seasonal shades

autumn in wisconsin, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

-- Adlai E. Stevenson

that new lens smell

new eyes, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

-- e.e. cummings

companionship

over the hill, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The need for devotion to something outside ourselves is even more profound than the need for companionship. If we are not to go to pieces or wither away, we must have some purpose in life; for no man can live for himself alone.

-- Ross Parmenter

note to self

Yashica-C, originally uploaded by McBeth.

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying.

-- David Viscott

as mud

call for mister kent, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

-- Dan Quayle

Meal Ready to Eat

buick, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.

-- Mavis Gallant

cost of living

no longer registers, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs.

-- C.S. Lewis

three strings, electrified

Gallery Night music, Boho style, originally uploaded by McBeth.

We all like people who do things, even if we only see their faces on a cigar-box lid.

-- Willa Sibert Cather

little bird

red wings, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real you never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.

-- Shashi Deshpande

swizzle glub

swizzlers, originally uploaded by McBeth.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

-- Stephen Wright

instinctual appeal

what's that I smell?, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.

-- Helen Rowland

maintaining order

alphabet chart, originally uploaded by McBeth.

An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.

-- Mike Barfield

stirring up trouble

today's beverage brought to you courtesy of the letter Q, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

-- Sydney Smith

Bohemian Bauble

Bohemian Bauble 5th anniversary, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Beginning today my photography will be available at The Bohemian Bauble, 404 Lakeside Street, Madison WI.

(golly jeepers but this is exciting!)

have a little faith

do with me as you will, originally uploaded by McBeth.

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

-- Jacques Cousteau

the reality

a side of pickles, to go, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

-- Marilyn Monroe

feeling big

miss at mo, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.

-- Robert Frost

here when it isn't

road trip journal, day 2: um., originally uploaded by McBeth.

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.

-- Albert Einstein

covenant

waterfront dining, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other

-- Rainer Maria Wilke

breaker breaker one niner

southern illinois, originally uploaded by McBeth.

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

-- Woodrow T. Wilson