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Summer

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by Viktoria Vidali on September 23, 2011

in Quotations

Summer’s lease hath all too short a date. ~ William Shakespeare

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Mono No Aware

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by Viktoria Vidali on May 27, 2011

in Quotations

Look into the mirror and regard one more wrinkle, one more gray hair. The proper mono no ware attitude is not to call up for an appointment at the beauty parlor but to gaze, find things going as they must and therefore should and, if possible, smile.

[Donald Ritchie, Foreward to Vanishing Japan: Traditions, Crafts & Culture.]

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Taking Your Time

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by Viktoria Vidali on October 22, 2010

in Quotations

Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried. ~ Henry David Thoreau

[Old Flatbed Wagon, Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming]

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Time You Enjoy Wasting

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by Viktoria Vidali on June 11, 2010

in Quotations

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. ~ Bertrand Russell

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Keys To Balance

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by Viktoria Vidali on February 8, 2010

in General,Weekly Post

We’ve all watched kids laughing at a joke, then asking that the joke be retold, and laughing again just as heartily the second time, and finally entreating us to retell the same joke. Somehow, for young children, on the third recounting (if it happens at all), the joke remains as new and funny as the first time it was told.
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Tailgate Philosophy

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by Viktoria Vidali on February 1, 2010

in General,Weekly Post

A new acquaintance of mine has a tailgate full of philosophy … the kind that makes you think for a while. The kind that takes time to sink in.
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Carpe Diem

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 18, 2010

in General,Weekly Post

Attracting flights of robins to the Santa Cruz Mountains, the sweet reddish-orange berries of the Pacific madrone, ripening to fullness in December and January, fall abundantly to the forest floor.
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Always Present

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by Viktoria Vidali on January 18, 2010

in Poetry,Weekly Image

Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past …
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