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I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room.
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)

ePooh asked me what I use the online journal for. He then made the astute observation that I use it mostly as a portable notebook.
So, these are just doodlings to myself that I am inflicting on whoever cares to look. Poor audience.
A well-chosen couplet of quotes:
No plan survives contact with the enemy. Helmuth von Moltke
We […]

Timberwolf convinced me to stay for the rest of the semester. He pointed out there are only 6 more weeks of this, and neither class has a final in a conventional sense. Because I am a graduate student, I do have a presentation for one class; can’t find any requirements for the other class.
Husband assures […]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WEATHER WARNING AND A WEATHER WATCH?
A three to five minute steady tone on the base siren will be used to alert personnel of an imminent peacetime emergency. If you should hear the alert signal, monitor radio, TV, base public address systems, or Security Forces for additional instructions. Do not […]

Every now and then, I chat with folks at the local domestic violence agency. Some things bear repeating….

The Characteristics and Early Warning Signs of an Abusive Spouse or Partner

History of abuse as a child.
History of his/her verbal or physical abuse of parents, family, and friends and even pets.
History of acts of vandalism or other crimes, […]

Guidelines and links for the ghazal form.
Couplets, each line of similar syllables. Traditionally from 17-19 syllables. Robert Bly suggests making the interior couplets into 3 lines adding up to the “right” amount of syllables, since the English language seems to prefer sonnet-length lines.

First couplet, both lines end with the same word/refrain.
Subsequent couplets, 2nd line […]

Maybe “die” is too strong a word…. How ’bout “before I get too old to care”?
The Muetter Museum in Philadelphia
Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology in Memphis
The cradle of Christianity
Islay
Churchill, MB
Niagara
Anything you’d consider a must-see?

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo EmersonU.S. Poet, essayist and transcendentalist(1803-1882)

“I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.”
Louise Nevelson, US […]