When you're writing

 

Unknown, I;m fairly certain its a photo, not a painting.

 

Favrile glass vase. 1893 - 1896 tiffany

 

I absolutley love this kid

 

"Experience has taught me

 "Experience has taught me that it is wrong and cruel to suspend judgment, that non-judgmentalism is at best indifference to the suffering of others, at worst a disguised form of sadism. How can one respect people as members of the human race unless one holds them to a standard of conduct and truthfulness? How can people learn from experience unless they are told that they can and should change? One doesn't demand of laboratory mice that they do better: but man is not a mouse, and I can think of no more contemptuous way of treating people than to ascribe to them no more responsibility than such mice.”

Theodore Dalrymple (1949-) English psychiatrist and cultural critic.

To a literate reader,

 To a literate reader, a crisp sentence, an arresting metaphor, a witty aside, an elegant turn of phrase are among life’s greatest pleasures.

- Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

The main Writing in Progress

 

I love B&W

Vivian Maier. Chicago, June 19, 1961.

Federico Patellani. Italy (Sardegna, Barbagia), 1962.

Robert Frank. New York City. 1948

What is success?

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Some years ago, in the rush making it to the airport I left my wallet and my ID at home. The police guy, trying to help me, took me to a room where he sat at a computer, and lookin at the screen asked, “What is your Brother Daniel’s wife name?” which I answered correctly. Then he asked “What is the occupation of your sister’s husband” which I told him. Content on my ID they let me on to the plane. I was shaken up by the questions. How in the holy hell does the government know those things? We are PRIVASTE citizens. Private citizens. The government should know nothing more about then name and address, social security number. But on the other hand, we should know everything there is to know about PUBLIC servants…..like how to Pelosi makes multi millions of dollars while serving in Congress, you know, that sort of thing.

 

Wow....look at this, and thank you to whomsever built it and put it up for the world to see

 

Why the wolrd needs editors

 

The word umbrella comes from the Latin umbra (shade) and ellipsis from the Greek ekleipein (to fail to appear) -- the same root as the word eclipse.