Archives for August, 2009
The Lesson of the Moth
Friday, August 28th, 2009
The Lesson of the Moth
by Don Marquis
i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires
why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you [...]
Wisdom
Monday, August 24th, 2009
An old man told me yesterday, “I am not proud of what I can do, I am just grateful.” He kept chattering about how if we don’t try anything we will never know what we are capable of. To not be afraid to fail. He makes portraits of people out of clay. He does it [...]
Turnpike
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Driving west in Ohio down 80/90, Rachel and I decided to stop at a rest stop for a bathroom break. It was beautiful and sunny outside and we were just heading home from five nights of camping. We pulled off the turnpike and into the rest stop, parking near a large pickup truck with [...]
Kerouac
Monday, August 10th, 2009
But then they danced down he streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same [...]