some shakespeare

"Out, out, brief candle!

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

that struts and frets his hour upon the stage

and then is heard no more. It is a tale

told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

signifying nothing."

-William Shakespeare (Macbeth, Act V, scene 5)-

den heijer

feather & stone

dinner (3)

let's flip another cabbage on the net

(dat krijg je van die biologische groentepaketten ;)

solitude (2)

To my essential self – I sing –
Not to the I,
Man of the hat, coat and tie;
But to the me,
- coffee, muddle and misery.

-Ronald Duncan, 1961 (no 1 from The Solitudes)-

it's the eye of snoes

huize helena (2)

or rather sea view office

cowboy quote (3)

never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear,
or a fool from any direction

you can tell a true cowboy by the type of horse that he rides
(or in liite's case: ...by the horse that he owns)

new york grand central terminal

zin in winter

The Kind Moon

I think the moon is very kind
To take such trouble just for me.
He came along with me from home
To keep me company.

He went as fast as I could run;
I wonder how he crossed the sky?
I'm sure he hasn't legs and feet
Or any wings to fly.

Yet here he is above their roof;
Perhaps he thinks it isn't right
For me to go so far alone,
Tho' mother said I might.

-Sarah Teasdale (1884-1934)-

looking at blogs?

natalie dee

cowboy quote (2)

good judgment comes from experience,
and a lotta that comes from bad judgment

(picture: Jeroen van der Tuin)

vanochtend

rook ik de naderende herfst
en voelde de laatste sliertjes zomer

morning run
the scent of approaching autumn
the feel of the last traces of summer

maxim 93

Les vieillards aiment à donner de bons préceptes, pour se consoler de n'être plus en état de donner de mauvais exemples.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they are no longer able to set a bad example.

Oude mensen geven graag goede raad omdat ze niet meer in staat zijn het slechte voorbeeld te geven.

-François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)-

maxim: a rule or principle of conduct; a pithily expressed precept of morality or prudence (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)
maxime: kernspreuk op het gebied van mensenkennis en levenshouding (Van Dale)

vliegers en kwallen

30th international kite festival

kompaskwal - compass jellyfish

males that turn into females

view from the roof

cowboy quote (1)

    never miss a good chance to shut up

london st. pancras railway station

rotterdam railway station

scheveningen (4)

19:19 h noorderstrand

the road not taken (2)

the road not taken (1)

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 that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost, 1920-

poortwachters van de zee

my two cents

I delight in taking pictures

but what I love even better
are the images I cannot capture

scheveningen (3)

noorderstrand 17:09 on thursday

zuiderstrand 19:01 on thursday

introspective reflection

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance

Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance

-Ogden Nash, 1945-

insouciance = zorgeloosheid

dinner (2)

scheveningen (2)

unique

Always remember that you're unique

Unequalled, uncommon, c’est magnifique

One of a kind quite, special and rare

Singular, original, not one of a pair

Special, the exceptional you embody

You're really unique, just like everybody

-Paul Curtis-

service?

toothpaste for dinner

dinner

ernest shackleton said

 "Optimism is true moral courage"

"Men wanted for hazardous journey,
Small wages, bitter cold.
Long months of complete darkness,
Constant danger, safe return doubtful.
Honour and recognition in case of success."

snoes by night

scheveningen

long-winded rain

staying with the ants
in rocky Switzerland
I learned that wisdom
is a mountain stream
splashing down from heaven
but I took no heed

later I waited
before the open cliff
but the bice blue crystal
did not dissolve in time

finally a
long-winded rain
filled my foot steps.

-Hans Lodeizen, 1948 (translation Barbra Heskamp)-

the sun

-Emily Dickinson 1830-1886-