2008/03/09

Time

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
-H. D. Thoreau
I'm not liking this earlier daylight saving. After living without air conditioning for a summer, I'm not sure I like it at all. Arizona doesn't do it because they are smart enough to not want an extra hour of evening heat. It may save on lighting, but not on cooling. Tomorrow morning will be a challenge. Such is life.

Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may go marry :
For having lost but once your prime
You may for ever tarry.
-Robert Herrick
I cooked a chicken tonight and it took about twice as long as I'd thought and it had a strange texture. How does chicken develop a strange texture? Maybe it was an old bird. But that was a lot of time spent waiting on a dinner that was pretty lousy.

I started another new painting today and finished none.

Time waits for no one.
-The Rolling Stones

2 comments:

Emily Barker said...

You must be the same way with paintings that I am with songs. A bajillion in the works and nothing close to completion.

Incognito said...

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not spend my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." ~ Jack London

P.S. I hate Daylight Savings Time, too, especially the first week--it is BRUTAL!