Silent Ponderer Prints

Ask me about my vow of silence.

Never being able to think of the right thing to say at the right time phobia.

"They haven't said two words to each other—it's sad... I hope we don't end up like that." "They keep talking to each other—it's exhausting... So glad we don't have to do that."

Crowded Ice Fishing

"Mrs. Marsha Mullhouse, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, asks, "Are You subject to the laws of physics, or are the laws of physics subject to You?"

"Sitting here with you each day at sunset reminds me I have to get a job."

"Look, if I had all the answers, would I be living alone on the top of a mountain?"

I know time is an earthly construct, but I still feel sleepy in the afternoons.

'Sometimes, in the stillness and warmth of an afternoon sun, I can almost hear interest compounding.'

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Lost and Profound.

"Have you tried turning off your conscious mind and then turning it back on again?"

'Yes sir, Thoreau had the right idea.'

"You what? Well, you darn well ought to have a guilt complex"

Jesus wept

Fish sleeps while counting worms that jump over a fence.

"Gotta cut back on my binge thinking."

'I warned him that this was no place for a guy with inner-ear problems.'

'How come there aren't any peace heroes?'

"What advantage do I have? What do I do better than others? What do people see as strengths?"

Damned if you do...

'Well, in my case, Muzak DOESN'T help with meditation!'

"I'll have whatever they're having."

'Hurry up and enjoy your life as a pensioner! Three.. Two.. One..'

Turtle crossing road: 'Phew! A couple time I saw my life crawl before my eyes.'

Did you know that hawks can travel 250 miles without flapping? Big deal. So can I.

Thomas Aquinas

The thinker.

Decisions: Yes or No, 'Or maybe?'

"I see a vague figure of someone groping...groping...groping..Yes, yes, it's coming in more clearly now! It seems to be—yes, it is a man! The man has a briefcase! And some papers! The man is an economist!"

'He's a man of few words. Words to the editor not included.'

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it — who cares?!"

I'm tired of blessings in disguise--if it's al the same to you, I want one I can recognize immediately!

If a tweet is sent out and no one signs up to read it, does it exist? Happens millions of times a day.

A tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it.