SHE walks in beauty

A Short Discourse On Life

October 16, 1998 Dear Editor (Greenwich Times); I’m 88 years old and I’ve lived in Greenwich for 45 years. A few months ago, my wife Bertha left this great veil of tears and I was grief stricken. I...

On Fear by Tagore

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.” - Rabindranath Tagore...

Letz play?!

Yo - Manly! What up B? "Dude, play dead" Umm... well, shucks...that's silly... Wo...woah...BAAAM! You got me!

Ever tried. Ever failed.

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett apieceofmonologue.com

God Respects Me When I Work...

"God respects me when I work, but He loves me when I sing.” - Rabindranath Tagore Amel Larrieux (rhapsody.com)

Dragon Daughter, Dog Mother

We did not come to remain whole...

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, the trees that are broken and start again, drawing up from the great roots. --Robert Bly michaelzeng1.edublogs.org

On Art + Writing

"My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It’s morally useful not in a political...

Udder-less-ly Delicious

Like any foodie, I love a good pizza and a good challenge. Can pizza be just as good without the pizzazz of cheese and meat? Sacrilege, you say? Last week, I treaded on this treacherous territory...

Pink!

Pink oyster mushrooms from the Alemany Farmer's Market Even prettier on a bed of pesto spaghetti!

Brunch Session...my, oh My!

A month ago, I had the sweetest pleasure of catering a brunch for an old college roommate, My. Now, don't be seduced by her cute little physique because My has a deadly talent. She can eat. I mean...

Ode to Autumn

by John Keats SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To...

Blessed

by Lucinda Williams We were blessed by the minister Who practiced what he preached We were blessed by the poor man Who said heaven is within reach We were blessed by the girl selling roses Showed...

On Knowledge

"I know one thing, that I know nothing" - Socrates wikipedia.org

I Talk to My Inner Lover

Thirty Spokes Unite One Hub

by Lao Tzu Thirty spokes unite one hub It is precisely where there is nothing, that we find the usefulness of the wheel. We fire clay and make vessels It is precisely where there's no substance,...

I Learned This...

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success...

Home Again

At 1:15 pm, on July 17, 2012, the cargo van pulled up in front of Calle Cabrera. It was scheduled to pickup the couple and their 2 dogs from the Palmer Soho neighborhood of Buenos Aires to the EZE...

On Words

"All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time." - Ernest Hemingway

On Parking and the Dalai Lama

On Saturday, I go to the Ferry Building to meet a friend.Ask anyone in the city, and they’ll tell you how crazy parking can be duringthis time – especially, on a warm cloudless day – the sun, a...

Billboards on the Panamericana

impecable!Puerto Vallarta, MexicoDirecTV - your annual subscription comes with sheep...Enroute to Cuenca, EcuadorMary does social media...Enroute to San Miguel, Mexicocandy, it's iso 9001...

Ich Komme Aus Meinen Schwingen Heim

By Rainier Maria Rilke I come home from the soaringin which I lost myselfI was song, and the refrain which is Godis still roaring in my ears.Now I am stilland plain;no more words.To the others I...

The Privilege of a Lifetime...

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” - Joseph Campbelljcf.org

¿Que es esto?

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Oh Soul...

by RumiOh soul,you worry too much.You have seen your own strength.You have seen your own beauty.You have seen your golden wings.Of anything less,why do you worry?You are in truththe soul, of the...

On the go: Buenos Aires - San Francisco

July 17, 2012 @ 1:30pm on the way to BA's Ezeiza international airport. Our flight is actually at 9:30pm but the dog's check-in is a lot earlier at 3pm. This is a beautiful cargo van, the biggest...

The Fire of Friendship

A man called Ali is in need of money and asks his boss to help him out. His boss sets him a challenge: if he can spend all night on the top of a mountain, he will receive a great reward; if he...

What We've Eaten: A Look Back

A tasty look back of some of the foods we've sampled - 1 year on the road from San Francisco to Fin del Mundo (Ushuaia, Argentina). From guinea pig (cuy), grasshoppers, lamb tongue soup, arepas,...

He Had Reached That Interval of Sanity

"He had reached that interval of sanity suchas the mad know, just as the sane have intervals of madness to keep them aware that they are sane." - William Faulknerarticles.latimes.com