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Wed 8 May 2013

Something in the woods

Posted by PJ under forteana, monsters, mysteries, quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:

“Almost half the scientific community will not examine evidence if there’s no theoretical basis for that evidence. Scientists want a theory.”

—Dr. John Bindernagel, wildlife biologist, “Bigfoot in New York,” Monster Quest

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 7 May 2013

Said Mephistopheles

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the self, trust
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Random quote of the day:

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 6 May 2013

Ascending pastime

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”

—Sir Winston Churchill, “Painting as a Pastime,” Thoughts and Adventures

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Fri 3 May 2013

Within spirit

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, spirit, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“Every day the choice is presented to us, in a thousand different ways, to live up to the spirit which is in us or deny it.”

—Henry Miller, “The Immorality of Morality,” Stand Still Like a Hummingbird: Essays

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 2 May 2013

Lotus flower

Posted by PJ under bearing witness, caregiving, mom, my poetry, poetry
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Hot off the presses. I fear I am repeating myself, but I only have One Great Subject these days,

 

Lotus flower

Always so decisive, organized and resolute, never-aging,
confident-acting if not confident, a bubbly, outgoing woman.

Most of that is gone now. Now, I find myself with a little girl,
uncertain in her steps, both physical and of the spirit,
still reaching out to be what she was, who she was,
but finding a maze of walls between her and her self.

A great tenderness crests inside me, longing to protect,
to make her feel good about herself amidst the torment
and the tumbled-down world she tries to stumble through—
even when I’m exhausted, when the frustration is high.

I cannot swear to always being a perfect person. I weaken.
I trip and fall, but the soft lotus blooming in my heart
is a good resting place, holding us both above water.

The child I chose not to have found me anyway.
What can I do except love her and mother her?

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Thu 2 May 2013

Glitter magic

Posted by PJ under eyes, magic, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

—Roald Dahl, The Minpins

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 1 May 2013

Empties

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, stories, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The most of the successful authors of the short fiction of today never went to no kind of college, or if they did, they studied piano turning or the barber trade. They could of got just as far in what I call the literary game if they had of stayed home those four years and helped mother carry out the empty bottles.”

—Ring Lardner, “How to Write Short Stories”

A hilarious “essay,” which can be read in full here.

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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