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