Life
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“A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” ~Albert Schweitzer
There is an extended scene towards the end of 25th Hour, the 2002 Spike Lee movie that captures my imagination. The Ed Norton character is reporting to prison in upstate New York, being driven there by his father, played by Brian Cox. In the scene, his father says, “Just say the word, say the word… Continue reading
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Up and at ’em.
There is nothing, I feel, more beautiful nor perfect than a dog running in the morning, astride a body of water, the sun rising Continue reading
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“What I really wanted was every kind of life…”
…yearn for the difficult. The common is just that, common. Continue reading
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“What I am, I am by myself.”
Do you ever ask yourself what is the best we have to offer? The “we” here is the species, homo sapiens. I will pass completely on the who or what to whom we offer (the verb implying such: O.E., ofrian, from L. offerre “to present, bestow, bring before”). Not bringing this before anybody/-thing but myself,… Continue reading
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“She spent her whole life trying to understand…”
But what got me was the concept of devotion to an idea as a life-long pursuit. Continue reading
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3.18.10
Street observations: Overheard: (6:41pm – I looked at my iPhone), woman crossing Commercial Street, talking into her phone: “So, you’re being laid off?” Observed: (About noon-thirty), Young man embracing young woman in front of Nickelodeon Theater. Young woman’s arms hanging limply. Young man saying, “But I am breaking up with Rachel.” Exchanged: Norma is homeless… Continue reading
...the house I live in... 