar.
Longfellow.
Ah. Of course. Why didn’t I think of Longfellow.
He adds: From Psalm on Life.
His encyclopedic memory never seizes to impress me.
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Tagged books
An email from my friend Sandy:
2010 is going to be great!!!! Sade: Soldier of Love Sade’s new highly-anticipated album, Soldier of Love, which is her first studio record since 2000. Listen to the first single from the album, “Soldier of Love,” in the track player above for a taste of the new album.
This title will be released on February 9, 2010. I already pre-ordered the album on Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Sade/e/B000APXHPK/ref=s9_dpt_sa_bio
watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvDaJaU5My4
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….can’t get africa out of your system–it is the flaw and hope in our blueprint.
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