" If the
only prayer you said
was 'thank you'
that would be
enough. "
Meister Eckhart
". . . it takes a life
to learn how
to live. "
Jonathan Safran Foer
click on photo to enjoy all the shadows showing off
“ I have learned that
if you must leave a place
that you have lived in
and loved
and where all your
yesteryears
are buried deep, -
" leave it any way
except a slow way,
leave it
the fastest way
you can. -
" Never turn back
and never believe
that an hour you remember
is a better hour
because it is dead.
Passed years seem safe ones,
vanquished ones,
while the future lives
in a cloud,
formidable from a distance. ”
Beryl Markham,
" West with the Night "
({)
Sometimes
our memories are
"creative."
We walked to school
in 40 feet of snow
every day!
Summer afternoons
were centuries long;
Ice cream was sweeter.
Heck, maybe it was.
In Annie Hall
Woody Allen remembers
growing up in a house
under a roller coaster!
[You can see it HERE]
I have
roller coaster memories
too. . .
My high school boyfriend's
(I wrote about Carl Here)
older brother played lead guitar
in a band. After hearing me
play my flute, "Chopper"
invited me to be in the band.
We played every weekend
in a bar in Maryland.
So every weekend,
Carl and I rode the Reading Railroad
out to Mechanicsburg PA 17050.
The girl lead singer
had a house
directly across the street
from a sweet, small time
amusement park called
"Willow Mill Park" Link.
We practiced for hours
and slept at her house,
and during our breaks
we walked across the small
residential road
to take rides on the
Red Streaker!
That exciting name
hardly describes
the rickety, old & small
ride we knew. Of wood,
as I recall.
Shook all the wrong notes
right out of my fingers!
Sounds like a made-up
story, a scene in a comedy,
a Fellini film,
or an outright
bald-faced lie,
but I assure you
but I assure you
it's true.
Thank YOU
for Bellying Up
to our Tall Tale
table today!
Care to share one?
Fondly, cloudia
ha. my boys always think i am stretching my tales a bit...and maybe sometimes i am...smiles...
ReplyDeletereally the snow was 40 feet...ha....
it seemed that way from a kids perspective at least...
thank you...
aloha from va
Wonderful sky in Hawaii, tones and clouds of maximum beauty! These photos are gorgeous!
ReplyDeletenice quotes
ReplyDeleteyou were an adventurous one. still are. :)
ReplyDeleteI guess you could say, "just when I get good at this life, it's over!"
ReplyDeleteIs that fair?
I have told people stories about my life and I get this look like, "really?" Lovely hearing about yours. Your photos are stunning, 'specially that first one and I love that first quote. Great day to you Cloudia.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely a woman of myth and legend... The prodigy roller coaster flutist!
ReplyDeletesuch good memories.
ReplyDeleteYou obviously lived in such a way as to savor the delights of life. You are a true pioneer, adverturesome spirit.
ReplyDeleteLovely photographs of airplanes!
You each bring great energy here! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBirdman, you said it!💀
I remember wooden roller coasters too. Very scary to me now! I love the Meister Eckhart quote.
ReplyDeleteCertainly a special plain.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
Memories to hug, memories to cherish, memories to savour.
ReplyDeleteThe military transport's quite a contrast from the rest of the shots!
ReplyDeleteIf only we could remember just the good times!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sweet comment, Cloudia, and for adding me to your blog list. ;-)
Aloha Cloudia, Thank you, :) for sharing these wise quotes, and your links, I remember Carl, love that Woody link, (Great Movie too) I had a Red Streaker in our carnival too, but different name. Only sad part for me, 40 inches of (you know what, that will be here way too soon) Yikes.
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful seeing each of YOU here!
ReplyDeleteThanks
You have truly had an exciting life and are continuing with the same joie de vivre!
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