 | At the press conference about the passing of Francoise Gilot’s third husband Jonas Salk, there was this exchange between a young reporter and Ms. Gilot (first husband Pablo Picasso): The young woman reporter asked her to explain how it was she had been the great love of such powerful men. Ms. Gilot fixed her with an icy stare and answered, “Lions mate with lions. They do not mate with mice.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ University educated; retired, formally with senior career. Pro: common sense, education, good health, environmentalism and volunteerism. Anti: willful ignorance, conspiracy theories, firearms and addictions. Proudly reality, science and fact-based. PEERS are welcome for non-committal chat.  Paloma NYC: " ... all of us as voters must be thoughtful about what we read, believe and share." Hillary Clinton "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan Paloma NYC: "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm." Proverbs 13:20 "A man is known by the company he keeps." Aesop, The Ass and His Purchaser Paloma NYC: Why O why are some chatters using Russian dating site photos as their profile pics? I'd be tickled pink to know. Paloma NYC: “PITY THE NATION” Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2007 (After Khalil Gibran 1933) Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to praise conquerors And acclaim the bully as hero And aims to rule the world By force and by torture Pity the nation that knows No other language but its own And no other culture but its own Pity the nation whose breath is money And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed Pity the nation oh pity the people who allow their rights to erode and their freedoms to be washed away My country, tears of thee Sweet land of liberty! copyright Lawrence Ferlinghetti Paloma NYC: The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Paloma NYC: NYT Lifelong Exercise Adds Up "Those men and women who reported exercising moderately throughout their adult lives, walking or otherwise being in motion for a few hours most weeks, saved an average of $1,350 annually — or about 16 percent — on health care expenses after reaching age 65 compared to sedentary people." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/well/move/exercise-health-care-cost-savings.html Paloma NYC: Arranged for lute by Thomas Dunford Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude   Paloma NYC: You may find this as lovely as I do. Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering) Bulgarian State Television Female Choir  View all 5 posts  Paloma NYC in reply to Paloma NYC: Look! Look! Did you see this? Endeavour Returns for Season 8 April 22, 2021: Filming has begun on Season 8 of the critically-acclaimed detective drama, Endeavour, with lead actor Shaun Evans directing the first of the three new episodes. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/endeavour-endeavour-returns-for-season-8/?fbclid=IwAR0IOx7kVJTwUFtjbaCLkZiHw7ql1JxTj5-YkZx2ILNO6NzVuvAfKB7GgkY Paloma NYC: The beauty that is England. NYT A Cyclist on the English Landscape https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/travel/sussex-bicycle-portraits.html Paloma NYC: The Louvre collections are now online! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/louvre-puts-entire-collection-online-redoubles-efforts-track-looted-art-180977367/ https://collections.louvre.fr/ |
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