TO WRITE WITH TRUTH AND heart, one must be able to see; and sometimes, to not look away.
Tag: learned
What I wish I’d known before I had to learn it.
One Conversation
WE WERE DISCUSSING SYNAGOGUE FUNDRAISERS, and I suggested an egg toss. E. G., who knows who he is but may not want you to, looked at me with the sad seriousness of the ex-military and first responder. “Eggs aren’t for…
Pithyism #11/25/10
WITHOUT GRATITUDE, NONE OF THIS would matter.
Accented Enlightenment
SO MANY OF OUR VERBAL surroundings are invisible to us; we live like blind fish in a sea of words. Two experiments to make the background pop out: 1. Try shifting the accent on multiword phrases; e.g., “Vanity Fair” turns…
Pithyism #248
EVERYTHING IS EASIER SAID THAN done. So?
The Dilettante’s Question
IS IT ENOUGH TO KNOW, or must one also act?
Ian Fleming’s Wisdom School
FROM THE NOVEL “GOLDFINGER,” PAGE 056 of the Penguin Centenary edition: Bond sat back. He was prepared to listen to anyone who was master of his subject, any subject. (This is one of those quotes that keeps coming into my…
Ghosts Don’t Interest Me
NOTE THE SPECIFICITY OF THE title — I didn’t say I don’t like ghosts, or that I shun their company or “disbelieve” in their “existence.” But they’re no big thing to me, any more so than the other amazing things…
Ultimate Protest Sign #2 (Dylan Remix)
An Ultimate Protest Sign
(Thanx and a tip o’ th’ Metaphoraging Hat to txt2pic.com‘s template toys (click for bigger).)
How The World Works
“WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU MISS a deadline?” asked the high-school student shadowing me in my capacity as newspaper reporter. “You don’t,” I replied. “No, I know,” he said. “But what happens if you do?” I just looked at him. “You…
Pithyism #144
EVERY TYRANNY IS DESIGNED TO separate us from who we really are — and thus from each other.