Defying Gravity
“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan
Stay Safe, Find Joy
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
Terrifying and Beautiful
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
-Lynn Ungar, Pandemic
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
Cuba Libra
When the waiter came by, he told us that the guests who had just left were descendants of Fidel Castro.
Time and Tide – The Maritimes
“Time and tide wait for no man”
– Geoffrey Chaucer
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