Source: Antoine Bruneau titled Što Te Nema? (via Mennyfox55)
Year: 2015
So it has come to this
So it has come to this
insomnia at 3:15 A.M.,
the clock tolling its engine
[…]
All night dark wings
flopping in my heart.
Each an ambition bird
[…]
~ Anne Sexton, The Ambition Bird, The Complete Poems, Anne Sexton
Notes: Poem Source – Didier Leclair. Photo: Pause Between Thoughts
It’s that time again
Olympic gold medal ice dancers Charlie White and Meryl Davis skated at the Rockefeller Center ice rink in New York on Tuesday, marking the official opening of the rink to the public for the winter season. (Photo by Carol Allegri / Reuters)
Source: wsj.com
Monday Morning Wake-Up Call
Notes:
- Image Source: Black Swan via gost-47
- Don’t miss post on Black Swans at wordsfromanneli: Black Swan
Extraordinary person. Ordinary People and their Extraordinary Stories.
I’m rushing to catch the elevator. I’m late for my next meeting, and busy replaying the outcome of the last. I step into the building lobby and run into a colleague.
JQ: Hey, Dave. Do you have a minute?
DK: Running late, but of course.
JQ: I wanted to share an idea and get your thoughts. I know that you’ve been blogging for some time. I’ve been thinking of doing the same. I visit assisted care living facilities (ACLF) on weekends and write stories.
DK: Write stories?
JQ: Yes. Many of the people I meet are ill, lonely and rarely visited by family. They look forward to speaking to me. I meet them all in person. Some interviews take 5 hours. Some 30 minutes. I take their picture. All with their consent or consent of a family member.
As he describes his “hobby,” I take an inventory of recent posts: Snoopy. A cat video. Hyperrealistic painting of lady in bath tub eating cake. OMG. Continue reading “Extraordinary person. Ordinary People and their Extraordinary Stories.”