Winter Solstice - 2018

 Winter Solstice Poem 

 For people of the North 

this is the key moment

             
 when the Sun lingers for a week 

 on the edge of darkness 
     

Today we celebrate with lights

-- a long held tradition --

                       
 to coax the Sun back from its gloom 
                                     

revealing that our feelings

are much more ancient

than we realize

Christmas lights are now the traditional way to mark the end of the year -- but come from our ancient traditions.

The Fairness of Life

Life Is Not Fair

 Watercolor by William Blake

Some are Born to sweet delight, 

Some are Born to Endless Night.

William Blake

Who Are You?

Your attitude

and

how you spend

your time

and
your thoughts

is

who you are

Orville Wright About Why Airplanes Fly

The 1911 glider by the Wright Brothers that stayed aloft for a record 10 minutes.

"The airplane stays up because 

it doesn't have the time to fall."

Orville Wright

Photo of the first Wright Brothers powered flight, December 17, 1903.

Quote from the actor, Edward G. Robinson

Nothing Human Is Foreign To Us

"Every one of us bears within him

the possibility of all passions,

all destinies of life

in all its manifold forms.

Nothing human is foreign to us."

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar. 

How-To Learn From the Past

Titian, Allegory of Time: youth, middle age, old age.

 THE TRICK IS: 

 To learn 

 from your past 

Liz Taylor with her newborn child and husband Mike Todd.

 But not let 

 old memories 

 taint the present 

Just before prom night.