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G.K. Chesterton
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
G.K. Chesterton
“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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“The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.”
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Mark Strand (from Provisional Eternity)
...I never want it to end,” said the man.
“What don’t you want to end?” said the woman.
“This,” said the man, “this never wanting it to end.”
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...I never want it to end,” said the man.
“What don’t you want to end?” said the woman.
“This,” said the man, “this never wanting it to end.”
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November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mark Strand (from Provisional Eternity)
...I never want it to end,” said the man.
“What don’t you want to end?” said the woman.
“This,” said the man, “this never wanting it to end.”
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...I never want it to end,” said the man.
“What don’t you want to end?” said the woman.
“This,” said the man, “this never wanting it to end.”
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William Scott - Sunday Morning, Wales (1945)
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
William Scott - Sunday Morning, Wales (1945)
Russell Hoban
"Explorers have to be ready to die lost."
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"Explorers have to be ready to die lost."
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October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Russell Hoban
"Explorers have to be ready to die lost."
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"Explorers have to be ready to die lost."
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Remembering FAB Michael Horovitz
On The Road Again
(After Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac et all)
Nothing left at all
Not a goddamned thing right
…full speed ahead!
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For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad
On The Road Again
(After Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac et all)
Nothing left at all
Not a goddamned thing right
…full speed ahead!
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For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Remembering FAB Michael Horovitz
On The Road Again
(After Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac et all)
Nothing left at all
Not a goddamned thing right
…full speed ahead!
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For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad
On The Road Again
(After Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac et all)
Nothing left at all
Not a goddamned thing right
…full speed ahead!
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For today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad
T. S. Eliot - from East Coker (Four Quartets)
"...old stones that cannot be deciphered."
"...old stones that cannot be deciphered."
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
T. S. Eliot - from East Coker (Four Quartets)
"...old stones that cannot be deciphered."
"...old stones that cannot be deciphered."
September 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”
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“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”
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September 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass
“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”
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“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.”
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Henry Miller - Black Spring (page 14)
"...everything moves on shifting levels - our thoughts, our dreams, our actions, our whole life."
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"...everything moves on shifting levels - our thoughts, our dreams, our actions, our whole life."
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September 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Henry Miller - Black Spring (page 14)
"...everything moves on shifting levels - our thoughts, our dreams, our actions, our whole life."
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"...everything moves on shifting levels - our thoughts, our dreams, our actions, our whole life."
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Elaine Pamphilon
"Feel your way into a painting and your life is enriched."
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The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener's Cottage
"Feel your way into a painting and your life is enriched."
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The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener's Cottage
September 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Elaine Pamphilon
"Feel your way into a painting and your life is enriched."
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The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener's Cottage
"Feel your way into a painting and your life is enriched."
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The Yellow Bowl at the Gardener's Cottage
African Proverb
A sandstorm passes;
the stars remain.
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A sandstorm passes;
the stars remain.
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September 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
African Proverb
A sandstorm passes;
the stars remain.
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A sandstorm passes;
the stars remain.
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Moon (for Maria Kodama)
There is such loneliness in that gold.
The moon of the nights is not the moon
Whom the first Adam saw. The long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her
With ancient lament. Look at her. She is your mirror.
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There is such loneliness in that gold.
The moon of the nights is not the moon
Whom the first Adam saw. The long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her
With ancient lament. Look at her. She is your mirror.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jorge Luis Borges - The Moon (for Maria Kodama)
There is such loneliness in that gold.
The moon of the nights is not the moon
Whom the first Adam saw. The long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her
With ancient lament. Look at her. She is your mirror.
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There is such loneliness in that gold.
The moon of the nights is not the moon
Whom the first Adam saw. The long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her
With ancient lament. Look at her. She is your mirror.
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Paul Simon
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest...
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All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Paul Simon
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest...
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All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest...
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John Steinbeck - Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
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“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
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July 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
John Steinbeck - Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
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“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
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George Carlin
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
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“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
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June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
George Carlin
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
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“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
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Iris Murdoch (from The Message to the Planet).
"Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream."
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Picasso - Guernica, 1937
"Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream."
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Picasso - Guernica, 1937
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Iris Murdoch (from The Message to the Planet).
"Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream."
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Picasso - Guernica, 1937
"Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream."
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Picasso - Guernica, 1937
Robert Walser
From ‘Too Philosophical ‘ (translated by Daniele Pantano)
How ghostly my life
in its fall and rise.
Always I see myself waving to myself,
floating away from the one waving.
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From ‘Too Philosophical ‘ (translated by Daniele Pantano)
How ghostly my life
in its fall and rise.
Always I see myself waving to myself,
floating away from the one waving.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Robert Walser
From ‘Too Philosophical ‘ (translated by Daniele Pantano)
How ghostly my life
in its fall and rise.
Always I see myself waving to myself,
floating away from the one waving.
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From ‘Too Philosophical ‘ (translated by Daniele Pantano)
How ghostly my life
in its fall and rise.
Always I see myself waving to myself,
floating away from the one waving.
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May 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The late & great Raymond Carver:
"My bowl is empty. But it's my bowl, you see, and I love it."
"My bowl is empty. But it's my bowl, you see, and I love it."
May 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The late & great Raymond Carver:
"My bowl is empty. But it's my bowl, you see, and I love it."
"My bowl is empty. But it's my bowl, you see, and I love it."
Haiku by Billy Collins
Moon in the window
the same as it was before
there was a window.
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Moon in the window
the same as it was before
there was a window.
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May 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Haiku by Billy Collins
Moon in the window
the same as it was before
there was a window.
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Moon in the window
the same as it was before
there was a window.
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Next time you find yourself driving down ‘The Blues Highway’ be sure to tune into @theblueslist.bsky.social
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Whoa! Is that Bobby and the ghost of Big Joe Williams I see?
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Whoa! Is that Bobby and the ghost of Big Joe Williams I see?
May 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Next time you find yourself driving down ‘The Blues Highway’ be sure to tune into @theblueslist.bsky.social
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Whoa! Is that Bobby and the ghost of Big Joe Williams I see?
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Whoa! Is that Bobby and the ghost of Big Joe Williams I see?
Leibniz
“…every feeling is the perception of a truth...”
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“…every feeling is the perception of a truth...”
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May 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Leibniz
“…every feeling is the perception of a truth...”
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“…every feeling is the perception of a truth...”
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Alexander Calder
“My circles aren’t perfect – and I don’t want them to be”
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“My circles aren’t perfect – and I don’t want them to be”
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May 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Alexander Calder
“My circles aren’t perfect – and I don’t want them to be”
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“My circles aren’t perfect – and I don’t want them to be”
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Paul Simon - America
“So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
"Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why”
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“So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
"Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why”
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May 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Paul Simon - America
“So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
"Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why”
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“So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field
"Kathy, I'm lost", I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why”
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