August 19, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Not only is there  no  God, but try getting a plumber on weekends.”  

Woody Allen, 

“My Philosophy” 

in the New Yorker, 

December 27, 1969

MOONLIGHT

Sort of like a friend who gave 

us off to the side advice when 

we made a fool of ourselves. 

Sort of like a glass of water 

when we didn’t know we 

were thirsty or dry or empty. 

Sort of like a wave or a wink 

when we felt all alone and 

didn’t know what to do next. 

Sort of like a red or blue 

candle lit for us in a quiet 

empty afternoon church. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 18, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“If only God would  give me some clear  sign! Like making a large deposit in my  name at a Swiss  bank.”  

Woody Allen [1935 - ], 

in New Yorker, 

November 5, 1973, 

‘Selections from 

the Allen Notebooks’.

August 17, 2018

BUILDINGS

Isn’t it interesting when we stop

to think about it, how different,

different buildings are - the vibes

or feelings they bounce or  radiate?

The feel of a church, hospital,

bank, auditorium, Home Depot,

diner, laundromat, Post Office,

museum, all so different  ….

Isn’t it interesting when we stop

to think about how different,

different people are - the vibes,

or feelings they bounce or radiate?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 17, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit.  It cannot like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole time job.” 

W. Somerset Maugham 

[1874-1965], 

from Cakes and Ale (1930), 

chapter 11.

August 16, 2018

TEA  BAG

Sometimes we are like a tea bag.

We’re in hot water  - and the hot

is coming at us from all sides.

We’re hurting. We’re feeling “Oooh!”

for the moment - as the heat seeps

into us and we are changed.

Then someone picks us up -

in a cup - and takes a sip of us -

as they go, “Uuum. Nice.”

It’s then we know - the meaning

of the old saying “It’s in dying

that we are born to eternal life.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 16, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“You don’t make up for your sins in church; you do it in the street, you do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.”  

Martin Scorsese [1942 -  ] 

and Mardik Martin 

in Mean Streets (1973 film) 

in Michael Bliss Martin Scorsese 

and Michael Cimino (1985) Chapter 3.