Red Maple in Front of the House

Nor’easter blew through,
And, still, she kept all her leaves.
Let go already!


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Ocean View

Would you rather I describe the ocean to you or would you rather go and see it for yourself?

Magic

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. Remember that our sons and our grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.”
from Daniel Burnham

I Learned Something that May Soften My Disdain

Hmmm. How can you hate someone who did this.

“Global Fund to Fight AIDS saw its budget double to $1 billion a year in Bush’s first year in office. There were 50,000 people getting treated in Africa under President Clinton. There will be 2 million getting treated under this administration.”

from Bush and AIDS on Six Perfections

In the Kitchen Just Now

Walk past cookie rack,
The chocolate smells divine.
My wife: the goddess.