Quote for Today: Donald Hall
Over the years I travelled to another universe. However alert we are, however much we think we know what will happen, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy. It is alien, …
Quote for Today: Christopher Isherwood
Staring and staring into the mirror, it sees many faces within its face – the face of the child, the boy, the young man, the not-so-young man – all present …
Still Growing: “Get Old” Hy Snell, 94
Meet Hy Snell, who has been painting for seven decades. At 94 he possesses only 5% of his eyesight, but he keeps working, still trying to paint the best work …
Quote for Today: Anne Rice
“You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will never die.” “And it means something else too, doesn’t it? I …
Playful Depths: I’m a Cyborg, but That’s OK
Are humor and honesty effective in dealing with death and mental illness? Are we held back by propriety and clichés? When the white coats take away Young-Goon’s grandmother, who believes …
Quote for Today: Terry Pratchett
It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the kind of deliberate annoying ticking that …