From the Russian folk tale Vasilisa’s Doll…..
My cat won’t leave me alone when I do my yoga. I think this is what my kids would call a “first world problem”.
My three lazy cats- Dexter, Daisy and Bob
longwy / france
I’m going here tomorrow. Lucky me.
But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror’s magic sights,
For often through the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights
And music, went to Camelot:
Or when the Moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
“I am half sick of shadows,” said
The Lady of Shalott.
Amazing cheesecake made by Mallory. Nom!
Lincoln, Nebraska- circa 1970
Sir Frank Dicksee etching that I bought at the thrift store for next to nothing… Someone else’s trash was definitely my treasure!
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,
you will succumb in every battle
— ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War