I'll Have the Duck

Meating of the Mind

"The human brain is not an organ of thinking, but an organ of survival like claw and fangs. It is made in such a way as to make us accept as truth that which is only advantage." ~ Albert Szent-Györgi

Perchance to Awaken

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather used up, such paltry information as we get, the oracles would distinctly inform us how this might be done.

Henry David Thoreau. Walden. “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For." Ed. J. Lyndon Shanley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971. 90.

Listen to Yourself

"Things change a lot." "Within a blink a mountain flattens and a river dries up. Nobody knows who he'll become tomorrow."

A character in a story by Yiyun Li - and . . .

If there was a better way to go then it would find me

I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me

Be kind to me or treat me mean

I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple

Visions of Sugar Plums. . .

Decorating the Youl

To See a Grain of Sand in a World. . .

Red and the Green. . .

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"Life is free. It's the shipping and handling that cost."

From Gurustu.

It's Alive!!!!