06 Saturday Aug 2011
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© Joan Currie
Though the great song return no more
There’s keen delight in what we have:
The rattle of pebbles on the shore
Under the receding wave.
William Butler Yeats
I leave the sea at peace with my place in the world.
02 Tuesday Aug 2011
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© Lauren DiMarco
I would believe only in a god that knows how to dance.
Nietzsche
A local cover band had the entire crowd up dancing to these favorites:
1. Beach Boys – California Girls
2. Bananarama – Cruel Summer
3. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
4. Sinceros – Take Me to Your Leader
5. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
6. B52’s – Love Shack
7. Patti LaBelle – Lady Marmalade
8. Black Box – Everybody, Everybody
9. The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
10. Prince – Cream
Model: Lauren DiMarco
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31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon. – Fred Lebow
I spotted several San Francisco marathoners strolling around The Mission District after the race today sporting their well-deserved medals.
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31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing along that dirt road in his pickup. – Jack Handy
Every time I pass this abandoned truck, I try to imagine all the places it visited in its glory days.
31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
I myself am quite absorbed by the delicate yellow, delicate soft green, delicate violet of a ploughed and weeded piece of soil. – Vincent van Gogh
I turned away from the shore and discovered another kind of beauty in the riot of flowers bounded by a weathered fence.
31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
My life is like a stroll on the beach…as near to the edge as I can go. – Thoreau
This morning, I passed this crab washed ashore along with tangles of kelp.
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30 Saturday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Everybody would like to be an oak tree, that’s very strong and very pretty.
Katharine Hepburn
Early this morning, when I was inspecting the jumble of leaves and pink peppercorns that the California Pepper tree had deposited on the roof and in the gutters of my new home, I thought of Katharine Hepburn’s statement that she would like to be a great oak tree.
After having lived in New England for fifteen years and spent a good part of every fall raking and bagging thousands of leaves from white and red oak trees, I would not wish to be a tree that was so burdensome – no matter how beautiful. I think Johnny Carson was on the right track when he said he wanted to be a tumbleweed.
29 Friday Jul 2011
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© Olga Lacosta Photography
Am I making believe I see in you,
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you’re wonderful,
or are you wonderful because I want you?
from Cinderella by Rodgers & Hammerstein
My list of favorite love songs from musicals…
1. Cinderella – Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
2. My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3. Oliver – Where is Love?
4. Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You
5. Crazy for You – Someone to Watch Over Me
6. Passion – Happiness
7. A Little Night Music – Send in the Clowns
8. South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
9. Sound of Music – Something Good
10. Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You
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24 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
A great trip in a car is like watching a first-rate movie — but a great trip on a motorcycle is like living the movie. – CNN, American Road Trips
This lucky Harley man and his Blintze Boys buddies (below) stopped in Half Moon Bay before cruisin’ up the coast.
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23 Saturday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
I’m not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We’re talking about a Mozart of rock music. – Sean Lennon
My father’s shoes are too big for me, as well.
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