“What a miserable thing life is: you’re living in clover, only the clover isn’t
—Bertolt Brecht, Jungle of Cities, 1923, translated by
prose
The life of every man
“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to
—J. M. Barrie, The Little Minister, 1891
Eternally
New beginnings happen every day.
Arizona sunsets
“If I tint these pages with too many sunsets, it is not from unawareness of my weakness, but because without them a description of Arizona does not describe. In the afternoon hours, between four and eight, the country wakes and glows, and has its moment, like a woman whose youth was plain but whom middle age has touched with charm and mystery.”
—Winifred Hawkridge Dixon, Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring, 1921
Infinite reach
Our wingspan is measured not in inches but in spirit.
Boom box philosophies
Next time you’re mad, try dancing out your anger.
G’ma & G’pa
Grandmas and grandpas are
journal, age thirteen
Nature lessons
Can plants be happy? If they get what they need, they thrive —
Saving books
I’ve been saving books for all these years, and they’ve been saving me for my
Solar energy
The sun is nature’s antidepressant.
Eyes on eternity
Life is so much clearer under the stars than under a roof.
2int0x1c4t3d
The first glass is a sedative, the second a psychologist, the third glass an excuse, and the fourth a lobotomy.
Responsibilities
Don’t fall prey to the illusion that duty is only to others — you have just as much a duty to care for yourself.