March  24, 2019

Thought for today: 

“We  must  reserve a little back shop, all our own, entirely free, wherein to  establish our true liberty and principle retreat and solitude.”  

Montaigue [1533-1592]  

French essayist 

March 23, 2019

 EYES

Horses eyes, cows eyes,

elephants eyes, cats eyes,

alligator eyes, fish eyes,

we stare into them ….

They stare into us ….

We pause - we hesitate -

then we breathe easier,

because we know all eyes

are so different from

looking into the human eye.

We know there is nothing

to worry about inside animal

eyes - but so much behind

the human eye - what they know

know about us what we know

about another.  “Uh oh!”

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

March     23, 2019 -

Thought for today: 

“The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.” 

Anthony Burgess [1917-1993]  

New York Times Book Review, 

December 4 1966, page 74.

March     22, 2019 

Thought for today:

 “You can tell the ideals of a nation by its   advertisements.”   

Norman Douglas [1868-1952], 

South Wind (1917) Chapter 6.

March 22, 2019

I’LL  ANSWER  THAT  QUESTION

Sometimes it’s bugs and bothers us

when we’re watching the evening news.

We’re  hearing the story of a couple

sifting and sorting through the rubble

of their burnt out home, picking up

mementos, photos, keepsakes  then 

we  see a microphone stuck in their face,

“How do you feel?” Then sometimes 

there’s a surprise reply: A person says, 

"Well I guess we just got to start all over 

again .... just start all over again.”  And then

the news jumps to a plane crash, 197 killed -

 and someone with a microphone heads for 

their relatives waiting for them at the airport.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

March 21, 2019

MAGIC

Sometimes  children and old people 

are magicians. They make our problems 

disappear. We just have to attend to their 

show - do something for them - care 

for them - and before we know it our 

selfishness or loneliness vanishes.  

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

March     21, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“I trust everyone. It’s the devil inside them I don’t  trust.” 

John Bridger in the 2003 

version of the movie, 

The Italian Job.