I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey. – John Burroughs
Category: memory
Bike Writer # 45 – It’s Mind Over What Matters
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. – Buddha
Far From Home
I walk this earth an alien
no place here for a castaway
surrounded all the time
still alone
My blood, it’s not like yours
it repels
it taints
it makes things you love disappear
Bike Writer # 41 – For a Spell, For a Flower
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journal Entry # 182 – Embrace the Space
Explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. – Edward Abbey
Bike Writer # 40 – Paint A Beautiful Life For Yourself!
I went for a bike ride today. A small one, but it was enough to make me realized something. That moments like this are really, just little paint strokes on a portrait of my life. So, the more strokes I take, the more beautiful I make the big picture become. – Ash
Dukes of Habit
Irish night
with a few black beers for luck
stood elbow to elbow
in the midst of strange drunkards
three sheets to the wind
placing little wagers before the clock struck
and the tender turns us away
like the last three nights we’ve been
Journal Entry # 177 – If You Think About It
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. – Swami Vivekananda
Unbroken
Dead of winter
as the winds howl
I’m still out there searching for you
footprints quickly cover
forgetting how far I’ve come
my hands, no longer feel
my breath, stolen
my eyes, blinded by this storm
my heart, almost empty
my will…unbroken
Journal Entry # 176 – Sometimes A Spot is More Than Just a Spot
Insight emerges out of silence. – B. D. Schiers
Earth To Ash 