snow turns to slush, melts
stained sewer brown, autumn leaves –
singing cardinal
The is a stranger in my past and I am he.
I had a few dreams last night that reminded me of events in the past. I tried to imagine being the person I was in those dreams and I have difficulty reconciling the two. [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Tao is in all things, in their divisions and their fullness. What I dislike about divisions is that they multiply, and what I dislike about multiplication is that it makes people want to hold fast to it. So, people go out and forget to return, seeing little more than ghosts. They [...]
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I feel like cleaning house again. Not the typical dusting and vacuuming type of cleaning house, but more the “throwing out baggage” type of cleaning house.
Perhaps it has to do with my New Year’s resolution — the resolution in which I let bygones be bygones and move beyond my sordid past. As I’ve [...]
Saturday, December 15, 2007
I like the story I saw on the news a couple of days ago:
Starbucks Customers Pay It Forward
What I particularly liked was the catalyst that started a continuous stream of people paying for the next customer’s drinks at the drive thru.
According to the interview I saw with the person starting the chain-reaction, Arthur Rosenfeld, a [...]
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
I’ve just read in the NY Times that, for the first time in 96 years, the sale of certain brands of absinthe will be allowed in the United States.
After years of trying to find a way to try out the liquor of legends and literature, I am pleasantly surprised by the news.
But, if I don’t [...]