If yes, then, no. Otherwise….
Ffolkes, “When in doubt, tell the truth.” ~~ Mark Twain ~~ Artist’s rendition of EUSA Mars Lander “Insight” Due to land on Mars in 2016, recorded by two satellites soon to be in orbit around Mars....
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Ffolkes, Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one’s own efforts. ~~ Nagarjuna (c. 100-200 AD) ~~ Rest Stop...
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Ffolkes, “Honor is the reward of virtue.” ~~ Cicero ~~ Simple Beauty Good morning…. I say that, not because it necessarily IS a good morning, but, rather, in the hope it will become true by the power...
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Ffolkes, “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” ~~ Sophocles ~~ Defiant Beauty Good morning…. According to Princess Irulan, beginnings are a time to take particular...
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Ffolkes, “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~~ Abraham Lincoln ~~ The garden at San Augustine’s in Dublin Good...
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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...
View ArticleSpontaneous paradigm regeneration…. Myth, or dogma?
Ffolkes, “We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.” ~~ Titus Livius ~~ Serendipity ~ Unexpected Charm G’day…. Bass ackwards isn’t all that unusual for us, but, I hadn’t thought to begin...
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Ffolkes, “… denn da ist keine Stelle, die dich nicht sieht. Du musst dein Leben andern.” “… for there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.” ~~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~~ ~~ “Archaic...
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Ffolkes, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~~ Abraham Lincoln ~~ Did you say ‘Tuna’? As the day begins, wet and cold, I sit to try once more to make sense of a world...
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Ffolkes, “When it’s dark enough you can see the stars.” ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~ Greenock Hilltop View, Scotland Hajime…. Late again, dammit! Ah well, such is life in the big city, I suppose. Since...
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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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Ffolkes, “To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.” ~~ Edward Abbey ~~ Summer Flowers Hajime…. It has become increasingly clear to me how important this process is to my...
View ArticleA 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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Ffolkes, “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” ~~ John Burrough ~~...
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Ffolkes, “Poetry is the eloquence of truth.” ~~ Joseph Campbell ~~ Hajime…. How’s it going, you ask? Well, I’ll tell ya…. On second thought, perhaps I won’t, since mostly what I’d have to say would...
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Ffolkes, “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” ~~ Abraham Lincoln ~~ Coit Tower, San Francisco Hajime…. Today’s Pearl is epic. Not because of its size, or the scope of its...
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Ffolkes, “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.” ~~ Albert Einstein ~~ Friends of long standing…. Hajime…. Though this Pearl is being posted very late, it’s all relatively...
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