Monday, May 8, 2023

May 3, 2023


LIMITS

 

Things have edges. They do.

Go too far and you can fall off.

We  have to accept limits.

Difficult at times – but we

can figure this out from oneself.

Sleep is a good place to start  - then

work – then walking – then talking –

then being with each other – knowing

the other has limits – but especially

they have gifts which make up

for my limits and for what’s missing

on the other side of my limits.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


 May 4, 2023


Quote for Today 



"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, 

and another to put him possession of truth."


John Locke

in An Essay concerning 

Human Understanding 

[1690] bk. 4, ch. 7, sect 11

 May 2, 2023



PAGE  263

 

Any book with a lot of pages

Has a page 263.  Check it out.

Was it carved out? Was it rushed?

Or was it like ten thousand conversations?

I’ve  had – forever lost in the wind –

of words. Oops! I still have it.

It’s written down. It’s in a book.

Check out – look at  page 263.

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


 May 3, 2023





Quote  for Today


"To be adult is to be alone."


Jean Rostand

Penses d'un blologiste (1954)

 May 1, 2023



MOSQUITO

 

Mosquito ….

I was about to chase you down-

and kill you – and that would be that –

and I would continue doing my nothings ….

But no, I decided to get my window open

and my screen up and watch you fly  out

Into the world – with my blood in your belly.

Hope you remember me – and I hope

next time, you land on a race horse –

or a fox or a giraffe or a gorilla.

Any of those would certainly be

be a lot more interesting

than just me in your belly.

Me ….

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


 May 2, 2023 




Quote for Today


"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down."


Wilson Mizner in Alva Johnston,

The Legendary Mizners (1953) chap. 3

Sunday, May 7, 2023

 May 1, 2023




Quote for Today

Quote for Today

"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist  as someone waiting for it to rain. And i feel soaked to the skin." 




Leonard Cohen