Jun
2
2009
magic carpet
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way”
Caroline Gordon
May
29
2009
as if it were a riddle
We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. [...]
May
27
2009
dream world
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other
Douglas H. Everett
May
27
2009
when i am an old woman
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin slippers, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I [...]
May
21
2009
look to this day
Look to this day
for it is life
the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all
the realities and truths of existence
the joy of growth
the splendor of action
the glory of power.
For yesterday is but a memory
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived
makes every yesterday a [...]
May
19
2009
perplexity
Perplexity
I had no wish to be stone-hearted
and drive the dreams from her eyes.
Desire urged me to wake her
but my hand shrank from reaching out to her.
She seemed to find joy in her eyelids
and would not depart from them.
Woe to my heart! How was it not destroyed
by the sight [...]
May
16
2009
kiss the earth
Kiss the Earth
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Walk and touch peace every moment.
Walk and touch happiness every moment.
Each step brings a fresh breeze.
Each step makes a flower bloom.
Kiss the Earth with your feet.
Bring the Earth your love and happiness.
The Earth will be safe
when we feel safe in ourselves.
May
15
2009
thoughts
Thoughts
When all thoughts
Are exhausted
I slip into the woods
And gather
A pile of shepherd’s purse.
Like the little stream
Making its way
Through the mossy crevices
I, too, quietly
Turn clear and transparent.
Zen Master Ryokan
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May
14
2009
falling blossoms
Those falling blossoms
all return to the branch when
I watch butterflies
Moritake
May
14
2009
basho summer
Spring is over, but I can tell it hasn’t been gone for long. Azaleas continue in bloom, wild wisteria hangs from the pine trees, and a cuckoo now and then passes by. I even have greetings from the jays, and woodpeckers that peck at things, though I don’t really mind-in fact, I rather [...]
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