(?? Theodore Roosevelt on the art of diplomacy) What he really said “Speak softly and carry a big stick” “Walk (or stand) tall” on the other hand = Be proud and confident: stop wishing that you were somehow different—start to walk tall! And for the second half about the leash – be kind to animals
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– though sweet memories are always sweet, and the future always springs new realities
Feb 25 2016
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May 14, 2016
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ROMANCE OF THE LEAF AND THE FLOWERBUD – A Marriage made with the Wisdom of Heaven. The One Without the Other is Nothing
Springtime for the Iris The story of lessons from the garden will unfold
May 14, 2016 ·
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A New Beginning
May 17, 2016
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This poor old tree, fallen from its graces, eviscerated by rot, has found enough energy from its roots to give rise to new branches and also to support new life in its empty decaying spaces.
Lesson from nATURE – Do not forget your roots. Without them you are nothing!
Courtesy of Free Life Lessons Around and In Us and Spy Pond Arlington Mass
May 21, 2016
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Up and Down, Light and Dark, Roots and Wings, Adult and Child, Head and Tail.
Lesson from the squirrels ? We need BOTH forces to become WHOLE
Lessons learned on the dOG wALK in NJ
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Said the one to the other “We are apart but not yet defeeted”
Said the other to the one “I would hate to be in your shoes”
Said the other to the other. “Let’s get off our high horses, resolve our differences, move forward, and walk in the way of righteousness”
Said the left one to oneself “Was going to say left-sidedness rather than righteousness, for the sake of my pride, and my tribe, but decided to let it go”
Said the one to the other “It is better if we walk together – otherwise we will only be able to hop with no hope”
Said the one to the one “Let’s pursue One and we will find our souls”
And they found their soles and walked into the sunset, foot after foot, hand in hand and lived happily ever after.
The End
Lessons from the sox sitting on a fence = We are better working and walking together than working and walking apart.
June 3, 2016
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Both the Menorah (a candelabra with 7 or 9 candles) and Shavuoth (the celebration of the giving and receiving of the ten commandments) are about world enlightenment Feels like we need a lot of enlightenment in these dark times when people take joy in the murder of innocents (including children) by cowards and bullies with nothing but hate in their hearts
pre dwa0044
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Well the story it told me … Once upon a time there were two twisted cans that were all bent out of shape with the way the world was going. They drugged themselves silly with synthetics( see list outside can), listened only to heavy metal music, decided to hang around trash and could never revigorate and recycle back into life, since nobody bothered to help them out and put them in the right place. There were others in similar situation who lay around the park. Mr “Screwed up Plastic” hated heavy metal, walked upside down on his cap and could not open up to anybody. He felt emptiness in the way his life had evolved and was hoping to start anew. One day a man walking a dog thought to himself. ” I could make a difference in somebody’s life! ” He picked up the out of shape and out of mind empty products of our culture and put them in their place – a recycling trash can. It was a dark and smelly place and the three were quite unhappy. The man shouted down the hutch – “One day you will be whole and fulfilled again! Trust me”. And then the police descended and took the man and his dog away because they found him speaking to a trash bin. The lesson? – It is mind over (recycling) matter – about the the cans and canknots ,- and lastly – recycle but do not speak to the trashcan.
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It passes so quickly
Enjoy the Moments
June 15 2016
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“YOU, ROCK….so now tell me who is the prettiest of them all?”
Said the Rock to the Cardinal
“This is just a shadow of yourself
Look at yourself as you are in real life – beyond the illusions and the shadows of doubt.
I hope you like what you see!
If not change and then come and rock with me cutie!
July 4 2016
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– ie What would the earth be without the sun and water? What would green be without yellow and blue? Note how they are physically connected via the crack lines in this art piece created from the base of a tree stump. The colors reflect a Van Gogh inspiration
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AKA The Nuts and Bolts of the Old and Rusty (crusty) and the New and Shiny Creating Art from Found Objects on Dog Walks
July 13 2016
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Said the adolescent to her older sister
‘Why am I so gangly and you are so pretty?”
Said the older Sister
” To everything there is a season .. and you are still wet behind the ears!”
July 14 2016
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At this stage the playing field is level (kinda)
July 15 2016
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At this stage the playing field is level as per David Lee Please “Like” this post
July 16 2016
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Trying to work out with our kids on how to approach their lives and what they need to “do good” to themselves and to the world ie to be true to themselves and in so doing do Tikun Olam (repair of the world) in their chosen work. The wall represents the goal, the ball is the tool or skill needed to get there, and the shadow from the ball to the wall represents the pathway that they have to take in order to achieve the goal (Some shadows along the way try to deviate one from the goal – avoid distractions!) Next step is the vehicle ie their natural abilities (skill sets) Identifying or recognizing this aspect is the hardest part of the whole thing If all the elements are wisely chosen, and one “keeps the eye on the prize”, self realisation and personal happiness is guaranteed – money back if not satisfied
July 16 2016
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Do not obey, if it gets in the way …of your long term happiness the sign is crooked anyway with negative in the way of positive and therefore the round in this case is not so sound so hear me out and do not keep me out! “Why?” you ask Simple! The dog has to do his thing in pleasant surroundings
Pleasant street is seconds away from our home and when I am on the dOG wALK,
I choose to disobey the authoritative power of the round red sign so I can grab some treasures for you
JULY 27 2016
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From nothing to wholesomeness
And then to nothing again
From zero to all the numbers
From the empty womb to new life
From the round seed to the wholesome tree
And then to recede And then to seed again
And we cycle and cycle .. and cycle
With repeated spiraling of bonded zeroes till eternity
While time moves on its unstoppable wheels
And we are given a present to be present in the present
To understand the holy void and holy wholesomeness
JULY 27 2016
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JULY 28 2016
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….of the proud family of Sciuridae was banished after the elders found him facing east and praying to ELECTRONICS – the new G-d of his generation
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“It’s my religion, my right of freedom of expression, I plead the 5th, and my life matters. Trump is a con man and Hillary a liar.. “.
JULY 29 2016
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ie you need a foundation and grounding, you need a focus and an an end point, you need to connect and work along multiple uphill pathways to get there!
Thought this image could also be applied to an advert WEB DESIGN TO HELP YOUR COMPANY FLOURISH!!
August 9 2016
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“We look very different but we wear the same genes”
Said daughter Dahlia to her mother
“The bulb doesn’t fall very far from the tree”
August 12 2016
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The water in the river was obstructed by debris and this resulted in the formation of slime.
The water was not free to flow and experience the normal freedom of flow
Slime = pure muck = the devil = the enemy of freedom
Let the river flow and be who it is – and you will get an angel and not a devil!
August 17 2016
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The mushroom on the right has a fully formed, committed, and impassioned love with a perfect heart shape colored brighter red, while the mushroom on the left is not there yet. The shape of the heart is evolving and the darker red puts a little less commitment .. at this time – Tomorrow the situation could be reversed? and this is what they have to work out together.. realising that love is fluid
August 21 2016
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You never know what tomorrow will bring –
Whether your number is up or down,
What your number will be,
Whether it will land on a smooth or sharp surface,
In the rain or in sunshine ..
And so the bottom line ..
We should live in the moment…
And be aware of our gifts…
Easier said than done of course
The 5+ 4 = 9 = 1/2 18
= half chai
= one half of life
= ie there is more to the story than just living in the moment
Not sure what that may be though but will try to work it out while on the dog walk Inspired by conversation with cousin Steven Isaacson. and his family at a reunion last night after more than twenty year hiatus Found this dice on a dOG wAlk and it had this profound lesson to teach
August 31 2016
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A poster on the baseball field
Reminder to parents and children about little league baseball
September 06 2016
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE
Lessons from the Puddles on the Basketball Court
The focus of the left image is on the small bubbles and focus on the right image is on the real thing – the real goal
“Paul and Silas thought They was lost Dungeon shook and The chains come off Keep your eyes on the prize Hold on” Bruce Springsteen
September 24 2016
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September 27 2016
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INTROSPECTION FROM ROSH HASHANA TO YOM KIPPUR- a series
Saw this stump on a walk with Benji and I was sure it was trying to tell me something about the “10 days of awe” “The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.”
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Seasons come and go, mixed with pleasures, displeasures, anger, romance, anxiety, jealousies, fears, joys, loss, gain, laughs, cries, snow, sun, warm cold- It is all in there in the circle of a year – taking us away from the essence
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and saw these glaring transgressions .. and for these I am sorry – You know who you are .. and I am truly sorry
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Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay SOUNDS OF THE SHOFAR Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah THESE ARE REFLECTED IN SHELL FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHOFAR TEKIAH,Single shell- the “blast,” one long blast with a clear tone. SHEVARIM, Three curved shells – a “broken,” sighing sound of three short calls. TERUAH – 9 SMALL SHELLS the “alarm,” a rapid series of nine or more very short notes. TEKIAH GEDOLLAH – Rams horn – “the great Tekiah,” a single unbroken blast, held as long as possible. (A combination of Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, ending with a Tekiah Gedolah.) ” Awake, sleepers from your sleep! Arise, slumberers, from your slumber! Scrutinize your deeds and return to repentance and remember your creator! Those forgetters of the truth in the vanities of time and those who stray all their year in vanity and emptiness which can neither help nor save. Look to your souls, better your ways and deeds. Let each one of you abandon your evil way and your thoughts which are not good.” “The shofar symbolizes the major theme of the Days of Repentance, during which we commemorate the beginning of the world. We try to make a new start within ourselves, and to return to the beginning of the cycle. The shofar, with its powerful and profound calls, removes the obstacles before us and helps us reach this new start.” What did Elvis say about this? I’M ALL SHOOK UP Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay A well’a bless my soul What’sa wrong with me? I’m itchin’ like a man in a fuzzy tree My friends say I’m actin’ wild as a bug I’m all shook up Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, ya
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A time to spend with the core
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“When I was young and full of life,
You gave me life itself and I could absorb you into my body.
We were like one.
Now I am old and dying on the sidewalk
And all I can do is enjoy your beauty on my dry body
And sadly we will have to go separate ways!
I pray that we can meet with renewed miracle of life
When we are recycled by the heavens”
October 16 2016
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and they may come back to haunt you or even bite you
October 28 2016
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“You look like a reflection of myself”
And the sun replied
‘We both need to rest.
Good night.
See you tomorrow”
November 05 2016
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A leaf and a water drop have a conversation
With both in a precarious position on the branch of a tree
Leaf – “I do not want to fall”
Raindrop – “Its our time
Gravity will return us to the earth”
Leaf – “Gravity sucks”
I just want to be green again”
Raindrop “To recycle is to be green”
Leaf – “Too profound for me!
My be-leaf is that life is too short to worry about gravity.
Please God Fly me to the moon.
I do not want to fall”
November 12 2016
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“Now that I have fallen please explain why time moves in lunar cycles?
What makes Mr Lunar Tick?
Why do you live through these cycles and I and many others lose our lives?
November 16 2016
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Observations of a dOG wALKER
Green vs Brown vs White.
Green has had her time and is a mere beautiful memory – and she knows it as she fades into the background
Brown has not yet given up, and rises above White.
White rests in quiet confidence She knows that time and space for the near future is on her side
November 21 2016
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Asked Benjy what lessons he had to give our family as we face a new season
He said “Read my body language –
PUT THE “BUTS” BEHIND, and the “ANDS” A-HEAD No “but”, regrets, or excuses for the past
– just go forward and accumulate all the “ANDS” of positive experience”
Hence his stance on this matter as he faced the fall season and the coming winter season
November 28 2016
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by Andy Goldsworthy
This beautiful work of art is located in Presidio park San Francisco –
Life is a long and winding path through unknown woods – leading to something, somewhere – enjoy the journey
December 18 2016
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SAN FRANCISCO CITY VS ALCATRAZ PRISON
But there is San Francisco”
Ashleigh Brilliant
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But there was Alcatraz”
Ashley Davidoff
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there is hell for some
Behind the bars in Alcatraz hell
There was a little heaven for some
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December 25 2016
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POLITICALLY CORRECT
December 26 2016
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POLITICALLY CORRECT RIGHT LOOKING CANADIAN GEESE WHO ALL SEE LIFE THE SAME WAY WITHOUT QUESTION
December 26 2016
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CENTRAL FOCUS WITH HONEST DEBATE WITHOUT BIAS NOR PRECONCEIVED JUDGEMENT – JUST THE TRUTH – NOT SO EASY OF COURSE FOR HUMANS WHO HAVE NATURAL TRIBAL INSTINCT..but something to strive for
December 26 2016
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December 28 2016
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while walking Benjy.
Found this Picasso in the ICE of the park. New Years resolutions in Cold Cubism
January 01 2017
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January 02 2017
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TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
You go your way and I have to go mine The harsh reality expressed in an unforgiving cold snowy day
January 12 2017
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As I emerged into 20F (-7C) for a Benjy walk -“reality and dream” on the car window
January 14 2017
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Time passes
January 17 2017
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As I walked Benjy this am I saw this posting in the Mason Rice elementary school classroom window (backwards because I was on the outside).
See comment below for the importance of looking at clues from another perspective!
January 19 2017
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Looked up the quote and this is the poem I discovered
January 19 2017
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When life gives you a cold shoulder
Look at the bright side
Where you will find that the grass is greener
And it will also be a little softer and warmer
January 26 2017
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In the summer I coveted and covered thee, mon arbor, mon amour And now I am gone And miss you so much in this deathly winter As I lie and grieve for you in my grave Now, I can only cover and covet your shadow To try and renew and relive our love With a hope to keep our memories warm Mon mieu, Mon arbor, Mon amour.
January 30 2017
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IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
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– Consequences of Winter Time However Nature has her way to recycle and bring back the dead to life Some call it the after-life
Dedicated to Danielle Davidoff who loves and wants to preserve the environment and committed to the idea of recycling
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When I became slow rusty and crusty,
They drove a stick drive through my hard drive-
Like a stab in the back
And tossed me to the cold water of the winter
And now I lie with an empty brain on the dog walk path
With the excrement of some wild animal on my face –
So I said to myself
as I lay in the gutter of life
If I am not for myself who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself –
What am I?
And if not now when then?
So I did the trick of Watson and Crick
and did CTRL copy paste
and duplicated myself
and did C colon enter
and got rid of the excrement on my face
and did CTRL ALT delete
and deleted the ALT RIGHT CLICK (whew!)
and then did CTRL SAVE –
which saved my soul
And suddenly there was a turn around and I sat upright in the water
Thank G for Hillel
who inspired my comeback!
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“I will have my way with you in the spring when you will wither away, and rather than embracing me with your hard and cold heart, you will enrich me from the bottom of my roots to the inner sanctum of my soul!”
Each has a glorious moment in time, as the cycles of nature go around and around with ups and downs.
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FLOCK = Feathers Loving One another in Comradeship and Kinship
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Chag sameach to All our Family, Friends, Countrymen/women and ourselves.
May we bond and bind by our own choice, throw off the shackles that enslave us, and find our freedom
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recycling trash to art – a broken plastic glove, a wipe and some stones send a message
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Isaac Newton and the DogWalk
Said gravity to water droplet –
“ I will force you down”
Said droplet to earth –
“You may shudder with the fall”
Said earth to water
“I will spread you in my womb”
Said water to the roots
“I will move up inside you”
Said Time to Winter
”You are going down”
Said Time to Spring
“Time to come up”
Said tree to itself
“Time to grow up and bud”
Said bud to husk
“Release me so I can grow up”
Said gravity to husk
“You are going to fall down”
Said spider to the tree
“Hold my web, so I do not fall”
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From Big Bang to Eternity
A poem dedicated to our son Aaron on his birthday
From the explosive womb of Big Bang Hydrogen,
your progenitor was born
Consisting of single moving and opposite forces
Seeking companionship, and a need for Oneness
Bigger and more powerful than the self
And the atoms and elements and then the molecules of life
Were themselves given life
And then you my darling water
The purest of beings
Born with a gush from the amniotic sacs of Big Bang
Finding your way to virgin earth
Under forces beyond you
With forces in you
To enable all of life
For without you we would not be
The single droplet of rain hitting the puddle
With its kind but explosive kinetic force
Under the same original force that brought you to earth
Converting to a beautiful sound of the droplet on water
With an array of waves in perfect circle
As I ponder this wonder
The beauty of physics at its best
No energy destroyed, just converted
A simple yet not so simple action reaction of Newton
Snow, ice, vapor, waves of the sea, and a flowing river
Calming of the soul
Giver of life From Big Bang to Eternity
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Love Comfort and Trust when the crowd brings too much noise
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Keep a Focus –
Onward and Upward
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“There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.”
(Leonard Cohen)
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(Louis Gerstner)
Recycling Lost Clothing to Teach Lessons Through Art
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How do you advise your children?
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James Thurber
A mushroom and a root make the dog teach wisdom
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FROM DEER SCAT TO ART
Sometimes it is what you perceive rather than what you see!
Image 1) The real thing
Image 2) Inverted colors soften the visual repulsion!
Image 3) Multiply and multiply and voila!! The whole is bigger than the parts
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When the Whole is Bigger than the Parts
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YELTA shines on the inside –
DAISY to the outside
Which one resonates with you?
Maybe both?
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Throw away the rocks in your backpack that hold you down and keep the stuff that helps you move forward and upward
From the Rosha Hashana series
AKA Know (what) to hold and (what) to fold (Kenny Rogers-kinda)
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Throw away the rocks in your backpack that hold you down and keep the stuff that helps you move forward and upward
From the Rosha Hashana series
AKA Know (what) to hold and (what) to fold (Kenny Rogers-kinda)
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And lost my bounce Time to retire
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Who shall live and who shall die?
…all of us! said the leaves with a sigh
Fall is a gentle remind Not to leave any dreams behind
Not to go to bed
With things left unsaid
And to live the day In the fullest way!
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Not good!
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Not good either
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That is the Way to Do It
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1 – Not good!
2- Know-It-All Mama Lording Over the Child –
3 – Not good either
Mutual Respect and Admiration –
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even the evergreen falls subject to time
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The old oak tree surrounded by the hopeful dropped seeds which are the products of her summer
November 7, 2017
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November 8, 2017
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December 1, 2017
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CONVERSATION
December 1, 2017
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December 1, 2017
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Feeling a little let down
Kinda blue
Fenced in
Downright cold and bleak
With nobody to play with
Thankfully support systems are strong
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
December 18, 2017
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Graffiti on the dog walks of Cagliari, Sardinia
If it were Miro It would go for millions –
Just as intriguing and free for all
January 9 2018
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From the series “What is Life?”
January 12 2018
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Chemistry (Truth) wins over adversity
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
Dedicated to friend Lindsay Leveen
January 18
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aka One Small Step for Man – One Giant Leap for Small Dog
January 23 2018
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From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
January 24
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February 2 ·
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I looked at the tiny bubble
And saw my even tinier reflection
“I am far bigger than that!”
And the bubble replied
“Not in my eyes!”
February 21
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Leonard Cohen
February 22
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LEFT OUT IN THE COLD-
A sad scene of two forgotten bikes. When new and shiny they provided so much joy, and with so much potential to provide more joy, but forgotten and left out in the cold
The more pressing human equivalent -expressed by Mother Teresa
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
March 9 2018
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Passover and Easter message from the shadow of a dOG wALKER to himself
And wishing all family and friends chag sameach = happy holiday = happy holy day = hold it! – have happy days!
March 30 2018
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1st image THE SHADOW IS THINKING in the box
2nd image THE SHADOW IS THINKING out of the box
April 26 ·
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BOTH MADE OUT OF WOOD, BOTH ESSENTIAL – JUST WIRED DIFFERENTLY
From the series “Understanding Our Differences”
May 5
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by Arbor Amor
A Love Poem from the Tree to the Cloud
To my dearest Cloud
You are so far
Yet so near and dear to me
I often dream what it may be like
To touch you
For one precious moment
To have you in my arms
And caress your delicate face
And when I awake
I realize it is but a dream
That can never come true
Sometimes you look lean and mean
And you stand vertical like a spear
And sometimes horizontal like 100 arrows shot at once
But most the time you have soft sensuous and voluptuous curves
Moving slowly and lovingly through the heavens
Me?
I am what I am
And only change
with the coming and going of the seasons
Just a little bigger as I grow older
You on the other hand
Change your form as well as your position in the heavens
From second to second
Each time, a form more beautiful and unique
I love your unpredictability
Your color also changes with your mood
And the time of day
You look most passionate and fiery
When the sun wakes up and goes to bed
This is the time when I love you best
I often dream what it may be like
To touch you
For one precious moment
To have you in my arms
And caress your delicate face
And when I awake
I realize it is but a dream
That can never come true
Whoa! –
Wait a moment !!…
The rain and the snow!
They are you!
And they touch me in so many ways
The blanket of snow when I am naked
The delicate rain when I am in need
They caress and moisten me from without and within
I am filled with your love for me
And I for you.
Oh what would I do without you my dearest cloud
You are my life
You are my love
We will be together forever!
May 7 2018
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Always hope for a better day!
From the series – “Clouds on the dOG wALK”
May 8 2018
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From the series – “Clouds on the dOG wALK”
May 8 2018
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Le Dor Va Dor
May 18 2018
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Note: When the leaves are cold and unhappy they curl up
When they are happy – they are wide open to life and they give birth to blossom
Dedicated to Jill Ebstein who reminded me that the Rhododendrons are at their peak of life. More importantly she has observed the seasons of people and has brought together a wonderful series of essays of the seasonal ups and downs of real live people called “At My Pace” Highly recommended read!!!
May 26 2018
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(until time rose)
June 16 2018
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July 9 2018
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He screamed”I said Trunk again, not Drunk again”
She screamed “I thought you said Trump again!!”
Miscommunication – the cause of many a dispute!
July 10 2018
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from the series “Wisdom from The Dog Walk”
July 15 2018
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Which ladder is my ladder?
Do I really need to climb the ladder?
Inspired by conversation and a series of books by our friend and fellow dog walker Jill Ebstein called
“At my Pace”
July 19
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with modification by HILLEL
From the Series ‘Life lessons from the Dog Walk” and “Art of the School Playground”
Whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me
What else can I be but what I am
I want to live, not merely survive
And I won’t give up this dream
Of life that keeps me alive
I gotta be me, I gotta be me
The dream that I see makes me what I am
That far away prize, a world of success
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
I won’t settle down, won’t settle for less
As long as there’s a chance that I can have it all
I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I’ve gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I’ve gotta be me
I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I just gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I gotta be me
Songwriters: Walter Marks
I’ve Gotta Be Me lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
HILLEL SAYS (modification of Sammy’s lyrics) ….
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?” Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14
July 27
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CANDLES IN THE WIND
From the Series – “Art of the Clouds” and dedication to Marilyn Monroe by Elton John -about the delicate soul and hidden pain
July 28 · 2018
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Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Songwriters: Elton John / Bernie Taupin
Candle in the Wind lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Also dedicated to the free museums around and in us
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From the Series – “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
August 8 2018
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From the Series “Dog Walk Biology Lessons”
August 13 2018
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From the Series – “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
August 8 2018
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From the Series “The Art of Water” and “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
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Without the ruins of days gone by, the beautiful vine would not exist.
From the series “Life Lessons and the Dog Walk”
September 13
507
Pound for pound the spiders silk is stronger than steel!
September 16 2018
512
“And on this day of Atonement
I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
and I will try in my way to be free!”
From the series “The Art of Animals” and “Ireland”
September 22 2018·
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WHEN YOU TRY TO BLOW YOUR OWN HORN
(Click on Image)
From the Series “Ireland” and “Lessons from Animals”
September 25 2018
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DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME
Brown Cow of the Family
or as Mary Wilson Carpenter observed “How Now Brown Cow?”
From the Series “Ireland”
September 24 2018
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DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME
The Difference Between the Man and Dog is
Hairstyle!
September 28 2018
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BLACKFACE SHEEP OF IRELAND LOOKING FOR A VISA TO EMIGRATE TO THE RED WHITE AND BLUE OF THE USA. They heard the pastures were greener on the other side!
“The Black Face mountain sheep are believed to have descended from the wild horned Argali sheep that inhabited central Asia in ancient times. Gradually they spread west through Europe and are thought to have been introduced to mainland Britain by the Danes circa 800AD.” Now they are looking to migrate from Ireland to USA, and hence their painted coats!!
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Also dedicated to the free museums around and in us
October 4 2018
527
I Used to Walk Alone,
and then I Found a Friend,
and Now We Dance through Life
Dedicated to my wife Naomi
528
October 7 2018
STREET BOXER
(click to hear the music)
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev’ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
“I am leaving, I am leaving”
But the fighter still remains
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October 11 2018I Used to Walk Alone,
and then I Found a Friend,
and Now We Dance through Life
Dedicated to my wife Naomi
October 7 2018
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Confucius says
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
From the series “Confucius says”
November 30th 2018
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