Summertime, back-of-my-mind, always.

   Summer on the Lower East Side, Arthur Fellig (Weegee)

I have loved you like I love a life jacket.  I cannot bear to do that to you any longer.  Better that I should learn from you to swim fearlessly, regardless of depth or distance.

watered up, down, all around

Do you think the root which must go off in search of its own water is in any way stronger than the one which directly receives the water it needs?  They both get what they need, right?  Is strength more important, or the simple reception of the water, itself?  In both cases, the plant receives a way to live.  Is that it, the everything's pervasive will to live and live toward more life?  Is there more to it than that?

Which is the bigger disappointment?

A crunchy peach or a mushy apple?

"It's a Long Road to a Tomato"

"The hot sun is good to them; the soil is alive, deep, and hospitable."

- Keith Stewart

"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements."  

-Henry David Thoreau

Whatever became of Barabbas after he was given his second chance?