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Bargaining with Murphy….
Ffolkes, “If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.” ~~ Herodotus ~~ Spring morning ~...
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Aggrandizing for the masses….
Ffolkes, “Dying is a wild night and a new road.” ~~ Emily Dickinson ~~ Simple Beauty…. Hajime…. Probably, what’s going on is merely a function of my own mind, in dealing with all the crap that builds...
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A complex straightening of entropy….
Ffolkes, “How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!” ~~ Alexander Pope ~~ ~~ The Odyssey of Homer, Book xiii, Line 375 ~~ Beauty breaking free…. Hajime…. It isn’t as if I need such indulgence,...
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Irony, so fresh, it squeaks….
Ffolkes, “He who is inclined to lust is merciful and tender-hearted; those who are inclined to purity are not so.” ~~ Saint John Climacus ~~ Alcatraz Island, Southern View Hajime…. When I began to...
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Bitter whimsy…
Ffolkes, “Rotten wood cannot be carved.” ~~ Confucius ~~ ~~ Analects, Book 5, Ch. 9 ~~ gigoid’s hideaway…. Hajime…. Bitter whimsy, indeed, my friends. It’s been at least three days since I last sat to...
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Old, bold, & gold….
Ffolkes, “The most significant task facing the individual is the achievement of harmony between the conscious and the unconscious mind.” ~~ Carl Jung ~~ By any other name…. Hajime…. Yesterday, in my...
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Particularly practical in several respects….
Ffolkes, “Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.” ~~ Homer (c. 700 B.C.) ~~ Brothers Island Light Station B & B, Point Richmond… Hajime…....
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Total eclipse of the smart….
Ffolkes, “A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.” ~~ Sophocles (496-406 BC) — Phaedra, Frag. 862 ~~ Early morning in Galway…. Hajime…. Aha! It isn’t 0 and 1… it’s...
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As if….
FFolkes, “Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.” ~~ Lao-Tzu ~~ Big Ben, et al..,, London, England – 2013… Even though I had cobbled together the necessary parts for a...
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A pail of blue zitis….
Ffolkes, “Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.” ~~ Mark Twain ~~ Congress is in session…. For the first five-plus years I wrote this blog, I posted every day, almost without fail. I had found...
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