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Somebody’s Home

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 Just can’t come to the door right now At the gate, but missed the gun I can't start, but I'm not done Fortune never smiled at me It left me on my own Someone cracked the hour glass Shattered time and scattered past Set in stone, you can't un-cast The die once thrown And I'm in here with the blinds all drawn I can hear you but I can't respond Though the lights are on, just don't give up 'cause somebody's home Somebody's home Your eyes betray your sympathy But your eyes can't see inside of me Maybe there's nothing to see I guess we'll never know And I'm in here with the blinds all drawn I can hear you but I can't respond Though the lights are on, just don't give up 'cause somebody's home Somebody's home All the things I never said All still here inside my head All the plans you had for me All that will never be Oh, but don't give up on me I see more than you think I see Can anyone hear me, oh? And I'm in her...

Dreaming by the Pond

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Trying to get outdoors like I used to, learning to shoot video, take better pics. Sound on! More practice stuff: Ghost kids:

Not Still For One Second

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Nice day to play outside!

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Dinner as a Movie

 

Snapshot

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Practicing my photography skills with a little pre-work iced Chai tea at The Bloomin’ Bean, a local coffee bar and florist shop.
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Happy Valentines Day!

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Ancient-cart Problems

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Long before Insta-cart and associated problems, there were Ancient-cart problems. Around 55 BC, Cicero sent a friend to buy statues one might see at a gymnasium (athletes) and some paintings. Cicero gets a bill indicating that his friend overspent the budget. On what? Further investigation reveals, well. . . Here are excerpts from a letter:   “But, my dear Gallus, everything would have been easy, if you had bought the things I wanted, and only up to the price that I wished. . . I fully understand that you have displayed zeal and affection in purchasing (because you thought them worthy of me) things which pleased yourself. . . for there is absolutely none of those purchases that I care to have. But you, being unacquainted with my habits, have bought four or five of your selection at a price at which I do not value any statues in the world. . . . To begin with, I should never have considered the Muses worth all that money . . . But Bacchæ! What place is there in my house for them? Bu...

Ever Get A Song Stuck In Your Head?

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2 Kings 22:11

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וַֽיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַתֹּורָה וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו׃ “ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law,  he tore his clothes.”

Cultivate Silence

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Journal

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  “Paper has more patience than people” (Anne Frank) “A letter does not blush.” (Cicero)

New Month!

 

Welcome, February

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