June 2013
108 posts
Mike D in Brooklyn →
nytimes.com
A hardcore Manhattanite and his family renovate a 160-year-old town house in Cobble Hill.
Fascinating look at Mike D’s home in Brooklyn.
“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”
—John Wilmot (on behalf of anyone who’s ever fathered anyone)
“Are wild strawberries really wild? Will they scratch an adult, will they snap at a child? Should you pet them, or let them run free where they roam? Could they ever relax in a steam-heated home? Can they be trained to not growl at the guests? Will a litterbox work or would they make a mess? Can we make them a Cowberry, herding the cows, or maybe a Muleberry pulling the plows, or maybe a Huntberry chasing the grouse, or maybe a Watchberry guarding the house, and though they may curl up at your feet oh so sweetly can you ever feel that you trust them completely? Or should we make a pet out of something less scary, like the Domestic Prune or the Imported Cherry, Anyhow, you’ve been warned and I will not be blamed if your Wild Strawberries cannot be tamed.”
—Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
“Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.”
—Hafiz (via cosmofilius)
“We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.”
—Roger Ebert (via wendesgray)
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“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running - that’s the way to live.”
—Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (via wendesgray)
