Word of the Day: Faustian
According to Merriam-Webster, Faustian means: of, relating to, resembling, or suggesting Faust; especially, made or done for present gain without regard for fut...
According to Merriam-Webster, Faustian means: of, relating to, resembling, or suggesting Faust; especially, made or done for present gain without regard for fut...
Quoted in Lou Salome’s You Alone Are Real to Me: I stand as if blind and in total darkness because my look no longer finds its way to you. The mad rush of...
According to Merriam-Webster, inanition means: The quality or state of being empty. The exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water. The absenc...
From Duino Elegies, First Elegy: Voices, voices. Listen, my heart, as before now only saints had listened, while that vast call raised them off the ground; yet ...
From Chapter III, 2nd paragraph: The ground floor and the upper floor of that battered house are alike deserted, and the inmates keep to the central portion, ju...
There is something peculiar in a small boat upon the wide sea. Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness. Wh...
According to Merriam-Webster, crepuscular means: of, relating to, or resembling twilight, eg: crepuscular light occurring or active during twilight, eg: crepusc...
Meditations is a remarkable collection of personal reflections by the Stoic Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, who reigned from 161 to 180 AD. Quote: … that the lo...
According to Merriam-Webster, pellucid means: admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion, eg: a pellucid stream reflecting light evenly ...
Some pics from my recent trip to Washington DC. Enjoy! 365 Photo Journey Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer...