"no ideas but in things"

The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams

so much depends 

upon

a red wheel

barrow

glazed with rain

water

beside the white

chickens

Making Changes

When you're finished changing, you're finished. - Benjamin Franklin

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - Langston Hughes

Hope

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Things I Like

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. - Stephen Wright

My favorite artist, Joseph Cornell:

"Tilly Losch" circa 1935

Romance!

Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson

Wild nights, wild nights, 

Were I with thee, 
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile the winds 
To a heart in port,—
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden!

Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee

Mae says,

Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. 

- Mae West

"The Look"

The Look by Sara Teasdale

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

From: The Sweetest Woman There by John Clare

And there I saw a bonny maid That proved my heart's 
delight
All day she was a Goddess made An angel fair at night
We loved and in each other's power Felt nothing to 
condemn
I was the leaf and she the flower And both grew on one stem

What Goethe says,

"Any time not spent in love is wasted."
Torquato Tasso (1790) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bert says,

Oh, I love pigeons more then anything else in this world... besides oatmeal. - Bert from Sesame Street

It's Such A Little Thing

It's such a little thing to weep,
So short a thing to sigh;
And yet by trades the size of these
We men and women die!

Love is..

"Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun." - Matt Groening

  

Somewhere That's Green

Somewhere That's Green from Little Shop of Horrors

I know Seymour's the greatest
But I'm dating a semi-sadist
So I've got a black eye
And my arm's in a cast.
Still, that Seymour's a cutie
Well, if not, he's got inner beauty
And I dream of a place 
Where we could be together at last

A matchbox of our own
A fence of real chain link,
A grill out on the patio
Disposal in the sink
A washer and a dryer and an ironing machine
In a tract house that we share
Somewhere that's green.

He rakes and trims the grass
He loves to mow and weed
I cook like Betty Crocker 
And I look like Donna Reed
There's plastic on the furniture 
To keep it neat and clean
In the Pine-Sol scented air 
Somewhere that's green

Between our frozen dinner 
And our bedtime, nine-fifteen
We snuggle watchin' Lucy 
On our big, enormous twelve-inch screen
I'm his December Bride
He's Father, he Knows Best
Our kids watch Howdy Doody 
As the sun sets in the west
A picture out of Better Homes and Gardens magazine

Far from Skid Row
I dream we'll go
somewhere that's green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLiQ7KhmYU

Lily says,

"If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?" - Lily Tomlin

Daily dose of love and hope.

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

 

"Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself." - Andre Breton

 
 

1/30/09:

Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

From - The Princess Bride

Food for thought:

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again. 
 --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I love this quote!  Definitely easier said than done, however.

And this one too:

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

Carry on!

The First Monday of the New Year

This has got to be the most Mondayish Monday of the year!  The cookies have been eaten.  The decorations are down and the kids are back to school!  

Here's a quote that popped up today.  I hate to admit it, but it is so me!  I'm HAPPY when I encounter validation for not being happy.  Crumbs, this is a crazy world after all! 

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. - Robertson Davies

New Year

2008, yeah, you were OK.  I mean, thanks for the memories and the opportunities.  There was some pretty good stuff along the way.  And some bits I know we would both rather forget!  So, let's keep in touch...I'll send you an email sometime.. or something...

2009, I'm onto you, buster!  I know you've got good stuff to offer, but I'm gonna have to shake you down to get it!  Anyway, it's just business you know, nothing personal.  I'm sure we'll be friends in the end.

Happy New Year to All!