By running longer, it’s like I can physically exhaust that portion of my discontent. It also makes me realize again how weak I am, how limited my abilities are. I become aware, physically, of these low points. And one of the results of running a little farther than usual is that I become much stronger.
–Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Oh, troubles. Troubles. Troubles. Shooting.
Trouble Shooter—One career I couldn’t have until I became bitter at the whole world and felt it was filled to the brim with idiots.
I just finished a book. It didn’t take long, because I swam through it. I forgot the medium of the story and was walking through the streets of New York, of inventions, of the story. I can’t tell you much, because you have to read it. And if you’ve read it or when you do, I want to talk to you about it. Or sit with you in silence.
The true poets are not just ‘poetic.’ They also have an audacity of the imagination which enables them to pursue an idea even when it may seem unpoetic, a desperateness in clinging to their own vision wherever it may seem to lead.
–Stephen Spender, Quoted in Winter 2009 Edition of Georgia Review by Stephen Corey to introduce Albert Goldbard, Poem originally found in World Within World
Trail Mix!!
Broken Pretzels, Granola, Shriveled Cranberries, Squished Pecans, and Special Dark Chocolate Chips
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Delicious or heartbreaking?
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue
The yearning to come up with something novel, something rich, reverberates in a world that screams for repetition, comfort, or known.
For example:
[name of song]— artist
Letter to a John— Ani DiFranco
Dear John Letter— Whitney Houston
Dear John— Nervous but Excited
Dear John— Ryan Adams & the Cardigans
Dear John— Aimee Mann
Dear John— Amerie
Dear John— Styx
Dear John— Lonely, Dear
Dear John— Micah Dalton
Dear John— I Monster
Dear John— Cedar Walton, Ralph Moore, Freddie Hubbard, Vincent Herring
Dear John— Holly Golightly
Dear John— Hank Williams
Dear John— Narcoleptic Youth
Dear John— Elliott John
Dear John— Roger Daltry
Dear John— Au Pairs
Dear John— Cindy Lauper
Dear John— Half-handed cloud
Dear John— Emi Meyer
Dear John— Sexton Ming
Dear John— BJ O’Malley
Dear John— Eddi Reader
Dear John— Buck
Dear John— Eugene Kelly
Dear John— Marmalade
Dear John— Diesel Boy
Dear John— Turmoil
Dear John— Tragedy featuring Alkendria
Dear John— Ike & Tina Turner
Dear John— Fly Boys
Dear John— The Montesas
Dear John— Margo
To continue the journey to the end of this loooonnnnnng list: http://www.lala.com/#search/dear%20john/songs::skip=48:sort=relevance
Sincerity is the quality where your imperfections show.
–—Edward Espe Brown, tenzo, How to Cook Your Life
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“But there’s so much to learn,” he said with a thoughtful frown.
--Norton Juster
