When a ploughman said, Speak to us of Work ( Read more... )

"The full development of the personality of the 'self' is an achievement of HEROIC proportions
and it is not obtained by the great mass of mankind"
-Carl Jung

"...Only through labor's painful effort
by grim energy and resolute courage;
can we move on to better things."
-Theodore Roosevelt

Fall Arrives

Leaves quickly dropping
Sad Maple Tree, flames color
Changing like the mind.

-JB

From "The Prophet," by Kahlil Gibran (1923 ( Read more... )

Richmond ( Read more... )

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The neighborhood watch block party is this saturday and there is no stopping the train now. We have 4 bands, crime dog mcgruff, a police canine demo, state troopers, sheriff, bake sale, raffle, cool custom designed T-shirts, vehicle decals, water, a permit to close the street, dogs, cats, potty, fire truck, tables, chairs, stage, face painting, and ( Read more... )

Writing down the bones is what I must do. Promise to write down the bones everyday for one hour, even if it is horrible writing. Eventually you, the writer, will find gold inside your heart, gold metaphors of the life experience ( Read more... )

Long lines awaiting
Short fuses get all burnt-up
Target, Five dollars!

-JB

"In a Station of the Metro"
by Ezra Pound 1885-1972

The appirition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

1916

I try so hard to make it simple
But just can't find it, that
Mysterious voice. The 'not my' voice,
A 'from within' voice.

this voice?

sorta...

Okay, then relax little buddha.