Cartoon – Native Recipe
Author: Antarctica Journal
Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes – “waldo, why are you not here?”
Henry Thoreau was languishing in jail after he had refused to pay the Massachusetts poll tax in 1843 [to protest the Mexican-American War], Ralph Waldo Emerson came to visit him and asked him why he was there. “Waldo, why are you not here?” said Thoreau. – Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes
Read morePoem – Sally in the Alley and Joanie in the Weeds (By Donal Mahoney)
Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiches and sometimes date her after work but none so far has mentioned marriage. This confuses Sarah who’s as open as her bread in satisfying men. That’s not too wise, says Ethel, a granny clone Sarah chats with after lunch-hour […]
Read moreCartoon – Desserted Idea
Theodore Roosevelt Quote – Worth Having or Worth Doing
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Read moreCarlos Ruiz Zafón Quote – Speaking To A Stranger
“Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?” . . . “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Read morePoem – I Say A Prayer For You (By Narges Rothermel)
When I pile up cut tomatoes, red onion, and radishes on top of romaine lettuce, I think of the hands that picked, cleaned, packed, and loaded them on trucks, carried them to cold rooms arranged them on shelves. As I remember stories of my father, a new comer a child-laborer in another era in another country, I say a […]
Read morePoem – LAY FIGURE (By Frank De Canio)
Lay Figure – By Frank De Canio A woman’s like a full form mannequin some tailors utilize to make a dress. For well-stitched fabric needs a frame to pin itself on to ensure that points of stress are placed to maximize a proper fit. But fantasy’s a pattern that demands deft needlework if guys are to acquit themselves with more […]
Read moreOprah Winfrey – The Best of Times is Now
“The best of times is now!” – Oprah Winfrey
Read moreBlack hole ejects massive energy jet after devouring a star
For the first time, scientists have caught a glimpse of a black hole ejecting a hot “flare” of matter after devouring a star the size of our sun. The discovery was made thanks to the quick action of of scientists from John Hopkins University, who worked in conjunction with a team from the University of Oxford. Hubble fellow Sjoert van […]
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