“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” — Henry David Thoreau…
Posts published by “Todd Walton”
“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” — Grant Frazier A recent San Francisco 49ers game ended in a tie with the St. Louis Rams, the first professional…
“Deer have been around for five million years and must know what they’re doing.”— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Our new home turns out to be a…
Several years ago, I wrote the song Precious Dream, and three years ago when Marcia and I recorded So Not Jazz, our CD of cello/piano/guitar/vocal duets we included the song on the album.
We just had a big yard sale to move along the myriad things we did not wish to keep in our new life in our…
“The chief cause for the impending collapse of the world—the cause sufficient in and by itself—is the enormous growth of the human population: the human…
“You don’t have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.” — John Ciardi My last few trips to the village…
My brother, a successful Internet Technology person living in San Mateo, recently wrote, “I know the Bay Area is back because for about three years…
Last night by the fire, our new (old) house enshrouded in dense fog, I said to Marcia that I didn't feel we were on the land where this house sits but rather on a boat, or possibly a raft, floating somewhere on the ocean of existence.
“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let…
Marcia and I are moving from this house we’ve rented for the past seven years into a house (five miles away) we just bought. Miracle…