Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day.
But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.
– Ptolemy, c.150 AD
IF
Secret
Clarence was no ordinary barnyard cat. Take your eyes off him for a minute and… oops, a few of the chickens have gone missing.
Meoooowzer, that was one bad kitty!
Shiny
…. but then the hungry mice came upon a turnip so shiny, so bright and bulbous, they immediately started to unearth their delicious treasure.
Faded
“Nine o clock… Dad comes home today!”
As he waited, he listened to the sound of thunder and watched as the raindrops landed and then joined together in a trail that raced to the bottom of the window pane. A year is a long time to wait!
All fear faded away when he saw his Dad, dressed in army green, spotted with the weather, open the front gate and smile as he ascended the stairs.
Sight
“To see what’s under one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
~George Orwell
Kernel
“Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hitched
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
The Fly has married the Bumble Bee,
Says the fly, says he,
“Will you marry me?
And live with me, sweet Bumble Bee?”
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee,
Oh, I love you, and you love me!