Cephalus, in answer to Socrates’ question of whether life is harder towards the end, “For certainly old age has a great sense of calm and freedom; when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are freed from… Read More ›
Arts and Leisure
Thoreau Quote with Photo, On Evil
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest time and money on the needy is doing the most by his… Read More ›
It’s for these moments…
Some people think I miss the world by viewing it through my camera lens. I disagree. Rather, through my lens I become very intimate with the world. And I capture wonderful moments as in the photo below. See also, Narrowboat in… Read More ›
A Punny Ode to Jason. *Groaner-warning.*
If you are averse to puns, I warn you: TURN BACK NOW! Still reading? All right then. So, who’s Jason? Only one of the niftiest, most intelligent and decent people I know. Jason and I enjoyed philosophy homework parties at… Read More ›
Views from a Narrowboat
I took these photos whilst pointing my lens out the window of a narrowboat on an English canal, first one way and then the other. (You can see the change in direction of the wake.) We’d travelled a short distance… Read More ›
Some grey morning.
But for the use of the zoom lens, I’ve made no adjustments to this photo. Some mornings just are this grey. Dull, heavy, wet. I’d have missed this remarkable view had I let these things deter me from a walk.
NUANCE: Beyond a world of black and white. Some time required.
Nuance takes more time than most of us have. Or allow ourselves.
On aging.
Like this knocker, my hands have given so many years of service. They’ve been tireless and strong, standing up to water, heat, and cold. And, like this knocker, they’ve been taken by the hands of others.
QB VII by Leon Uris
There are so many quotes that I’ve tried, to no avail, to dog-ear in my mind. In lieu of memory, I succumb to folding pages. See a review of QB VII at Good Reads
