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We’ll take the pomp; no circumstance, please….
Ffolkes, Can you say pusillanimous? No? Nor can I….. pity….. Now that the facts in the matter have been established beyond all doubt, we may turn to more important questions, such as why is he talking...
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The Sacred Word for today is “Nosh”…..
Ffolkes, Yesterday, having so readily turned into a clusterf__k, leads steadily to today, which promises to be better, if only because it can’t be worse. Without getting into a huge rant or whiny...
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Concrete oatmeal & hockey puck biscuits…. Yum!
Ffolkes, “Life without the courage for death is slavery.” ~~ Seneca ~~ There is a nice back story to this picture of a bear in a tree, which came from the London Daily Telegraph feature last week,...
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Misfiring on all cylinders….
Ffolkes, “Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.” ~~ Jules de Gaultier ~~ OMG! So SCARY!… Dragon Style Tai Chi! So much for good intentions…. Having slept two full hours past my...
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Oh, swell. Oatmeal fritters again….
Ffolkes, How he lies in his rights of a man! Death has done all death can. And absorbed in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance; both strike On his senses alike,...
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The forecast is for extremely fluffy….
Ffolkes, “Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.” ~~ Pythagoras (BC 582-507) ~~ Triple Full Moon Over Vallejo G’day…. Given the state of my life over the past month or two, it’s...
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Just the fax, Sam….
Ffolkes, “Solitude makes a wonderful mistress but a terrible wife.” ~~ Emerson ~~ Three Moons over Vallejo Hajime…. Over the course of time, Pearls of Virtual Wisdom/Exploring Consensual Reality, as a...
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A facility for gasping at flaws….
Ffolkes, “Just by choosing where you stand, You alter your destiny.” ~~ Deng Ming-Dao ~~ Home Image from a Tweet by @LimaChely Hajime…. Finding our natural rhythm, once lost under the sands of time and...
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Assemble the marigolds for debarkation….
Ffolkes, “Become who you are.” ~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~ Dusk over Galway Bay He sat in a squalid, empty room, engaged in passive questing through the reaches of time, searching for truth. Finding...
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Synchronous statements of bald intent….
Ffolkes, “How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life, wouldn’t you say?” ~~ James T. Kirk, “The Wrath of Khan,” stardate 8130.3. ~~ Thinking it over….aka, plotting....
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Fitted with dubious shoes at midnight….
Ffolkes, Laughter is by definition healthy. ~~ Doris Lessing ~~ Whew! This writing gig isn’t as easy as it looks… Hajime….. While perusing the suggested Pearls at the bottom of yesterday’s post, I came...
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Defined by overt self-interest…
Ffolkes, “And it’s just a box of rain I don’t know who put it there Believe it if you need it Or leave it if you dare And it’s just a box of rain Or a ribbon for your hair Such a long, long time to be...
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Dancing in Wilhelmina’s shoes….
Ffolkes, “Ask of friends only what is honorable.” ~~ Marcus Tullius Cicero ~~ Oregon Wine Country Hajime…. Once again, I ain’t got it. Some might ask, “What ain’t you got?”, but, they’re just jealous....
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The circus refuses to leave town….
Ffolkes, “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.” ~~ Emily Dickinson ~~ “You’re not a real person until you’re ignored by a cat.” Hajime…. The official title of this blog, as...
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The labels are peeling off….
Ffolkes, “It takes a very long time to become young.” ~~ Pablo Picasso ~~ Late spring at Sonoma Creek Hajime…. Since the deadline for posting just went flying past my head, I suppose I’d best get...
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A kaleidoscope of sober myrmidons….
Ffolkes, “People do not lack strength, they lack will.” ~~ Victor Hugo ~~ No way you’re leaving without me…. Hajime…. There are days here at ECR when the process by which the Pearls you see posted can...
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