The only universal solvent is Change….
Ffolkes, “Many men fancy that what they experience they also understand.” ~~ Goethe ~~ Image from Space.com Pictures of the Day, 3/23/2015 For close to four years now, I’ve maintained a routine which...
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Ffolkes, “For a man needs only to be turned around not once with his eyes shut in this world to be lost…. Not ’til we are lost…. do we begin to find ourselves.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau, “Walden” ~~ Rock...
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Ffolkes, “How could the drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.” ~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~~ Europa’s Ice Wolf watching Pluto from Charon...
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Ffolkes, “Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.” ~~ Garrison Keillor ~~ Leelu demonstrating some serious relaxation skills…. Hajime…. The battle begins anew, but,...
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Ffolkes, “Failure to understand reality is not reality’s fault.” ~~ Bill Henneman ~~ Irish Cheese & Butter Factories, on break…. Okay, I have to admit, I’m tired. ‘Tis to be expected, I would...
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Ffolkes, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln ~~ Did you say ‘Tuna’? As the day begins, wet and cold, I sit to try once more to make sense of a world...
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Ffolkes, “Remember this,–that very little is needed to make a happy life.” ~~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — Meditations, vii, 67 ~~ Choosing the next species of prey…. Hajime…. I shan’t apologize for...
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Ffolkes, “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ~~ John Burrough ~~...
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Ffolkes, “After the first death, there is no other.” ~~ Dylan Thomas ~~ Silver Path to the Golden Gate…. Hajime…. Ugh. It is now 0403 here in California. I’ve been up for a bit over an hour, having...
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Ffolkes, “I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle it’s much too confining.” ~~ Lily Tomlin ~~ The bar at The Old Swan, London, England…. Hajime…. Though the process of creating Pearls...
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