One of my favorite Hobbit quotes: ‘I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. I am he that buries his…… Continue reading The Hobbit quote
Category: Books
My notes on books I’ve read.
the Tao of Pooh
I just finished reading the Tao of Pooh and I enjoyed it very much. I know nothing of Taoism but through the book the basic principles were easily explained. Without acting like the ‘desiccated scholar’ and going point by point and referencing this and that I think I’d like to summarize the points I think…… Continue reading the Tao of Pooh
Balls, Banquets and soirées throughout history
Reading my history books the thought occurred to me that I would very much like to time travel and visit a number of festive occasions throughout history. The first time this thought occurred I was watching The Tudors and thought how amusing attending a court ball or feast in the reign of King Henry VIII…… Continue reading Balls, Banquets and soirées throughout history
August 8th, 2015 – Journal Entry
From the book Guyku – Image by Peter H. Reynolds Hey, Who turned off allthe crickets? I’m not readyfor summer to end.- Guyku by Bob Raczka – Peter Reynolds I thought I’d start of this entry with this wonderful image and Haiku I came across that made me remember special moments in my own childhood.…… Continue reading August 8th, 2015 – Journal Entry
Quote from Walden
“Men come tamely home at night only from the next field or street, where their household echoes haunt, and their life pines because it breathes its own breath over again; their shadows, morning and evening, reach farther than their daily steps. We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day,…… Continue reading Quote from Walden
El sommelier de almas – Jose Manuel Álvarez-Xagó
Muy amigo mio Jose Manuel escribío un otro libro! Entonces para recordar este logro lo voy a compartir aqui en mi blog. https://www.socialtools.me/apps.php?id=223695&app_data=eyJyZWZlcmVyIjo0MzQ2ODYyfQ==&nocache=1
The Wee Hours
If you could choose an hour of wakefulness out of the whole night, it would be this…You have found an intermediate space, where the business of life does not intrude; where the passing moment lingers, and becomes truly the present; a spot where Father Time, when he thinks nobody is watching him, sits down by…… Continue reading The Wee Hours
Quote about time
Read this today in my Lapham's Quarterly on Time and was spellbound. There is something in writing, in poetry that touches upon life in a way I cannot put my finger on. It is as though everyday life is an illusion, a dull reflection of a true and glorious reality. When I read a passage… Continue reading Quote about time