Austin
A relaxing peddle and Bob Dylan
“To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness.” — John Dewey
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Austin
The simple lessons of a quiet highway
“Writing is something you do quietly, regularly, and in doing it, you face your life; everything comes up to fight, resist, deny, cajole you.” — ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:01 pm
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Memories of seeing Bob Dylan
I remember going with Bruce Heiny to Rochester. It was outdoor field to hear Bob Dylan and there was a previous time when Dylan was ...
by Bob Vilt, Monday, May 14, 2012 5:50 am
Austin
One last walk with Edison
“In a broad sense modern war represents the greatest failure of humankind. War means that we have not been able to accomplish our goals or ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, May 5, 2012 3:24 pm
Austin
Quiet solitude
Poetry explores depths of thought and feeling that civilization requires for its survival. — Stanley Kunitz
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:25 pm
Austin
Hammering from all over
“Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: They drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:46 pm
Austin
Thinking back to writing
“Loss, decay and death are just as natural as gain, growth and life.” — John Blofield
by Bob Vilt, Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:07 am
Columns
Collecting the wisdom of others
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:18 pm
Austin
The workings of dogs when the night takes over
“If one loses one’s temper at every human folly one will live one’s life in a constant state of ire.” Somerset Maugham
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:01 pm
Columns
Wired into rainy, cloudy days in March
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance…and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process” — ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:02 pm
Columns
Keeping it mellow with Mello and Fred
“When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.” — An Eastern Saying
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:09 pm
Columns
Rain, rain come again
“Teachers will not have a major impact on the way kids use their minds until they come to know how their student’s minds work.” — ...
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, March 3, 2012 5:00 pm
Austin
Tooth problem turns to waiting game
“You know how strong of tongues they have — (cows) — one lick could probably slice open your cheek.” — Casey Vilt, age 10
by Bob Vilt, Sunday, February 26, 2012 10:12 am
Columns
The trenches of life and other thoughts
“We have, in short, the right to ask — but never to insist or blithely assume — God bless America.” — Madeline Albright
by Bob Vilt, Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:57 pm
Columns
Wanderings by the Bandshell
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment to appreciate the peace ...