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Oh Martin! I've had ever such a sad day, I haven't made any pie.
woman, where's my pie?
Created on 2002-06-26 06:26:19 (#607949), last updated 2009-07-15
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Basic Info| Name: | Shel |
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| Location: | Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Website: | http://www.shiftoftow.com |
Bio"The plain Truth of the Matter is, I am excessive poor, and my Wife, good Woman, is, I tell her, excessive proud; she cannot bear, she says, to sit spinning in her Shift of Tow, while I do nothing but gaze at the Stars; and has threatened more than once to burn all my Books and Rattling-Traps (as she calls my Instruments) if I do not make some profitable Use of them for the good of my Family. The Printer has offer'd me some considerable share of the Profits, and I have thus begun to comply with my Dame's desire." - From Poor Richard's Almanack
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
sensational to read on a train." -- from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
--
"Waiting"
Carl Sandburg
Today I will let the old boat stand
Where the sweep of the harbor tide comes in
To the pulse of a far, deep-steady sway.
And I will rest and dream and sit on the deck
Watching the world go by
And take my pay for many hard days gone I remember.
I will choose what clouds I like
In the great white fleets that wander the blue
As I lie on my back or loaf at the rail.
And I will listen as the veering winds kiss me and fold me
And put on my brow the touch of the world's great will.
Daybreak will hear the heart of the boat beat,
Engine throb and piston play
In the quiver and leap at call of life.
To-morrow we move in the gaps and heights
On changing floors of unlevel seas
And no man shall stop us and no man follow
For ours is the quest of an unknown shore
And we are husky and lusty and shouting-gay.
--
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"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something
sensational to read on a train." -- from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde--
"Waiting"
Carl Sandburg
Today I will let the old boat stand
Where the sweep of the harbor tide comes in
To the pulse of a far, deep-steady sway.
And I will rest and dream and sit on the deck
Watching the world go by
And take my pay for many hard days gone I remember.
I will choose what clouds I like
In the great white fleets that wander the blue
As I lie on my back or loaf at the rail.
And I will listen as the veering winds kiss me and fold me
And put on my brow the touch of the world's great will.
Daybreak will hear the heart of the boat beat,
Engine throb and piston play
In the quiver and leap at call of life.
To-morrow we move in the gaps and heights
On changing floors of unlevel seas
And no man shall stop us and no man follow
For ours is the quest of an unknown shore
And we are husky and lusty and shouting-gay.
--
This journal is friends only. If you want to be friended, you should send an email or just friend me and I'll probably check you out and friend you back if you seem like someone I want to read.
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