perfectly delicious

"The air was perfectly delicious, sweet enough for the breath of angels. Every draught of it gave a separate and distinct piece of pleasure." --- John Muir

Nothing Good

One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
- German Proverb

Real Easy

If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.

I Feel You

i feel you...
in every stone
in every leaf of every tree
you've ever grown

i feel you...
in every thing
in every river that might flow
in every seed you might have sown

i feel you...
in every vein
in every beating of my heart
each breath I take
[in every breath i'll ever take]

i feel you...
anyway...
in every tear that i might shed
in every word i've never said

i feel you...


lyrics by --- Shiller mit Hepbner - Leben

Ought

If you would live your life with ease; do what you ought, not what you please.

Mirror

Look in the mirror - of another's soul.

more said than done

After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.

Destroy

We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.

Bless Them

Romans 12:14

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Scandals

And there's a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame; On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but borne to die.

-- Decimus Junius Juvenal

Loud Voice

Irish Proverb: A loud voice can make even the truth sound foolish.

Greatness

An Irish Proverb: Great hate follows great love.

Heaven Has No

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

-- William Congreve

Rural Resort Dwellers

Segment 31:
Rural Resort Dwellers residents follow the scenic route. Favoring milder climates and pastoral settings, they live in rural nonfarm areas throughout the United States. These small, growing communities consist of single-family or mobile homes with a significant inventory of seasonal housing. With a median age of 46 years, the population is older than the U.S. median; most residents are married with no children living at home. Although retirement officially looms for many, most are still working. Many in Rural Resort Dwellers neighborhoods are self-employed with a median household income of $43,000. Simple living and consumer tastes describe the Rural Resort Dwellers residents. They own equipment so they can work on home and garden improvement projects. Domestic four-wheel drive trucks are popular. Their lifestyle includes baking and preparing home-cooked meals as well as participating in local civic issues. They read magazines that focus on fishing, hunting, and home improvement. They go hunting, listen to country music, and zoom around in power boats.

Spells

To break the spell...
Simply stop watching, stop reading, stop trying to not try.

To make me well...
Just please move away, go away, stop the obsession within.

Happy

Irish Proverb: All happy endings are beginnings as well.

Heaterz

It's cheaper to drive around (in my 30 mpg Saab), than it is to HEAT this house. No kiddin' Only dreaming now of winter escapes to the desert. Living outta my car in the winter would be so fun, a month at a time & get a hotel room occassionally.

Why is it that a weird girl like me, can plan a future that involves hi-tech & back roads all in the same breath? Hell-if-I-know(-why). Yep. I just wanna live like a retired senior with a motorhome (4x4 van), have a stable homebase office in the mountains, & cruise around documenting & delivering the West for all my Escapers. Ahhh.

Last night, eleven point 3 degrees. Boy oh boy. That is pretty cold for SoCal. No good boys here to keep me warm. One day I'll get a wood stove, one day I'll get a chainsaw & an axe, one day I'll fix my truck, get a dog, or a horse. I need my sun! One day soon I will be warm. Mod Resort here I come.

Hot Coals

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

-- Buddha

The Possibility

There is always a moment right before I begin to read the story when my mind churns, and I wonder, Will it happen today? I don’t know, for I never know beforehand, and deep down it really doesn’t matter. It’s the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee, a sort of wager on my part. And though you may call me a dreamer or fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

I realize the odds, and science, are against me. But science is not the total answer; this I know, this I have learned in my lifetime. And that leaves me with the belief that miracles, no matter how inexplicable or unbelievable, are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things. So once again, just as I do every day, I begin to read the notebook aloud, so that she can hear it, in the hope that the miracle that has come to dominate my life will once again prevail.

And maybe, just maybe, it will.

Sitting in Pictures

"Maybe the idea of harmony. And the way a Hopi prays. A good life, a harmonious life, is a prayer. We don't just pray for ourselves, we pray for all things. We're famous for the Snake Dances, but a lot of people don't realize those ceremonies are prayers for rain and crops, prayers for life. We also pray for rain by sitting and thinking about rain. We sit and picture wet things like streams and clouds. It is sitting in pictures"

-- Fritz (the Hopi Indian college kid)
-- from the book BLUE HIGHWAYS, William Least Heat Moon