Celebrations, Friends and A Little Bit of Iceland

It was Jenny’s 30th birthday, John through her a surprise lunch.

“beautiful… this time…
that takes us from the all aware of innocent youth because we know nothing else …..
to the open eyed embrace we share with the world through age
not because we do not know better
but because we have seen her wiles
and we have secrets only she will know.” –sarah jean simmons

Jenny

(March 13, 2008)

“It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.” –Alexander Solzenitzen

Shadows and Light

(March 12, 2008)

“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the darkness fall.” –J.R.R. Tolkien

Red and Yellow

(March 11, 2008)

“It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones.” –Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Highway 61

(March 10, 2008)

“…and what whould then one have to say about our torturers? Why does fate not punish them? Why do they prosper?
And the solution to would be that the meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul. From that point of view our torturers have been punished most horribly of all: they are turning into swine, they are departing downward from humanity. From that point of view punishment is inflicted on those whose development…holds out hope.” –Alexander Solzenitzen

Storm Warning

(March 9, 2008)

“Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.” –Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Close-up

(March 8, 2008)

“Do not pursue what is illusory – property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life – don’t be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn’t last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.”
–Alexander Solzhenitsyn

The Bleu Heart

(March 7, 2008)

“The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded” –Hannah Moore

Two Girls

(March 6, 2008)

“Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.” –Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gone to the Wind

(March 5, 2008)

“Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” –Alexander Solzenitzen