I. All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. – Leo Tolstoy The first time I left home I was too young to make it out.
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The story comes home
Posted in Authors/Quotes, Emotions/Inner World, Poetry, The Soul, Travel, Writing on September 8, 2019 | 2 Comments »
Traveler’s Return
Posted in Art, Authors/Quotes, Fear, Poetry, Travel on November 1, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
For so long I breathed differently in time spent away travel moments travel stories.
Open closed open
Posted in Aging, Authors/Quotes, Existential, Mortality, Religion on November 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Inspired by Yehuda Amichai (2000),Open closed open. Translated by Chana Bloch & Chana Kronfeld My life is the gardener of my body. The brain – a hothouse closed tight
Bluet
Posted in Authors/Quotes, Books, Falling in Love, Poetry on September 11, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
From Bluets, by Maggie Nelson 1. Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color. Suppose I were to speak this as though it were a confession; suppose I shredded my napkin as we spoke. It began slowly. An appreciation, an affinity. Then, one day, it became more […]
Stripped of Pretense
Posted in Authors/Quotes, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Fathers, Love, Spirituality on August 2, 2015 | 1 Comment »
Even the youngest brother became an old man, his spine concave, ill-fitting gray trousers cinched with a worn brown belt above his hepatitis-distended belly, gray stubble on his poorly-shaved cheeks and neck, his crowded and yellow teeth host to the remains of breakfast.
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