December 2008
14 posts
Yesterday I:
meditated
went for a run in the park
watched a hawk eat a pigeon
cleaned the apartment
attended a storytelling competition (themoth.org)
spent time with friends over nachos
did not drink or smoke (even though I was at a bar)
slept 8.5 hours
and did all of these things with someone I love.
It was a perfect day.
The Spine of A Snowman - David Berman
dylannord:
…
Yesterday the robot had been asking him about snowmen.
He asked if they had minds.
No, the caretaker said, but he’d seen one
that had a raccoon burrowed up inside the head.
“Most had a carrot nose, some coal, buttons, and twigs for arms,
but others were more complex.
Once they started to melt, things would rise up
from inside the body. Maybe a gourd, which was an organ,
or...
someone started a tumblog...
spiritmachine:
Susurrus (n): a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper.
Tintinnabulation (n): a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
Ananda (n): perfect bliss.
Oneiric (adj): suggestive of dreams; dreamy.
Mellifluous (adj): sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones. Sweetened with or as if with honey.
These are the greatest five words in the...
One more:
“The young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat. He must learn them again. He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for...
People don’t remember what you did or what you said, they remember how you made them feel.
-Laurie Cumbo
Founder & Executive Director Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
(requoting Maya Angelou)
Ms. Cumbo founded a museum at the age of 23.
