love's memory

“When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that...

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:52:45 -0500

“When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.”

~ John Dryden

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not...

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:42:12 -0400

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

~Terry Pratchett

That’s all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:12:58 -0400

That’s all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.

~Robert M. Pirsig

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:59:04 -0400

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.

~Violette Leduc, Mad in Pursuit

Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:19:08 -0400

Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s right with the world.

~Ada Louise Huxtable

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in,...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:06:01 -0400

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”

—Madonna

I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air; Beyond...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:41:08 -0400

I question not if thrushes sing,
If roses load the air;
Beyond my heart I need not reach
When all is summer there.

~John Vance Cheney

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy....

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:24:45 -0400

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

~Anne Frank

“A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking”...

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:20:54 -0400

“A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking”

—Arthur Bloch

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a...

Thu, 29 May 2008 14:45:00 -0400

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.

—Emily Carr

“It’s spring fever…. You don’t quite know what...

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:18:14 -0400

“It’s spring fever…. You don’t quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”

Mark Twain

The dog is the only animal that has seen his god. ~Author...

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:23:26 -0400

The dog is the only animal that has seen his god.

~Author Unknown

“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”...

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:59:47 -0400

“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”

—William Blake

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only...

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:22:47 -0400

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.”

—Orson Welles

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices...

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:45:49 -0400

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect...

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:09:27 -0500

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering…

Now what would You have me doI ask you pleaseI wait to hearyour...

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:53:39 -0500

Now what would You have me do
I ask you please
I wait to hear
your voice
the word you say
I await
to see your sign
would I obey?

“The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people...

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:59:31 -0500

“The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don’t know…How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what’s its own and what’s alien.”

— Plato

Somehow I need to love you more than I need to breathe I can...

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:51:00 -0500

Somehow I need to love you

more than I need to breathe

I can feel you leaving the ground

I will follow down

you and I will drown…

From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated...

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:20:00 -0500

From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.

~Mabel Louise Robinson