12/16/16

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“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend”
― Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception

11-26-16

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There is such a thing in old cemeteries, that desire us to walk, as if the souls interred there wanted to teach us to lessons they had learned .  But caught up in the here and now, we can not even take the time to read the headstones.

1/1/17

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What was behind the door? We never knew, because the key and the knowledge to unlock it had been lost long before.

12/23/16

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“Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

12/4/16

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What happened to the Wizard of Oz’s giant head, when he no longer needed it.  I’ll tell you what, it had its own series of adventures.  Everyone paid so much attention to that Dorothy girl, that they never noticed the head rolling off on it’s own.

Village Gate Square

12/8/16

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A stair can be an extension of a closet.  If you trust your neighbors or neighborhood you can put all kinds of things on a stair, particularly it they are wide enough.   I once had a stair in an apartment that went nowhere, and was a perfect place to serve as a bookshelf.

11/30/16

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A cold winter day. The corn reminds me of how the Iroquis planted their corn, with the three sisters, corn, beans and squash. In some areas other Indians would add fish heads to the pile to work as fertilizer for the plants.

12/23/16

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12-24-16

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Such a pretty little feast for the eyes, both inside and out.

12/23/16

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