Dream Cats

Found these photos on a sweet blog called Dream Cats, but per usual I lost the link.

New Favorite

New favorite blog- bigBANG studio

and reasons im moving to Joshua Tree. .

Moving

Everyone is moving. I think its my turn again.

The Others

People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel- Irwin Federman

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others- Mark Twain

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others- Buddha

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations- Leo Buscaglia

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him- Albert Einstein

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened- Lao Tzu

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion- Dalai Lama

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome- Michael Jordan

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others- Nelson Mandela

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent- Henry David Thoreau

Excellence can be obtained if you:

...care more than others think is wise;

...risk more than others think is safe;

...dream more than others think is practical;

...expect more than others think is possible.

Stand

People used to stand for something.

Disturbing the Universe

Necklace

Hey yall!!! I just got back from Bonnaroo this week- it was amazing as always. Saw some old favorites, new favorites, met some sweet peeps and turned a nice english muffin golden brown in the hot hot tennessee heat. Just layin around this morning before work catching up on blogs and stumbled upon a link to this fabulous jewelry shop on Etsy- Elephantine. I ordered this beautiful necklace!! Its called "lightness". I cant wait til it comes.

Go to NPR.org and you can get free streaming Bonnaroo tunes!! Im listening to Tinarawen right now- a band of musicians from the Sahara Desert in Mali. I think I was Ingrid Michaelson-ing under a tree during their show, but I'm enjoying it now nonetheless.

Beneath the Balcony

Let's go out and dance, darling
our last of days
and grace the game with a blindfold on
the cheaters came to play
and outside the soft-handed boys
screaming cars and all their speed
music, meth, a hero beggin change
his sword across his knees

and how he prays to find a man to blame
for every sleepless night he spends
and for every well that he warned me of
but wound up falling in
and then for the kids beneath the balcony
who disregard the rain
to make sure the king won't grant
the dead man one more day

let's go out and see darling
what shines tonight
and temper your dream about the dying horse
with traffic, noise, and light
and somewhere the soft-handed boys,
bleeding hearts, and worker bees
give to the holy mother begging change
Christ across her knees

and oh how she prays to find a man to blame
for every loveless night she waits
and for every gun that she frowned upon
but still some fucker made
and then for the kid beneath the balcony
behind the garbage can
who waits for the king to come
and hold his sweating hand

Iron and Wine
The Sea and the Rhythm

End of May

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. William Somerset Maugham

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. Rosalia de Castro

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other. Norma Shearer

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
Leo F. Buscaglia

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance. Bob Black

People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.
St. Augustine

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
Vaclav Havel

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. Marie B Ray

Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.
William Least Heat-Moon

Mellow Yellow

just needed a little sunshine. .

Book Nerd

y'all know i love a good book.

You're the Man (imal)

my minnetonkas are hanging in there, one has been re-soled already. but it might be nice to have a back up. or a front runner. delightful handmade moccasins, by manimal.

Mouthful of Cavities

Mouthful of cavities
Your soul's a bowl of jokes
And everyday you remind me
How I'm desperately in need

See, I got a lot of fiends around
And they're peaking through nothing new
They see you
They see everything you do

See everything on the inside, out

Oh, please give me a little more
And I'll push away those baby blues
Cause one of these days this will die
So will me and so will you

I write a letter to a friend of mine
I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile

See I haven't seen him smile in a little while

Haven't seen him smile in a little while

But, I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughin' from the inside out
I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughing from the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside out

Blind Melon

Experience

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment- Fred Brooks

Awesome

these peeps got it made.

Show me what you're workin with

This is lovely. Sorry I have been M.I.A from the blogosphere. Maybe I will have more time later this week? Tired now and need to attempt an early rise tomorrow so I can spend some time with my cousin whos here from Australia and her curly-headed little girl. If we can watch Toy Story I will consider the day a great success.

Heartbreak Hotel

My poor little city is all wet.
Found these pics on facebook.
sigh.

This House

has my name written all over it. from black white and yellow.