Old Salem

Matilda

ahead of your time

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." - Oscar Wilde

arrow of god

Eternity isn't some later time
eternity isn't a long time
eternity has nothing to do with time
eternity is that dimension of here and now
which thinking and time cuts out
This is it.
If you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere
and the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life

- Joseph Campbell

Fourth of July

God and the soldier
All men adore
In time of trouble,
And no more;
For when war is over
And all things righted,
God is neglected -
The old soldier slighted

- anonymous

word

The Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in mansions of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood and I am there; lift a stone and you will find me.

- Gospel of St. Thomas, Nag Hamadi Scrolls

stay hungry

"theres a thin line between anger and hunger my man
And I ride a unicycle down the middle
You might catch me
touchin feet down on both sides"

-Brother Ali "Self Taught"

footloose & fancyfree

“When I was very young a big financier once asked me what I would like to do, and I said, ‘To travel.’ ‘Ah,’ he said, ‘it is very expensive; one must have a lot of money to do that.’ He was wrong. For there are two kinds of travelers; the Comfortable Voyager, round whom a cloud of voracious expenses hums all the time, and the man who shifts for himself and enjoys the little discomforts as a change from life’s routine.”

– Ralph Bagnold, Libyan Sands

my dad & I watched this every morning before pre-school

thong pistol

"A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table- there's nothing wrong with them, but it's hard to stop thinking about."
- Garrison Keillor

sunrise on cardinal ridge

choose your own adventure

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
- Helen Keller

gospel of thomas

77. Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained. Split a piece of wood; I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."

how to get things done

“Don’t bother about genius. Don’t worry about being clever.
Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination.
And the best motto for a long march is, ‘Don’t grumble. Plug on!’”

Sir Frederick Treves, 1853-1923
British surgeon

on the contrary

"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." - John Viscount Morley

falling apples

"The true God is a living, intelligent, and powerful being. His duration reaches from eternity to eternity; His presence from infinity to infinity. He governs all things." - Sir Isaac Newton

invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

Psalm 118:22

"And so they build their world in great confusion
To force on us the devil's illusion
But the stone that the builder refuse
Shall be the head cornerstone
And no matter what game they play
And we've got something they coulld never take away."

-Bob Marley "Ride Natty Ride

lessons from the cold

"In the depth of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus

the motto for Jacob Brewery Inc.

"Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health.” - Thomas Jefferson

From These Hills

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you.
But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you
take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes.
Because only if you’ve been in the deepest valley
can you ever know how magnificent it is
to be on the highest mountain.”

Richard Nixon, 1913-1994
U.S. President

goverment for you

"When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and how he spends it.
When a man spends his own money to buy something for someone else, he is still very careful about how much he spends, but somewhat less what he spends it on.
When a man spends someone else's money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about what he buys, but doesn't care at all how much he spends.
And when a man spends someone else's money on someone else, he doesn't care how much he spends or what he spends it on. And that's government for you." -Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman

submission to the most high is peace

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself" - Sir Richard Francis Burton

amen

I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light.
Michael Servetus

and now for something completely different

Did you hear about the farmer who won $10 million in the lottery? A reporter asked him what he planned to do now that he was rich. His response: "I figure I'll just keep farming until the money runs out".

where's my dad?

han to the rescue

splash

bye bye

rock lower left

captain stubing

otto drying off

paddling

smiles and cheers

alright

calm jules

popping out

frothy

sarah at the controls

stu's back in

into the foam

hold on

wham

up and away

getting back in

hanging on

looking good

splash

drop 1

paddling hard

getting ready

jules

Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."

Thin Lizzy - Fools Gold

In the year of the famine
When starvation and black death raged across the land
There were many driven by their hunger
To set sail for the Americas

In search of a new life and a new hope
Oh but there were some who couldn't cope
And they spent their life
In search of fool's gold

The old prospector
He makes it to the four lane highway
His old compadre
Lies dead in the sand

With outstretched hands
He cries, "Are you going my way?"
The people passing by don't seem to understand
The curse of fool's gold

Broken Joe just lying in a gutter
He's gone as low as any man can be
He calls for wine but they'll only serve him water
The bartender say "We don't sell sympathy"

He tells a strange story
About his father
How Sunday mornings they'd go down
To the church on the corner

As time grows older
His thoughts they grow younger
It is his wish
To search no longer for fool's gold

The vulture sits on top
Of the big top circus arena
He's seen this show before
Knows someone is going to fall

Just near the part
Where the beautiful dancing tightrope ballerine
Forgets that the safety net
Isn't there at all

Down he swoops with claws drawn to take her
Razor sharp so savagely is she mauled
Oh my god, is there no one who can save her?
In steps the fox to thunderous applause

Fool's gold

This Lizzy - Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed

Johnny the fox he called to jimmy the weed
He said "hey man, I know your name"
I seen you cruising with the low riders
Hanging out down on first street and main
Tuned into and listen to the hoodoo rhythm devils
Around the bay
Theyve got some crazy djs
Send you right out to heaven
Jimmy the weed for greed was taken aback
Johnny the fox you old sly cat
Cleverly the fox concealed his stash
Crisp dollar bills leave no tracks
In the back of a black cadillac
The voodoo music travels
Down skid row only black men can go
The shady deal unravels
Johnny the fox, hot to hustle
Jimmy the weed wont use no muscle
That cats so sly, slick and subtle
Johnny the fox breaks out the bottle
Tuned into and listening to
The voodoo music travels
The beating drum for the lonely one
Sends you out to heaven

recognition

“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” - Mark Twain, in a letter, 1908

let freedom reign

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson

alpenglow

be it ever so humble...

beardy

frozen lake

hiking in

Frederic Church "Twilight in the Wilderness" 1860

Church " El Rio de Luz"

Frederic Church "Cotopaxi"

albert bierstadt "among the sierra nevada"

black swan

"Once again, recall the story of banks hiding explosive risks in their portfolios. It is not a good idea to trust corporations with matters such as rare events because the performance of these executives is not observable on a short-term basis, and they will game the system by showing good performance so they can get their yearly bonus. The Achilles’ heel of capitalism is that if you make corporations compete, it is sometimes the one that is most exposed to the negative Black Swan that will appear to be the most fit for survival." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007)

listen

troof

"Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will." - John D. MacDonald

on earth as it is in heaven

the spot

esalen sunset

it will only be painful for those unwilling to let go

There is no greater sin than desire,

no greater curse than discontent,

no greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself.

Therefore he who knows that enough is enough

will always have enough.

--Lao Tsu (6th century BC)

the wise man

"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger,
since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;
but he is willing, in great crises to give even his life--
knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live." - Aristotle (B.C. 384-322)

wisdom

thirsty

otto von bone

the road less travelled