It had been more than a fortnight since I had encountered my dear friend, Mr. Pye. As he lived alone, I made it my purpose and pleasure to ride out […]
When Mr Pye began to feel grim and somewhat despondent of spirit with the madness that was all about him, he would slip away, put on one of his favorite […]
“Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it.” —Albert Einstein He’s an old man now. He refers to himself as “The ancient one.” There are few […]
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” –J.R.R. Tolkien It’s a BAD Apple! A very Bad Apple! And it’s spoiling our bunch. There is no […]
“Jump off the cliff and design your wings on the way down.” -Ray Bradbury THE SCENE: Two men, falling into what appears to be a bottomless void, talking; mostly shouting […]
How high do butterflies fly? Please don’t look it up, and don’t ask Siri, or Alexa. I’m not interested in a Google answer, or even Webster’s. I’d just like to […]
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.Humpty was sadly fractured and cracked,But thankfully his yoke stayed completely intact.So, all the King’s horses and all the King’s […]
“The master in The Art of Living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body, his education and […]
Said the Oddmentation to the Butterfly, The holiday is over now, so I can go back to where I belong, and he sighed deeply. But-but where is that? stuttered the […]
September 24, 2018 I spent a long while this past week standing in or walking beside the river . . . Autumn is arriving to the Eastern Sierra. The cottonwoods […]
So many things that we think we see are actually collective memories of what we have seen intricately woven into an abstract that we can easily see, understand, and describe. […]