“When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.”
—Antonio Porchia (1886–1968), Voces, 1943–1966, translated from the Spanish by W. S. Merwin (1927–2019), 1968
Demurrer
A smile is the best defense against this offensive world.
Brotherly wisdom
“If you ever change your mind… you’re not stuck with it. You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”
—Steven D. Woodhull
A turning trial by fire
Anger makes your life — and your body —
Pain & struggle
We can’t always see the scatters and tatters of a broken heart. Kindness is due to all fellow beings — we never know the invisible hurts they’re enduring.
Brimming
Time pours his guests a cup of tea but the party is over before we know it.
Notoolong
We are only but guests at Time’s tea party.
Seasonal wisdom
learn from leaves
green is go —
yellow & red
slow down, stop
take time to rest
Be light
Laughter is a feather. Anger is a brick.
Depths
Grief is a haunted lake that’s all too easy to drown in.
Sepulturæ
Our bodies are the burial grounds of dead time.
“Time! where didst thou those years inter
Which I have seene decease?” —Wm. Habington
Decide
Life is a neverending series of judgment calls.
Literary life
My life is — in a word — words.