We find comfort among those who agree with us–growth among those who don’t. Frank A Clark

No matter how long we exist, we have our memories. Points in time which time itself cannot erase.
Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing
of ther beauty or their splendor. Rather they remain as hard as gems. Anne Rice, “Blood and Gold”

A re-run, taken October 2002

This was taken in Boston at Copp’s Hill Cemetary close to the freedom trail. I took it through a hole in a cement fountain (not sure what it was really, there was no water in it, but it looked like it might house holy water) of sorts. Most of the headstones were from the 1600 – 1800′s. I’m reposting it because it just got accepted to a group show here in Long Beach! The theme for the exhibit is Gratitude.

I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at. William Shakespeare

heaven…

The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing
gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. Homer

more manzanita…i’m captivated by it.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing
ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together. Jane O’Reilly

Yosemite National Park – Bridal Veil Fall

Do not pursue what is illusory – property and position: all that is gained at the expense
of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady
superiority over life – don’t be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all,
all the same: the bitter doesn’t last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn