The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is hard to forget that which it is worse than useless to remember. - Thoreau
"Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly." - Thoreau
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I can dig it. Oh, to be young and free again. Did we know how good we had it? Don't know about you, but I'd pay good money to lavishly spend a bit of that kind of time again.
Posted 1 Week Ago
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1 Week Ago
don't you know it. we accumulate all this stiff and it ends up owning us. i think my muse thoreau.. read moredon't you know it. we accumulate all this stiff and it ends up owning us. i think my muse thoreau said it well, "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them." thanks sd.
Those sunny hours and summer days were spent lavishly...and how we wished they would never end. Dire Straits may have sung it, but we were the sultans of swing!
indeed. we may not have realized it at the time but being young and having such music made everythi.. read moreindeed. we may not have realized it at the time but being young and having such music made everything our oyster. happy thanksgiving Kelly.
1 Week Ago
So true, Pete! And we had the very best bands back then, didn't we?
1 Week Ago
I think so and still listen to it. I think it becomes a part of us.
Love Dire Straits Pete. Particularly Sultans of Swing. Love your snapshot memory here. So joyful. Takes me back a few years for sure. Happy Thanksgiving Day for tomorrow.
Chris
Posted 2 Weeks Ago
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2 Weeks Ago
well you certainly have good taste. i've always liked them with that knopfler. to this day, if i'm.. read morewell you certainly have good taste. i've always liked them with that knopfler. to this day, if i'm in a store and that song is playing it brings a smile. how could anyone not be happy listening to it? happy thanksgiving chris for sure. thank you and same to you.
I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..