Monday, January 19, 2009

SUNSET AT ROD AND REEL PIER

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MOVE TO FLORIDA AND LEAVE THE CANYONS OF SKYSCRAPERS ON NEW YORK AND CHICAGO? YOU KNOW YOU WOULD MISS THE SOUND OF HONKING HORNS AND ANGRY DRIVERS SHOUTING AT THE OTHER. BUT COME DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS AND RELAX. ABSORB SOME SERENITY, RELAX AND THEN HEAD BACK TO THE BIG APPLE OR THE WINDY CITY. READ MORE ABOUT MOVING FROM LARGE CITIES TO ISLAND PARADISES LIKE THIS. GO TO: beachfrontlifestyles.blogspot.com/

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HUFFSTUTTER'S PHOTO ESSAYS said...

DISAPPOINTED THAT I AM GETTING ALMOST ZERO RESPONSE TO THIS ONLINE JOURNAL, I AM STARTING TO FIGURE THAT THIS IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME, KIND OF LIKE MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE SPENT HERE ON EARTH. AND I AM NOT BEING FATALISTIC, ONLY REALISTIC. WHEN ONE COMPARES ONE'S LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND DIPLOMACY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO BECOME TOO HEADY ABOUT ONE'S ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS. NEVERTHELESS, IT IS NOTHING TO MOVE ME TOWARD A LEAP OFF THE GOLDEN GATE. I AM ONLY ONE OF MILLIONS, BILLIONS, REALLY, WHO HAVE LED A LIFE HERE ON EARTH AND ENJOYED MOST OF THE BLESSINGS, THE SUNSETS, THE SUNRISES, ONE'S OFFSPRING AND SUCH. THOUGH WE ARE ALL GIVEN CERTAIN TALENTS, IT SEEMS THAT BEING HUMBLE IS ONE OF THEM. I SHALL AD, BEING THANKFUL. LIFE! LIKE ROBERT FROST SAID,"... I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER SUBSTITUTE." (IT WAS SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME.)

SO, HAVING REVIEWED THIS JOURNAL, I HAVE FOUND SOME REDEEMING VIRTUES OF CONTINUING IT. THIS PHOTO OF THE PIER IN THE SUNSET IS ONE REASON. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS IMAGE, I SEE THE BEAUTY OF CREATION; I REMEMBER THE JOY OF THE MOMENT. WHEN I SEE THE WORKS OF OTHERS, I AM EQUALLY THRILLED. LET ME CELEBRATE LIFE AND THE ARTS IN A QUIET WAY, ALONE IN MY STUDIO, GREATFUL FOR LIFE AND ALWAYS THE JOY OF YET ANOTHER DAY...ROBERT L. HUFFSTUTTER