Saturday, February 21, 2009

"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


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Making Changes


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


Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Dreams


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

Monday, February 16, 2009

Hope


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

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Things I Like



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

My favorite artist, Joseph Cornell:


"Tilly Losch" circa 1935


Saturday, February 14, 2009

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


Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Mae says,

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

- Mae West

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

"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.

Monday, February 9, 2009

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




Fine Art Print of Orchard with Roses by Gustav Klimt

Sunday, February 8, 2009

What Goethe says,

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

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Bert says,

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


Friday, February 6, 2009

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!


Thursday, February 5, 2009

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

  

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Somewhere That's Green

Little Shop of Horrors (1986): Audrey dreams of a perfect little house in the suburbs.
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

Monday, February 2, 2009

Lily says,


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


Sunday, February 1, 2009

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

 Hibiscus with Plumeria, Georgia O'Keefe

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"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror." - Marshall McLuhan