Tuesday, May 19, 2020

May  19, 2020


Thought  for  Today 

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts -  for support rather than illumination.”  

Andrew Lang, quoted
By A. L. Mackay, in
Harvest of a Quite Eye

Monday, May 18, 2020

May  18,  2020

*
ASTERISK


We’ll be long dead, 
if they stick an asterisk 
after some of our accomplishments. 

I only want one asterisk: 
He believes he’s still alive, 
because he believes Jesus rose from the dead. 



© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

May  18, 2020




Thought   for   Today

 “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”

Pablo Picasso,
Quoted John Golding,
Cubism

Sunday, May 17, 2020


May  17,  2020 

6  FEET  AWAY 

Heck …. I’ve been staying 
60 feet away from some people – 
even when they are only 6 inches away. 


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


May 17, 2020



Thought  for  Today 


“Jazz is playin’ from the heart.  you don’t lie.” 

William Geary (Bunk) Johnson.
Quoted Nat Shapiro,
Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music

Saturday, May 16, 2020

May 16, 2020


Thought  for  Today

“We take what we want and God sends the bill.”


Dr. Rhodes  Boyston, MP,
Daily Telegraph,
February 20, 1979
Take  this comment
to you thought bank!

May 16, 2020



THE  SONGS  OF SONDHEIM

“The  ache of isolation”; “Agony”;
“Take Me to the World”; “Follies”;
“I’m losing my mind”; “Passion”;
“What More Do I Need?”; Company”;
“It Takes Two”;  “Marry Me a Little”;
“No One Is Alone”.  Ever happen to you?



© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
These are words taken from a 
newspaper review  
“For Sondheim’s 90th,
the  Ache of Isolation, N.Y Times,
Arts, April 28, 2020. Pages C1, C6.