Stand on Your Head
Life and respiration are complimentary. There is nothing living which does not breathe nor anything breathing which does not live. – William Harvey, 1653
Floor Sweepings
“The chances of each of us coming into existence are
infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die someday, we
should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.”
– Richard Dawkins
Texas – Life Imitating Art
When I got old enough to take the train alone
I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone.
Texas Eagle – Steve Earle
The Road Less Traveled – New England
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost
Meriwether and Clark – Montana
“Kid Russell, I got a job for you.
You’re in charge of sunsets up in old Montana,
‘Cause I can’t paint them quite as good as you.
– Ian Tyson – The Gift
Tron Doras
To know where you come from is to know where you are going.
– Russell Paton
Time and Tide – The Maritimes
“Time and tide wait for no man”
– Geoffrey Chaucer
Tilting at Windmills – Spain and Portugal
“Perhaps to be too practical is madness.”
Miquel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
Walking to New Orleans
This time I’m walkin’ to New Orleans
I’m walkin’ to New Orleans
I’m gonna need two pair-a shoes
When I get through walkin’ these blues
When I get back to New Orleans
Fats Domino – Walking to New Orleans
City of Broad Shoulders – Chicago 2011
Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago
Chicago – Frank Sinatra