life

I do remember walking in a fog for days after seeing Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet as a 13 year old. But that was because of the sheer beauty of the cinematography more than Shakespeare. It took awhile to come to my small Kansas town but when it finally did I was allowed the money to actually...

New blog post by mickleinapickle Bonnie Bethany Mother found a shilling down the back of the sofa and gambled it on a horse called ‘Bonnie Bethany’ in the 5th race at Carlisle. . It duly obliged at 5/1. . We gave a collective WHOOP when she presented a vinegar-lashed takeaway...

New blog post by Lyse Beck Humans vs AI Okay, I know it’s not a war. Us against the machine. I’m not I-Robot-ing or anything. Or am I? I do know I’m angry about AI permeating every aspect of my life. I’m angry about us using machine learning/AI as the holy grail and it being fed everything...

The chief requirement of the good life, is to live without any image of oneself. Iris Murdoch

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. Yiddish Proverb

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone." Karen Salmansohn

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. Boris Pasternak

Hello Litopians! I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas, a happy Holiday Season, and that 2025 will outperform all the dreadful (and merited) predictions to become your best year EVER! After the US elections last November, I went into a tailspin nosedive of angst and woe the likes of...

There are times I can't get a word to paper. Now I know why: on those days, I've turned into a dolphin.

All human beings have three lives: public, private and secret. Gabriel García Márquez

“In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison.” Steve Maraboli

“There are no failures–just experiences and your reactions to them.” Tom Krause

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness. Bill Watterson

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Life just turns deliciously quirky when you stop resisting yourseld and, instead, honor the intuition that tugs on you like a puppy on a leash in the park. Follow the magic and magic starts to follow you. Tama J. Kieves

Seriously, just ignore this, it will disappear soon...

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” Isaac Asimov