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22
Oct
2009
changing of the seasons

17 days ago by me

There's been an Indian summer these days, the nights warm with clear skies, everyone outside drinking pumpkin beer before the leaves make their final exit. People wore t-shirts today, lots of them, and there was a man singing opera at Grand Central. Tonight, I'm sipping pomegranate tea and watching ...

the untidy revolution - untidyrevolution.blogspot.com

20
Oct
2009
Tea in the Sahara, Coffee in Queens

19 days ago by Kate

And it may sound strange As if our minds are deranged Please don't ask us why Beneath the sheltering sky We have this strange obsession You have the means in your possession from "Tea in the Sahara" ©1983 Police from Paul Bowles Or are you a stranger without even a name, Enclosed in forever behind a ...

Letter from New York - letterfromnewyork.com

15
Oct
2009
El Cielo Protector: Chefchaouen (y III)

24 days ago by Fran G. Matute

Como todo viaje a tierras exóticas, Chefchaouen también me ha proporcionado momentos de reflexión. El choque cultural es lo que tiene. Vale que allí puedas observar gente con su móvil, sus zapatillas Nike, y sus cafés con acceso a Internet, pero definitivamente hay cosas que nunca cambian. Y que, en ...

almanaque de otoño - mypoorrheumaticback.blogspot.com · Rank: 65,513 · 5 references

09
Oct
2009
never have a read a quote more apt, or timely.

30 days ago by sway me like the sea

"Everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more ...

if you were an ocean - poetry-fiction.livejournal.com · 1 reference

06
Oct
2009
I'm in love...

32 days ago by Khai Do

What are these books about? You'll just have to trust my recommendations, pick them up and read them! They're great autumn reads--just grab a sweater and a scarf, some chai tea, surround yourself with the changing leaves, go to a park (in NYC I like Bryant or Central Park) and enjoy! It's cheap and ...

REPRESENT - kdrepresents.com

28
Sep
2009
Security is a False God, begin making sacrifices to it and you are lost.

41 days ago by wongturn

“Because we don’t know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that is so deeply part of your ...

Wongturn's Blog - wongturn.wordpress.com

26
Sep
2009
NUCOOLEXPERIENCE E O NÃO LUGAR

42 days ago by nucool

“… Este é o lugar que queria te mostrar! Aqui o céu é tão estranho, é quase sólido, como se nos protegesse do que há lá encima. E o que há lá encima? Nada, não há nada, somente a noite…” O Céu que nos protege, Paul Bowles

Nucool's Weblog - nucool.wordpress.com · 4 references

16
Sep
2009
"accept the fact that life isn’t fun": happiness studies from paul bowles ...

52 days ago by peter mclachlin

Dyar was not a reader; he did not even enjoy the movies. Entertainment somehow made the stationariness of existence more acute, not only when the amusement was over, but even during the course of it. After the war he made a certain effort to reconcile himself to his life. Occasionally he would go ou ...

The Evening Redness in the ... - peter-mclachlin.livejournal.com · 6 references

“accept the fact that life isn’t fun”: happiness studies from paul ...

52 days ago by peter

Dyar was not a reader; he did not even enjoy the movies. Entertainment somehow made the stationariness of existence more acute, not only when the amusement was over, but even during the course of it. After the war he made a certain effort to reconcile himself to his life. Occasionally he would go ou ...

the evening redness in the ... - theeveningrednessinthewest.wordpress.com

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