Looking up
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Stars, idle thoughts, a trip around the block,
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Hard to say what my old dog Skipper is thinking on that roof, but then Skipper never did have had a lot of "taste". He was sort of a night traveler. A bit of a ladies dog. He would come home after a hard night of chasing dogs and cats and other creatures and he often needed a bath.
Skipper may not be a spokes dog for "good taste".
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"Trip around the block"
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Skipper's story may have been material for a good novel. After all Ulysses is just a story about a guy who walks around the block one day. His trip was hardly one full of "tasteful" adventures. They were interesting and a little odd. He in his trip had little time to look up. The whole day was the book. Skipper, Ulysses whatever.
Skipper's story may have been material for a good novel. After all Ulysses is just a story about a guy who walks around the block one day. His trip was hardly one full of "tasteful" adventures. They were interesting and a little odd. He in his trip had little time to look up. The whole day was the book. Skipper, Ulysses whatever.
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So what is Taste
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John Ruskin, a 19th century English critic said of taste:
"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is"what do you like?"
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Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are"
2 comments:
so if I like sugar does that mean I'm sweet?
I took a long walk around the block once. I returned after 874 days and close to 10,000 miles travel, all within a 500 foot radius. I suddenly had a hankering for country music, LDS hymns, fresh fruit, meat you can cut with a knife, watching the grand kids, and being in the company of my loving wife.
I guess that tells it all. I must like the simple things of life, and therefore I must be a simpleton. Life is good. Cherish every moment.
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