MICHELLE ALEXANDER 1967—“The New Jim Crow” OUR ENTIRE POLITICAL SYSTEM is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written ins their favor. NO OTHER COUNTRY in the world imprisons so many of … Read more
NOVEMBER 6—“MAD HATTER DAY IN 1996, RUSSEL SHERMAN PUBLISHED “Piano Pieces.” a compilation of essays about teaching and performing. “notes may be missed but not casually flubbed. Phrases may be askew but not aimlessly drifting. Sonorities may be brazen but not barren. The player … Read more
WE THINK TOO MUCH AND FEEL TOO LITTLE. CHARLE CHAPLIN WHEN I MANAGE TO WRITE WELL, there is a second, silent language. this silent language says what it is all about. It’s not the story, but you can hear something behind it — a silent voice speaking. … Read more
ALL WAR is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal. JOHN STEINBECK BE KINDER TO YOURSELF. AND THEN LET YOUR KINDNESS FLOOD THE WORLD. … Read more
THERE IS A CALMNESS to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. RALPH H. BLUM NEVER LOSE HOPE . . . The butterfly is proof that beauty can emerge from something completely falling apart. … Read more
LOVE IS A STATE WE EXXPERIECE FROM THE HEART. The bigger love is connecting to Source where Divine Love is the very fabric we hail from. The human experience of love is important and allows us to take steps to heal our karmic wounds. Divine Love connects the cells of your Soul body to Source. May … Read more
OCTOBER 1ST, 1962: JOHNNY CARSON’S first night as host of the tonight show. He was introduced by Groucho Marx. guests included Joan Crawford, Mel Brooks, Rudy valley and Tony Bennett. RUMI FIND THE SWEETNESS in your … Read more
Today is National Mulled Cider Day & National Mud pack day. JOSEPH CONRAD: letter to friend Robert Cunningham Graham THERE IS — LET US SAY — A MACHINE. IT EVOLVED ITSELF (I AM SEVERELY SCIENTIFIC) OUT OF A CHAOS OF SCRAPS OF IRON AND BEHOLD! — IT KNITS. I am horrified at the horrible work and … Read more
RAINER MARIA RILKE: GOD speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to to limits of your longing. Embody me. flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move in. Let … Read more
TODAY IS ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY. WHEN WE ALIGN ourselves to a higher will, we open ourselves to grace, to a vast source of light that can illuminate and energize our lives. … Read more
