Reflections By The Bay

Sunday, July 30, 2017

July 30, 2017

NEXT TIME

Next time I’ll ask….

Next time I’ll laugh….

Next time I’ll try harder….

Next time I’ll hesitate ….

Next time I’ll say, “No!”

Next time I’ll say, “Yes!”

Next time I’ll read the directions….
Next time I’ll leave a message….

Next time I’ll take a wall seat ….

Next time I’ll turn the TV off….

Next time I’ll get more sleep ….

Next time I’ll ask if I have a vote ….

Next time I’ll find out, “Who’s who?”

Next time I’ll walk….

Next time I’ll pick up the bill….

Next time I’ll ask if there is a next time….

Saturday, July 29, 2017

July 29, 2017

BELLS

Do you have any bells ringing

and they send their sound through your windows from a nearby church?

Listen!

Maybe you do

and you don't hear them.

Do you have any prayers

coming in your windows

from a nearby church or person?

Listen!

Maybe they are sounding

or praying for you and you don't hear them.

HOME AGAIN

Do we have to go home again

to figure out why we left home

in the first place? Distance does

make the heart grow fonder as

well as make the mind go wander.

Sometimes we have to see another

doing what we did, in order to see

what we did in the first place. Life….

Scenes from the movie, Brooklyn

Friday, July 28, 2017

BACK TO SCHOOL:

DANTE ALGHIERI

Have you read Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso?

Before you die - before the Divine Comedy is over or begins, before you enter Paradiso (Please God, please!) read Dante and see how close he was to how we pictured the hereafter.

Here are a few YouTube presentations on Dante. Go through the lectures etc. before you read his Divine Comedy.

BACK TO SCHOOL:

HIERONYMUS BOSCH

Once one looks at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, we sort of can't forget them. They are tattooed onto one's memory.

That happened to me.

When I had the chance to visit Vienna, Austria in 1984, I had on my list of "Must See!" a museum that had some of the paintings of Bosch. "Woo!" was my reaction.

Then when I was in Bruges, Belgium, I saw some more of Bosch. Once more I thought, "Woo" and "Woe!"

The following are some talks and some stuff on Bosch. Visit these YouTube videos and find yourself in the middle of some fascinating imaginings.

You can also find a lot more by going into Google and typing in "Hieronymus Bosch" - as well as, "YouTube Hieronymus Bosch".