Pausing for a moment to read...

I'd rather read than watch TV and most of

the time I read mysteries, novels based on history

and other frivolous and sometimes grisly subjects.

Russell primarily reads what he calls "real books".

In other words non-fiction.

Every once in awhile I come across a line or two

in my reading that resonates and stays with me.

Here's one such example:

"Our job is to enjoy the earth and take care of it.

Worry robs us of our faith

and our joy and gives us nothing in return."

  This is from a James Lee Burke novel Feast Day of Fools

A grisly suspense novel that if one pays attention

 has some gems and lessons to learn in between the dire action.
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Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompt 8-27-2012

Riding the rails

Allowing your mind to drift and ponder

Creative commuting

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Magpie #132 The Big Room, 1948, by Andrew Wyeth

So starkly cold-please light a fire

And while the candles are glowing

We'll warm up our old icy bones 

Watching flakes softly snowing 

This is our safe haven

Away from petty issues

We tell the house-

We've been gone too long 

We really have missed you.

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Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt- 8-20-2012

Stretch your wings

Ascend to new heights

Cut old strings

Let your life take flight

There are no stings

No limits to fight

Only songs to sing

With new beginning life lights

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My hopes for all who struggle with todays challenges

Magpie Tales #131- The Oracle

Under Windsor Bridge, 1912, by Adolphe Valette

The oracle looks

Seeing past mist and fog

Global chaos 

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World War I began two years after this was painted.
The world has never been the same since.

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Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompt 8-13-2012

Higgins Lake, a large lake in the middle of Michigan
Photo by Eric Alder

 There once was a sailor named Bob

Who sailed blue waters for the Mob

Whether in fresh or salt water

He did what he oughter

Cuz he didn't want a nosejob

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Whether on a lake

Or bobbing in the sea

It's always fun to sail

Just you and me

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Zihuatanejo, Guerrero Mexico

photo by Kathe Worsley

Magpie 130 Image by Francesca Woodman

Emerging from the pearly nacre

Salacia firmly held onto her shell  

To use for calling Delphinus

Since she didn't want to yell

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Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt 8-62012

Relic of an ancient time

Of an erased civilization 

Disease and death brought by sea

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Magpie 129 Compulsions

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884, John Singer Sargent

There once was a lady from Champs

Who had a serious passion for red lamps

It annoyed her husband

Saying "You have over a dozen

why couldn't you have collected stamps?"

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