KISPOTCA….
This is an experiment. Up to now whenever I’ve tried to post from my iPad it hasn’t gone well. Either …
Tag Archives: literature
What Comes After The Last Wave…?
“A thousand years before Christ northern invaders had entered Italy, subdued and mingled with its inhabitants, borrowed civilization from …
The Ever Ongoing Flow Of Life….
“Cityful passing away, other cityful coming, passing away too: other coming along, passing on.”—James Joyce, Ulysses If you’ve …
The Journey IS The Destination….
“Never mind studying contemporaries and those who strive with you; study the great men of the past, whose works …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
“…The Drift Of It Everything…”
“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything….”—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Good old Walt. …
The Street….
The heat and humidity of the day was relenting and a light breeze was blowing a blessed freshness over …
Yesterday And Today….
My generation was lucky. We crossed the fraught years of adolescence before home video games took hold towards …
500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
The Ten Thousand Voices….
““And do you know,” continued Siddhartha, “what word it [the river] pronounces when one is successful in hearing all …
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