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644 days ago
Heres something I came across that reminded me of my night vision theory: "I take my walking stick, and go for a stroll down the road into the thickening darkness. I have a flashlight with me but will not use it, unless I hear some sign of animal life worthy of investigation. The flashlight, or electrical torch as the English call it, is a useful insturment in certain situations but I can see the road well enough without it. Better, in fact. "There's another disadvantage to the use of the flashlight: like many other mechanical gadgets it tends to separate a man from the world around him. If I switch it on, my eyes adapt to it and I can see only the small pool of light which it makes in front of me; I am isloated. Leaving the flashlight in my pocket, where it belongs, I remain a part of the environment I walk through and my vision, though limited, has no sharp or definite boundary." ( Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, pg. 15. Ballantine Books, ...
868 days ago
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann
1165 days ago
September 14, 2006 Today I saw the sunrise. OK, I know what you’re thinking… I’ve seen it before but quite honestly it’s been a few solid months since I actually took the time to really notice one. So I’ll do my best to describe it. Daybreak: As I opened my van I glanced over the row of houses and trees across the street and could just make out dark silhouettes of clouds in the sky which was starting to brighten in the east. I turned the key and the engine quickly turned as a spark, petroleum products and a little luck combined to get the engine purring. I slowly made my way through the couple side-streets and it was 6:40 by the time I negotiated the right turn eastbound onto Killian Parkway joining a sea of cars as the morning rush was in effect. Most cars still had their headlights on and they all had their brake lights burning brightly. I glanced up at the sky and noticed the first tinges of pink around the edges of a few clouds. I could already make out ...
1227 days ago
Maxima enim..patientia virtus (Patience is the greatest virtue) and Patience est une grant vertu. (Patience is a great value) 'Piers Plowman' (1377)
1257 days ago
What lies behind us and what lies ahead are TINY matters... compared to what lies WITHIN each of us. -Ralph Waldo Emmerson
