David Given Schwarm

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann My rating: 5 of 5 stars amazing Such a brilliant story and so of its time. Quick and easy to read this May in fact be the worlds greatest novella. Highly recommended. View all my reviews

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

One of the greatest mistakes is to think that contentment comes from something outside us rather than from the quality of our soul.

1. BUILD Build an altar to the Sun. Dress it with a yellow or gold cloth and flowers, or other items that invoke solar qualities, such as lion figures or golden trinkets. 2. GATHER  If possible, go foraging. Gather any flowers, plants, fruits, leaves, or pine cones that are available in your area at this…

the dignity I’ve actually earned could fit in a pigeon’s eye, holy and not merely so, Jupiter holy, gravity-making holy jerking me around like a horse dragginghis cowboy through the mud, no ghoulish cruelty though,no genius, just our cat leering out the window like a French marquise, sprinkling drugs into our drugs like it’s 2009, Jehovah, the aridness of prayer, the…