Shoot Then Run

Snowball Effect.....

2010-02-03T09:21:00.000-08:00

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894

"happy place, happy place, find your happy place"

Walking the Line...Again

2010-01-31T12:25:00.000-08:00

I've been slacking....it could probably be called an EPIC FAIL. Facebook. Classes. Work. It's all been so crazy since the semester started. BUT I am determined to break this Facebook addiction. No more this week...and I'm starting off with a new post for this blog.

The place where you are right now
God circled on a map for you.
Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move
against the earth and sky,
the Beloved has bowed there.
Our Beloved has bowed there knowing
you were coming.
I could tell you a priceless secret about
your real worth dear pilgrim.
But any unkindness to yourself,
any confusion about others,
will keep one
from accepting the grace, the love.
-sufi poem

Busy As A Badger.....

2010-01-21T17:00:00.001-08:00

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
-John Lennon

Rollin Around Like A Big Rubber Ball

2010-01-18T12:56:00.001-08:00

"Nothings sacred, still waitin' on that explanation"
-Shiver Me Timber, Cage the Elephant

Getting Down to Business

2010-01-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
-Lao Tzu

Way Up There

2010-01-16T20:02:00.000-08:00

“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.”
Jacques Deval

TeaTotalin'

2010-01-15T09:25:00.000-08:00

You will feel fulfilled when you do the impossible for someone else.
-Yogi (teabag)

Thought. There is a reason it is called a "process"

2010-01-14T16:58:00.000-08:00

I would rather sink to the bottom of the sea for endless eons than seek liberation through all the saints of the universe. Shih-t'ou

No Looking Back

2010-01-12T19:55:00.000-08:00

"Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across the floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times. There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell; and with these in mind I say: Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are not without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end".
-Edward Whymper

Days Like This Should Happen Only Once In A Lifetime

2010-01-12T17:13:00.000-08:00

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Joy With A Hint of Mello Yello

2010-01-11T09:04:00.000-08:00

One day some people came to the master
and asked: How can you be happy
in a world of such impermanence,
where you cannot protect your loved ones
from harm, illness or death?
The master held up a glass and said:
Someone gave me this glass;
It holds my water admirably
and it glistens in the sunlight.
I touch it and it rings!
One day the wind
may blow it off the shelf,
or my elbow
may knock it from the table.
I know this glass is already broken,
so I enjoy it -- incredibly.

Achaan Chah Subato

The Lit'le Train That Could Or However It Goes

2010-01-10T16:55:00.000-08:00

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
-Calvin Colidge

You Know.....that thing called "Family"

2010-01-09T11:11:00.000-08:00

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
-- Francis Bacon

Laughing. Loving. Living.

2010-01-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

"The earth laughs in flowers."
e.e. cummings

Wishing For Spring In A Not Hopeful Kind of Way

2010-01-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

"The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends"
-Persian Proverb

Time To Get A Move On

2010-01-06T08:17:00.000-08:00

"No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?"
-Donald Miller,Through Painted Deserts"

Chaos With Some Dip, Please

2010-01-05T18:01:00.000-08:00

“Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.”
-Tom Barrett

Its Just One of Those Days

2010-01-04T08:52:00.000-08:00

“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.”
-Mark Twain

I've Got Me Some Sunshine On a Cloudy Day

2010-01-03T10:01:00.000-08:00

“But friendship is precious, not only in shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine”
-Thomas Jefferson

Thoughts Are Thought And Thats All That Needs to Be Thunk

2010-01-02T13:10:00.000-08:00

"I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all," Teddy said. "It was on a Sunday, I remember. My sister was a tiny child then, and she was drinking her milk, and all of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I mean. ~J.D. Salinger, "Teddy," 1954

New Year, Old Fun

2010-01-01T17:15:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! I promise my photos won't be black and white for the rest of the year. But I loves me some sunshine and snow.

The End of one thing Results in a New Something

2009-12-31T11:59:00.000-08:00

This is my first blog ever. My blog description might suggest I FAIL in grammar. I might FAIL in grammar sometimes but most of the time I'm pretty good with it. And I'm not poking fun at anyone...at least I don't mean to.

What I am trying to do is break a serious Facebook habit. And after some deep thinking I decided to replace one obessession with another. This blog will feature a photo a day for the next year. I'm hoping to stick to it and at the end of 2010 have something like 365 posts. I might write something with the photo and I might not. Just depends I guess.

I realize there are sites that are exclusively for photoblogs but I found them too simplistic. Love the photos but not the format.
Much love. Good luck with the New Year.