Needn't Own Them

A l o h a !

"Everybody suffers.

If you accept your suffering,

you can understand others

better.

But never forget:

life is sweet."

Steven Colbert's Mother, Lorna

as told by her son

"He's a fine fellow

with but one fault;

He's a terrible scoundrel."

Said of a 19th Century Steam-Ship Company lobbyist

"That which you DO -

that is what you ARE."

Ingrid Bettencourt

My Buddy Aiden

Happy First Birthday!

"A truly rich man

 is one whose children run into his arms

 when his hands are empty."

Author Unknown

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Visiting old books,

stories, paintings, faces;

seeing wonders in museums,

gems in a shop,

imbibing epic skies

on a blog

or resounding to

a mellifluous brook. . .

All these things

feed me

and you.

We needn't own them-

but may revisit anytime,

They show us new facets

and intimations

as we develop new ones of our own.

          Thank YOU for visiting! cloudia