and there i was

slipping on the slipperiest of the slippery slopes, and i said to myself, "hmmmm, these slopes sure are slippery."

Don't let the stars get in your eyes....don't let the moon break your heart...

hold on to your destinies, lest fate take you for a ride!

“It is not in the stars . . .

. . . to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - Bill Shakespeare

Yeah yeah yeah, Bill . . . I know!

Sheesh.

Stars, they hardly ever move

nudge them I will.

Did You Ever Notice That Molly Kind of Rhymes With Ali?

Star Quote from Pedro Paramo

"The sky was crowded with fat, swollen stars. The moon had come out for a little while and then vanished. It was one of those sad moons that nobody looks at or even notices. It hung there for a little while, pale and disfigured, and then hid itself behind the mountains." -Juan Rulfo

The Impossible 4 Minute Mile

While I was in Michigan a couple of weeks ago I had a short visit with my friends, Jack and Laurie. Laurie was telling me about an important moment in her youth, hearing her dad tell about the 4 minute mile. It had been said that it couldn't be done. But once the first person accomplished it, then many others also ran 4 minute miles. Once the idea that it couldn't be done was proven false, it was as if people were then free to accomplish the feat. I don't remember how she phrased it, but basically she said the lesson was "just do it." Don't sit around discussing whether a thing is possible or not, just do it. This is coming from a woman who helped found Zeitouna, a group of Arab and Jewish women coming together to create a dialogue and work towards peace.