My Evil Twin

A    L    O    H    A  !

" Gossip is news

 running ahead of itself 

in a red satin dress.  "

Liz Smith

" Neither the sun

 nor death 

can be looked at

 with a steady eye. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

" When I was moving around

 with the lens,
I discovered things
 that the naked eye
would not have. "

Pedro Almodovar

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My evil twin is angry

completely understands

how a loner takes

a gun or bomb

returning pain to the man.

Alas the man is blameless

alas the man is us

till we see our face
in place of another

we can never live

in harmony

as cousin,

or as brother.

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Autumn Remember

A   L   O   H   A  !

 In Autumn I remember

 being a kid back in the old neighborhood;

Riding my bicycle 

through the quiet streets.

Sounds of Nature: 

 Winds, Birds, Leaves, a Stream

punctuated 

by the whoosh of a lone car,

 or purr of propeller plane.

 How I longed to grow elsewhere

to clink glasses with bright people

in tall, bright cities.

 But this Autumn I Remember and Long

to pass again those quiet empty streets 

late in Afternoon,

past houses of families I know

while a thousand leaves Tambourine at once.

 A crow caws.

Wind crescendos like an important Becoming

heralded by moving, grand cloud shadows

all somehow felt inside. 

I would like to be that little person again

long enough to tell:

"Don't worry.

 Enjoy, Savor.

Don't miss a precious flavor

of your perfect Days.

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Thank YOU

for Sharing these moments

of Friendship

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Our Gifts

A    L    O    H    A  !

" We all live

 under the same sky,

 but we don't all have

 the same horizon. "

 Konrad Adenauer

“ Look within. 

Within is the fountain 

of good,
and it will ever

 bubble up, 

if thou wilt ever dig.”

Marcus Aurelius

" When I examine myself 

and my methods of thought, 

I come to the conclusion

 that the gift of fantasy 

has meant more to me 

 than any talent 

for abstract, 

positive thinking.  "

Albert Einstein

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All of us

have gifts

that the world 

has rejected;

Give your gifts

 ANYWAY.

Not whining

when not winning

we're still at

the beginning.

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Rest Day

A   L   O   H   A  !

“ No one 

can get inner peace

 by pouncing on it. "

Harry Emerson Fosdick

" Being rich is having money; 

being wealthy is having time. "

Stephen Swid

 

" To be nobody but yourself

 in a world which is doing its best,

 night and day,

 to make you everybody else 

means to fight the hardest battle

 which any human being 

can fight; 

and never stop fighting.  "

e. e. cummings

 Sunday - Day of Rest

" Take rest; 

a field that has rested 

gives a bountiful crop.  "

Ovid

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The best gift

 you can give

 yourself

is  rest

and return

to 

yourself.

We think there will 

always be time

for our own particular joys-

but to often when play time comes

 we have forgotten

what games we enjoy-

and who

 we were

before we got 

so busy.

There are many influencers

guilt-ing us to DO!

TO BUY!

TO DISPLAY!

But don't you listen.

Taking a few seconds,

to pause, 

to listen to another,

to smile,

to not rush away -

Those are the seconds

of wealth

accruing rich interest

in the only account

that matters.

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How Many Blog Visits

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Young men 

are apt to think themselves 

wise enough,
 as drunken men 

are apt to think themselves
 sober enough "

Earl of Chesterfield

“ Parents wonder 

why the streams are 

bitter,
 when they themselves

 have poisoned

 the fountain. ”

 John Locke
 

“ There is a fountain of youth:

 it is your mind, your talents,
 the creativity you bring 

to your life 

and the lives of 

people you love.
When you learn to tap

 this source,

 you will truly have 

defeated age. ”

 Sophia Loren 



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I'll show you mine.
Will you show me
Yours?

I recieve between
100 - 150 blog visits/day. 
[ Oh, one day I got over 500,
and I haven't had less than
100/day in years ]

I try to visit
the bloggers I care about,
which means:
Every day, I  fail.
There are TOO many
Interesting Bloggers!

This is why I'm grateful
to the friends who visit
here.

Thank You!

So how many
hits, do YOU receive/day? 

How many blogs
do YOU visit?

Of the writing of blog posts
there is riot,
w.w.world without end.
Relax and enjoy it-

AFTER you leave us
a comment  :-)

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Window Street

A    L    O    H    A  !

 2 Dogs - 1 Grandchild

“ Believe 

that life is

 worth living 

and your belief 

will help create

 the fact. ”

William James

" Act as if 

what you do

 makes a difference.

 It does. "

William James
 

" The greatest weapon 

against stress
is our ability to

 choose
 one thought over

 another. "

William James

" It feels so good 

to be happy.  "

Etta James

  =^..^= 

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Cat-Stravaganza!

A    L    O    H    A  !    

" Never be haughty

 to the humble; 

never be humble

 to the haughty."

  Jefferson Davis

" If you enjoy living,
 it is not difficult
to keep the sense
of wonder. "

Ray Bradbury

" A great many people think
they are thinking
when they are merely
rearranging their
prejudices. "

William James

" If you do not expect

 the unexpected
you will not find it,
 for it is not to be reached
 by search
 or trail. "

Heraclitus

“ A cat pours 

his body on the floor

 like water. 

It is restful just 

to see him. ”

 William Lyon Phelps

" It's easy to fool

 the eye 

but it's hard to fool

 the heart. "

 
Al Pacino

" Nature will bear the closest inspection. 

She invites us to lay our eye level

 with her smallest leaf, 

and take an insect view

 of its plain.  "

Henry David Thoreau

" Her angel's face, 

As the great eye

 of heaven shined bright,

 And made a sunshine 

in the shady place. "

 
Edmund Spenser 

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