Never too late
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot Perhaps the waning days of sequestration will give all of us time to consider changes in our outlook, career, and avocations. That would draw good from discontent.
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Gregory George
Gregory George lived with his mother. During the day, he worked as a bookkeeper for a small business, receiving an even smaller paycheck. But at night – ah, at night! Gregory George was the equal of a dozen swashbucklers, three private eyes, or an efficient cleaning woman. He was a writer. He sat at the
“Buy you a bran new pare if you’ll only come back home …”
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ~Thomas Edison What would Edison have thought about that country song ?
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Will Chicken Little be considered a prophet as of 2021?
“The sky is falling!” Indeed. The energies of a Mars-Pluto square need to be harnessed and not let loose, like ‘the dogs of war.’ You’ll recall Mars is the god of War, while Pluto is the god of the underworld. These two forces at each other’s throats, as it were, are staggering in their inherent
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When … indeed
“When he who hears doesn’t know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks doesn’t know what he himself means – That is philosophy.” – Voltaire So cocktail party conversation is actually philosophy?
Feeling Chill
SAFETY IS OUR GUARANTEED Keep smile. DEVOUTLY TO BE WISHED No early termination fee. FEELING CHILL I’m two flash sales and a survey away from Up to 70 percent more points. IT SNOWED ON US LAST YEAR Five inches. HARD NOSED RULE OF
Naming Names
KITA Kita over here honey. Kita over here. Kita. Over here baby. ADOLPH And he had another dude with him. They’re still making money. BUDDHA I really like him a lot. LEXIE CAAN Wordsmithereen. GISELLE She knows my hair so well.
Shop Talk (cont’d)
WHAT SETS ME APART My poems are hand scooped. FIVE POETS Twice tonight Ojibway has come up. And not only about birch bark canoes. WHALES AND ELEPHANTS Largest brains. You don’t see them writing poetry, do you? SHE’S GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT Writing’s not that easy.
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Details, details, details
Occurring today, the total solar eclipse impacted Sagittarius and likely set off some thoughts or actions on everyone’s part to change their lives in a few small ways or details. Nearly everyone is seeking more simplicity nowadays, whether in work, home or relationships – and it should be a bit reassuring to know that this
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Recently Checked Out from the Public Library
Hat Trick Plainsong, by Kent Haruf, 1999 Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat, 2007 The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich, 2020 Honorable Mention Civilization and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud (trans. James Strachey), 1930 Foxtrot in Kandahar, by Duane Evans, 2017 Chasing the Light, by Oliver Stone, 2020 Please visit my website at www.randystark.com and
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