There is no trace where we were.
No arrows pointing to the place we’re headed.
We are the trackless beat, the invisible light, the thought without a word to speak.
Poured water, struck match.
Before the nothing, we are the moment.
– Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace: A Novel
Notes: Quote source – Thank you Whiskey River. Photo found @ Match
just a tiny flash in a very big pan
Ha. Sure is.
Happy Birthday Beth!
Thank you, how did you remember this?
Come on Beth. It’s all over Michigan.
Happy birthday, Beth! Hope you have a fantabulous one!!
Thanks!
Happy Birthday Beth ❤
Thank you)
Happy Birthday Beth – well, trust David to keep track of even the birthdays of his groupies 😉
(Hope Sawsan isn’t reading this, she pointed out that she wasn’t a groupie – and eeermh, we aren’t either, we just like him very much)
LONG MAY YOU REIGN with your wit, sharp eye and Mastery of words & pics.
That flash in the pan just proves my point!
Laughing. Oh, don’t be fooled. Sawsan is the leader of the Groupies.
agreed – but she doesn’t own up to it! Love her…
LAUGHING…
Like I said before, I’m his worst nightmare and will continue to be, until death do us part on this one!
Love you more, Kiki 😍
I have a feeling you win! 😉
Who’s side are you on, Kiki?
Obviously I think you are winning here, but I’m neutral! Don’t forget, the Swiss….. 😉
The Swiss are neutral, yet influential!
I hold DK with all things sacred to me. A blessing, for what he stands for, how he does it, and the light he shines. But I’ll make sure no one takes my spot as his worst nightmare!
I certainly won’t take the shine off you…. 😉 😉
Impossible to take the shine of this one.
LAUGHING!!!!!
Really Kiki? Your neutrality is lining behind The Queen Sawsan. I never took you as being Passive aggressive!
Exactly!
STILL LAUGHING
Thank you for the gift of kind words
Though it be small, it is bright
It is that.
We are the moment, so we gotta make the best of it!
And there is the punch line!
What strikes (no pun intended) me most, is the title of the novel: The Bingo Palace…. I expected some ‘deep and grounding’ prose here!
Great example – seeing myself as just a match (made in heaven?! 😉 maybe?) or a flash in the pan as Beth said…..
And Deep is.
And this is great! We are the here and the now; anywhere else is gone or not done yet so be present.
Yes…
I can’t sleep but it is 7am
Sleep in then! Sounds wonderful!
just returned from my prolonged trip back to France (they strike all the time but when they don’t, they just diminish the speed of the high-speed-ha-ha-ha-train to that of a bicycle for 15 minutes) and find your geyser of comments to comments made to comments of comments…… You amuse me greatly my friend! As for being ‘neutral’; isn’t it great to be Swiss? We don’t EVAAAR have to justify a decision because we can just claim to be neutral. I’m however one thing NOT. Passive-aggressive – I don’t even know how I could be that 😉
Lots of laughter here! Ta
And to you Sawsan too – take note!
Funny!