Horse Scents and Nonsense

Eye of Willow

16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned

 - the biggest word of all - LOOK." 

— Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten)

Applied Aura

Drop by precious drop,

Powerful substances

Enclose shattered pieces
Of emotion,

Once covered only by
Salty tears of shared pain,

Laughter and endurance.

Call it chemistry, 
Creative process,
Nuclear fusion. 

Unaware, conceptual moment -
An ignited inner light,

Fearless, life-giving, 
Defined by breath and gestures, 
Impenetrable barrier, unresistant,
And Labeled: Experience and Need

The aura of the vital force,

Radiant and obedient.

For, in afterthought
Appeared, and before,

A manifestation
Of the true.  Heart of Hearts, 
Celestial raiment, gifted.

Received for present need;

And so embraced 
A new, perceived reality.

Shining renewable resource. 

Conduit of wonder.

MB

The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind - a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just made a down payment on a house.  

~Woody Allen

Why

We had a wonderstanding.

Promises.  Deep,

Soundless and meaningful, 
Your hand

Reaching deeply into my soul

To save me again and again.

A fish floundering out of water,

Wordless and powerful.

Breathless and dying.

Strong and shining,

Perfectly enclosed.

A life composed 
In the net

Of broken hearts

And gracious lies,

Beating on.

'Til words ran out.

Feelings took over,

Filled with pain

And pouring out.

Why this hurt?

From whence this sorrow?

Gently, Mama.

Your boy is crying.

MB

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.

Paul D. Boyer

Math is fun, it teaches you life and death information, like when you're cold, you should go to a corner since it's 90 degrees there.

Anonymous

What luck for rulers, that men do not think.  ~Adolph Hitler

Leslie, Brenda

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football. 

~Author Unknown

Happy Birthday, Leslie, from, among others, your mom and dad! 

Make a game of finding something positive in every situation.

Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you 

interpret events to yourself. 

 ~Brian Tracy 

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

W. C. Fields

                 

                (you've heard that one, right? Smile anyway! :)

Cupcakes ~  by Jane (and Bryan, Sally and Ben)

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in 

life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli

The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.

Elihu Root

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought.  

There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor  

Victor Hugo~

At Mesa Gateway Airport. Reading, waiting, 102 degrees

Irons rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; 

even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. 

 ~Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks, 1508

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important

 than your own.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

George W. Bush

When you are describing,

A shape, or sound, or tint;

Don't state the matter plainly,

But put it in a hint;

And learn to look at all things,

With a sort of mental squint.

~Lewis Carroll

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..."  And then do it. 

~Duane Michals, "More Joy of Photography"