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Mon 30 Nov 2015

Ignorant

Posted by PJ under ignorance, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“To speak on matters where you’re ignorant dulls the voice for speaking on matters where you do know something.”

—John Updike, The Paris Review, Winter 1968, No. 45

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 24 Nov 2015

Turkey Bacchanal

Posted by PJ under folklore, holidays, indians, legends, myth
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I’ll be taking part in the annual American Turkey Bacchanal (otherwise known as Thanksgiving) and won’t be posting a folklore blog this week. But…

Here’s a very interesting website with lots of Native American Turkey mythology.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it!

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Tue 24 Nov 2015

Beautiful

Posted by PJ under beauty, children, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The sight of a small child sleeping remains one of the unassailably beautiful things—a bulwark against despair & cynicism.”

—Alain de Botton, Twitter, 2011

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Mon 23 Nov 2015

Settling

Posted by PJ under books, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“You never get the book you wanted, you settle for the book you get.”

—James Baldwin, The Paris Review, Spring 1984, No. 91

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 20 Nov 2015

Pathless

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the path, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.”

—Jiddu Krishnamurti, The Dissolution of the Order of the Star

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Thu 19 Nov 2015

Party on

Posted by PJ under pleasure, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.”

—Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection

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Wed 18 Nov 2015

Present

Posted by PJ under enlightenment, in the moment, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care and love—even the most simple action.”

—Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

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Tue 17 Nov 2015

The Kingdom

Posted by PJ under childhood, death, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.”

—Edna St. Vincent Millay,
“Childhood Is The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies”

You can read the entire remarkable poem here.

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Mon 16 Nov 2015

Carrying favor

Posted by PJ under kindness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.”

—Benjamin Franklin, old maxim quoted in The Autobiography

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Mon 16 Nov 2015

Nous sommes tous Parisiens

Posted by PJ under solidarity, video
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