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A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.


Funny fungi on a log. Tahune Air Walk, September 2010.

Sunday Top Five and I am struggling for motivation. Five Things That Might Possibly Help Spark Me Up:
  1. Peace and quiet.

  2. Well-behaved children.

  3. Death to all clowns.

  4. A dip in the ocean.

  5. A third World War.

Comments

Roddy said…
Peace and quiet. You'll soon be screaming, if only to dispel the loneliness.
Well behaved children. You soon ask if there is something wrong with them.
Death to all clowns. That may be a laugh.
A dip in the ocean. Only if you have a warm enough wetsuit.
Third world war. Only if you can guarantee that it will be the absolute last.
Anonymous said…
WWIII? Hasn't it already begun? Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran...
Carola said…
What about an hour run?
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, never.

LC, they're too limited in participants to really be a proper World War.

Carola, heaven help me! I already pull up very sore from the touch football!

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