the thought stream of consciousness
our collection of writing and photos – as we are impressed positively or negatively about the world around us as we monitor the culture – below are the blog posts…
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What goes around comes around
Back in the day, when I was young, I thought I was making good decisions. What you don’t realize is that those decisions that you make are lasting. You can’t realize it yourself until you look back. You have to be open to take advice. That’s the problem with being stubborn.
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Coming On Christmas…
Joni Mitchell had a song called River on her “Blue” album that included that phrase ‘it’s coming on Christmas, we’re cutting down trees, they’re puttin’ up reindeer, singing songs of joy and peace…” with a melancholy appeal “I wish I had a river, that I could skate away on…” – an analogy for getting to…
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It’s those holidays that scare me…again
Mixed up times combine over time to yield the underlying emotions running up to the holidays each year – each and every one. This year, appallingly, right as we were approaching Halloween, the Christmas holiday decorations and goods began rolling out onto shelves in stores everywhere – as if there needed to be even more…