Archive for January 2016

   Life sometimes presents even the beyond amateur iPhone photographer with images that you cannot screw up. Here is one of them. It’s less of a house and more of a museum. Gorgeous. 

   Look out at the courtyard See the start of an adventure See dragons in the corners And waves that climb the sands.  See pillars, pinnacles, & patios Displaying heroes of all lands.  And celebrate not knowing The fact that life is going- Barreling wildly off the guided, narrow path.  And watch the sun still…

   I tried to discourage him. I really did. I said dog modeling is no world for a pooch like him. But he didn’t listen to me. He’s set off on this grand adventure of posing for pictures and trying to get me to take pictures of him every day just for kicks. I do…

   So Robin Williams, then Bowie, now Rickman. (Bowie and Rickman in the same week.) My childhood… May they all rest in peace.  The stars are even brighter tonight. And eighty years or not, Mr. Rickman, the answer is still always. 

   The world is a war zone, and we’re just people in it. We are creatures of habit. Turn on the news. Look at the faces of the people on the screen. You don’t know them. You don’t know what’s going on in the world. You sigh and look at the body count, shrugging. At…

   You know how some words just come off as good or bad? It’s not the word’s fault. It’s just a bunch of letters strung together. Although, I suppose if you put it that way, then Shakespeare was just a bunch of letters arranged in pretty little squares. Languages are complex like that. Yet I…

   It’s amazing what hot chocolate can do for you on a frozen winter’s day. It’s warm for one thing. It makes you feel like a little kid again. And it’s sweet yet still perfect if you make it correctly. It has a little swirl of marshmallows on the top, just a little bit melted.…

   There’s such a fooled heart Beatin’ so fast In search of new dreams. A love that will last Within your heart. I’ll place the moon Within your heart. – to David Bowie, because the stars look very different today. 

   Schedule today: Wake up.  Believe in this.  Read a lot.  Remember a lot.  Work.  Inevitably hit a less than fun point of the day.  Remember this again.  Stay motivated.  Remember Robin Williams.  Carpe diem.  Seize the day. 

   Yawn. What time is it?  Ahhhh.  Is it Saturday?  If I went back to sleep, would it really be so bad? AHHH why can’t makeup not smear?  Breakfast has gotta be on the go… Ouch ouch ouch. Hot coffee. Hot coffee!  Come on, move.  Whycantthelightjustturngreenohmygoodnessthisperson !!! AGGGGGH! No time for fun. No time for……