Thursday, March 30, 2023

 March  29, 2023




Quote for Today


"Religion to me has always been the wound, not the bandage."


Dennis Potter (1934-94)

Interview with Melvyn Bragg

on  Channel 4, March 1994,

in Seeing the  Blossom (1994).

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

 March 28, 2023


Reflection

 March 28, 2023



Quote for Today


"But how strange  the change from major to minor

Every time we say goodbye."



Cole Porter Song: Every Time We Say Goodbye


 March 27, 2023


Reflection

 March 27, 2023





Quote for Today


"Once,  I Chang Chou, dreamed that I was a butterfly and was happy as a butterfly. I was conscious that I was quite pleased with myself  but I did not know I was Chou.  Suddenly I awoke and there I was, visibly Chou.  I do not know whether it was Chou dreaming  that he was a butterfly or the butterfly dreaming that it was Chou."


Chuang Tzu c. 369-286 BC

 Chinese philosopher

Chuang Tzu ch. 2

Sunday, March 26, 2023

March 26, 2023





Quote of the Day 


"Music has charms to sooth a savage breast."


William Congreve (1670-1729)

 March 26, 2026


Reflection