a cup and a quote
Last Friday I was working my security job at the Issaquah Court house. I had a homeless guy in the lobby who was there to give a urine sample. He told me he had an instant container of Folgers coffee in his back pack and asked if it was okay to drink in the lobby. […]
Worry Warts & Today’s Quote
Back in elementary school my friends used to tease me for being such a worry wart. I wanted to be a half an hour early to every place I went. I was always worried that my watch would be slow and I might be late so I connected two watches together. I wore these watches […]
Today’s Quote
I like to take short hikes after work to unwind and think. This week I did two quick hikes,one to Franklin Falls and another to twin falls. Today’s Quote “We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing […]
A goose a tree and a quote
I have had 6 projects in the works for almost 6 months and I have not been very motivated to work in my shop. Today I finally finished another goose. It is going to be nice to step away from birds for awhile. Our neighborhood real estate agent has been after me to make her […]
TODAY’S QUOTE AND THE F BOMB
“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.” – James Russell Lowell About James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell, the sometimes romantic, often ironic American poet, was also a diplomat, serving as ambassador to Spain and, later, Britain. He was born […]
The glamorous life of an artist & today’s quote
For some strange reason many people think that being an artist is glamorous. Below are some glam shots of me working this week. Okay, I wasn’t exactly creating art. I was patching a concrete mixing bowl for my friend at Native Stone Concrete. “I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I […]
Today’s Quote a note and a short video.
“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” – Iris Murdoch About Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch, the acclaimed Anglo-Irish author who won a Booker Prize for her novel The Sea, The Sea, about jealousy, love, and loss, was equal parts novelist and philosopher. She […]
Today’s Quote
“Reading is important — read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything.” – Gwendolyn Brooks About Gwendolyn Brooks In 1950, poet Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American awarded a Pulitzer Prize. She was born in 1917 in Kansas and grew up in Chicago. Her poetry often evokes the environment of Chicago’s tough South Side neighborhood. In […]
Today’s Quote
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett About Samuel Beckett Samuel Beckett, the absurdist Irish playwright known for his darkly funny minimalist plays like Waiting for Godot and Endgame, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 and reportedly gave away most of the money to needy […]
Today’s quote
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” – Anna Freud About Anna Freud Austrian psychoanalyst Anna Freud was a pioneer in the field of child psychiatry; she also worked closely with her father, Sigmund Freud, in developing his theories. She was […]