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etiquette advice
Dec. 29th, 2023 04:59 pm
Captain Stratton’s Fancy
Sep. 19th, 2023 11:47 pmOh some are fond of red wine, and some are fond of white,
And some are all for dancing by the pale moonlight:
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And some are all for dancing by the pale moonlight:
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The Platypus
Nov. 18th, 2022 07:38 pmI like the duck-billed platypus
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.
Ogden Nash
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.
Ogden Nash
Even in Kyoto
Feb. 10th, 2019 06:51 pmEven in Kyoto
Hearing the cuckoo's cry
I long for Kyoto
Matsuo Bashō
Hearing the cuckoo's cry
I long for Kyoto
Matsuo Bashō
An old silent pond
Jan. 28th, 2019 09:16 pmAn old silent pond...
Matsuo Basho
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
Matsuo Basho
The Dragon Speaks
Aug. 11th, 2018 12:41 pmOnce the worm-laid egg shattered in the wood.
I came forth shining into the trembling world;
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I came forth shining into the trembling world;
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Time's glory
Apr. 26th, 2018 08:45 pmTime's glory is to calm contending kings,
To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light,
To stamp the seal of time in aged things,
To wake the morn and sentinel the night,
William Shakespeare
To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light,
To stamp the seal of time in aged things,
To wake the morn and sentinel the night,
William Shakespeare
from spiralling ecstatically this
Jan. 22nd, 2018 08:28 pmfrom spiralling ecstatically this
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There is no Frigate like a Book
Mar. 1st, 2016 11:04 pmThere is no Frigate like a Book
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