From Quotes of the Day, today:
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
- Edith Sitwell
30 May 2009
28 May 2009
27 May 2009
Dog on a (Little) Deck
The furry brown dog on Her Little Deck, where she’s relegated when the front porch is being worked on.
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26 May 2009
Daffy?nition
From Quotes of the Day, today:
What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
24 May 2009
Interrupted Stroll
Mazda, having stopped in the middle of an afternoon stroll for a moment in the sun.
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23 May 2009
17 May 2009
Still Waters
Gratefulness.org’s Word For the Day today:
Who is it that can make muddy water clear? No one. But left to stand, it will gradually clear of itself.
Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Who is it that can make muddy water clear? No one. But left to stand, it will gradually clear of itself.
Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching
14 May 2009
07 May 2009
Locating Speech
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
- John Andrew Holmes
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
- John Andrew Holmes
06 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 6 May 2009
.01", for today
1.35", for the storm
1.35", for the month
37.91", for the (rain) year
1.35", for the storm
1.35", for the month
37.91", for the (rain) year
Bumper Snicker
Spotted on a Prius in the parking lot at Johnnie’s this afternoon.
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Achievement
From Quotes of the Day, today:
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
- Arnold Toynbee
05 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 5 May 2009
.19", for today
1.34", for the storm
1.34", for the month
37.9", for the (rain) year
1.34", for the storm
1.34", for the month
37.9", for the (rain) year
04 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 4 May 2009
.06", for today
1.15", for the storm
1.15", for the month
37.71", for the (rain) year
1.15", for the storm
1.15", for the month
37.71", for the (rain) year
03 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 3 May 2009
.23", for today
1.09", for the storm
1.09", for the month
37.65", for the (rain) year
1.09", for the storm
1.09", for the month
37.65", for the (rain) year
02 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 2 May 2009
.01", for today
.86", for the storm
.86", for the month
37.42", for the (rain) year
.86", for the storm
.86", for the month
37.42", for the (rain) year
01 May 2009
Rain Numbers - 1 May 2009
.85", for today
.85", for the storm
.85", for the month
37.41", for the (rain) year
.85", for the storm
.85", for the month
37.41", for the (rain) year