I’ve only met a few ex-Royal Marines, but they each impressed me greatly. I had the pleasure of adventuring with one a few days in Nepal (he was on my raft crew) and also interacting with him back in the capital city. Thus I am also reminded of this poem I [...]
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Soldier and sailor, too
Posted in Other people's thoughts, Poetry on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The road not taken
Posted in Other people's thoughts, Poetry on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
from Robert Frost:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for [...]
from a friend
Posted in Other people's thoughts on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
….that He is King of Kings and not just some good notion from ancient days. He rules [...] “In the beginning, God …” story and He fully intends to marry in the end. With us, or without us. The real battle … is to find our everything in Him … and be [...]
Tony Snow, Rest in Peace
Posted in Other people's thoughts on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He wrote:
The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well. Some cancer patients recover; some don’t. But the ordeal of facing your mortality and feeling your frailty sharpens your perspective about life. You appreciate little things more ferociously. You grasp the mystical power of love. You feel the gravitational [...]
great piece..
Posted in Commentary, Other people's thoughts on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On one aspect of the economic crisis.
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