Great minds

almost all the images here are from apartment therapy

discuss ideas

average minds

discuss events

small minds

discuss people

-Eleanor Roosevelt

the quote has very little to do with the photos

the photos 

have everything to do with escape

in a retrofitted bus 

or

a house boat

with them

peace 

xokg

you are different

peace

xokg

the function of (wo)man is to live

I like him

"REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT BE BOTH YOUNG AND WISE. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PRETEND TO BE WISE TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD ARE MOSTLY JUST CYNICS. CYNICISM MASQUERADES AS WISDOM, BUT IT IS THE FARTHEST THING FROM IT. BECAUSE CYNICS DON’T LEARN ANYTHING. BECAUSE CYNICISM IS A SELF-IMPOSED BLINDNESS, A REJECTION OF THE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID IT WILL HURT US OR DISAPPOINT US. CYNICS ALWAYS SAY NO. BUT SAYING “YES” BEGINS THINGS. SAYING “YES” IS HOW THINGS GROW. SAYING “YES” LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE. “YES” IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO, SAY YES."

— Stephen Colbert

peace

xokg

letter to his first grade teacher

dear yan  lao shi 

my name is mack i live with my dog and my cat and my little sister, anna and  my dad and my mom.

i like  to go swimming. i also like to play football, baseball, golf and soccer.  in  first grade i want to be able to count to a million and get some  good ideas for college. i bet i will have  fun meeting you all at the ice cream social.

Mack 

Beach colors

in beach houses

with beach views

and room for friends

perhaps a few more seats here 

good times

peace 

xokg

Tuesday

 "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Have a happy day

how Easter eggs are made

I need an island

so I can build me one of these

Have Peace

Links to click today

from Raina's to Curbed National to Houzz.

I clicked around and found this 

It's all good

Check it

Why can't I quit you?

Bread.  I have tried.  I have occasionally succeeded.  But lately I am weak.

This is a chocolate cheese sandwich people.  You heard me.  Chocolate+cheese+ bread+butter.

I have not dared to try it, for if I did, I could never go back to my real life.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cut a sandwich-length piece of baguette and slice it open like you would to make a hero. Apply a thin layer of butter inside and put a few slices of Swiss cheese on both sides of the bread. Leaving it open, place the sandwich in the oven for about 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and gooey. Remove it from the oven and add a couple pieces of milk chocolate, then close the sandwich and let it rest for a minute.