by Charles Norman | Jul 5, 2019 | Song of the Day
We are going to the moon; that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself. — Anaïs Nin From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a...
by Charles Norman | Jul 4, 2019 | Song of the Day
I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — and wanted to shoot myself… The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the...
by Charles Norman | Jun 25, 2019 | Song of the Day
Dear Eli, I’m in the middle of the ocean. I haven’t left my room in four days. I’ve never been more lonely in my life, and I think I’m in love with Margot… For the past year he had been traveling alone on an ocean liner called the Cote d’Ivoire and had seen both...
by Charles Norman | Jun 21, 2019 | Song of the Day
Etiolation is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color. — Wikipedia When in the dark night of suffering sagacity cannot...
by Charles Norman | Jun 13, 2019 | Song of the Day
The world continues, and it continues because it is a repetition… If one does not have the category of recollection or of repetition, all life dissolves into an empty, meaningless noise. — Søren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard contended that repetition –...
