2024-01-11 11:06
Way, way before Big Data, zillions of years before Tik-Tok there was the Akasha Chronicle to record everything. The first humanoid to get drunk on rotten fruit? It’s been recorded. Mud… Read More
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2023-11-09 13:57
The cards that life deals come at any time, and the number of cards in the deck is unknown.
– Niebla (© 2023) Read More
2023-06-29 20:06
When the cat was yawningand stretching himselfafter a prolonged napthis morning, I said to him,“We’re kindred spirits,you and I – neither of ushas a plan, and we bothleave… Read More
2023-03-10 10:11
“I have the feeling I’m in a preparation phase. But I’ve been in that phase for years – too long. And preparing for what? What is the solution, Swami?”“Yo… Read More
2023-02-15 17:15
We are condemned to kill time: this is how we die, little by little.
– Octavio Paz
Source: Cuento de dos jardínes, in Octavio Paz, Ladera Este, 1969. English translation b… Read More
2022-05-18 13:50
Alephael and Belarael ran into each other in a celestial hallway. Belarael waved and was about to simply walk on, when Alephael took him by the sleeve.
“I just created a new fruit o… Read More
2022-04-25 05:50
Not much good recent news for Mother Earth, I’m afraid. In particular, she’s getting impregnated with shells, mines and dead bodies in Ukraine, and the rest is no better: defores… Read More
2022-01-22 08:37
Kabir
Slander
Slander! Slander! People deride me –folks truly love to smear and tarnish.Slander’s my father, slander’s my mother.
If your name has… Read More
2022-01-19 11:18
I always thought the Big Bang was simply a theory among others. Lately I get the feeling it’s become accepted scientific truth.
What really interests me, though, is what there was b… Read More
2022-01-16 12:18
A quote from the novel Mars in Aries by Alexander Lernet-Holenia (Austria, 1897-1976):
He did not have the impression of losing consciousness; but rather, before he came around again, he… Read More
2021-12-02 13:03
– Niebla (© 2021) Read More
2021-08-06 17:18
Slowly slowly theworld slowly slowly slowlyends (evanesces)
– Niebla (© 2021) Read More
2021-06-02 11:01
I wonder what bottlebrush was called before there were bottles and brushes.
– Niebla
Latin name: callistemon. This plant is native to Australia Read More
2021-05-02 10:34
I was walking toward the White Cliff in the late morning when I was overrun by hordes of lemmings. By sheer luck I was not run down. Once they were some distance ahead, the last ones –… Read More
2021-01-27 08:27
“You’re funny!” she said.
“And I didn’t even tell a joke.”
“You’re funny because you think watching trashy movies is in some way good for the… Read More
2020-11-09 11:33
Said one of the creators: “Let’s try something really simple.”
The other creator: “What do you mean?”
Number one: “Like without arms, legs or wi… Read More
2020-07-22 16:36
“Everything is maya, nothing is real.”– Sri Shantibindo
I opened one of my diaries from the seventies, which seemed real enough, dust & slightly musty smell and all… Read More
2020-04-12 06:29
A dog barks somewherein the neighborhood. Otherwiseeverything locked down.
– Niebla (© 2020) Read More
2019-10-17 13:49
For N. B.
I played you my newly burnt CD with Kanika Banerjee songs
You said She sounds like a dying goat and laughed and laughed
– Niebla (© 2019)
NoteKanika Banerjee… Read More
2019-05-04 06:40
“If it’s not religion, they find other reasons – social status, envy, greed, skin color, dress code or dietary habits – to discriminate against each other, kill each… Read More
2019-04-04 09:26
“Let there be a Big Bang”
(So now we know that both the Bible and Science are right) Read More
2019-04-02 09:11
“You look pathetic with your fangs half-bared, preparing to moan. I get your drift anytime.”“Pathetic is not in my vocabulary. Self-image is not in my vocabulary. When I se… Read More
2018-10-17 10:30
Salas, Throne: “Spent some time perfecting what could become a new line of reptiles on planet Earth. Worked on details, e.g. water ingress prevention through the nostrils. This after T… Read More
2018-06-29 16:07
“I’ve been finding myself for many years and keep discovering an elusive character.”
– Sri Shantibindo Read More
2018-04-20 08:21
I wish I could record
the fragrance of its flowers
and send it to everyone.
– Niebla (© 2018) Read More
2018-02-20 15:18
So God said to Lucifer, “You will have to pretend to disobey me while you do exactly as I say.”
“Ok.”
“And for all practical and theological purposes this meeti… Read More
2018-01-18 12:55
Anything that can get snagged will get snagged.
– Niebla (© 2018)
Based on empiric research Read More
2017-11-13 11:17
“I am extremely depressed these days,” the disciple said. “My girlfriend is now my former best friend’s girlfriend, and she took the cat with her as well. I have a de… Read More
2017-10-20 07:48
You shall all have eternal life, like it or not.
– Swami VaporanandaFiled under: Blabla, Death, Life, Mysticism, Philosophy Read More
2017-05-16 07:45
I’ve got a collar around my neck and I’m supposed to like it if someone pets me.
– Niebla (© 2017)Filed under: Blabla, Humor, Life, Philosophy, Satire, World Read More
2017-02-09 16:25
Things are as they are and do not need poetic embroidery.
– Niebla
(Haven’t been writing much poetry in some time, and this may supply some explanation. Quite apart from the fact… Read More
2016-10-28 07:54
Romeo arrived on time
So did Giulia
Lives were saved &
They lived happily
Ever after &
The relatives were told
To go to hell
– Niebla (© 2016)
Author’s note
I’… Read More
2016-06-10 10:26
I’m relying entirely on the fact that my computer remembers all my various passwords.
– Niebla (© 2016)Filed under: Blabla, Dadaism, Humor, Life, Satire, Words, World Read More
2016-02-10 15:53
“So you believe in reincarnation? – What if you’re wrong?”
“It won’t matter. I’ll only find out when I’m dead.”
– NieblaFiled… Read More
2015-09-25 08:08
Will have to write it down.
– Niebla (2015)Filed under: Art, Literature, Poetry Read More
2015-07-12 10:03
(thinking of Srebrenica and two late 20th century monsters – Karadžić and Mladić)
The
worst
are always
at the tip
but the tip is
nothing
without the masses below
th… Read More
2015-05-31 09:18
You exist
Your place is
where eyes look at you.
Where eyes meet
you come into being.
Held by a call,
always the same voice,
everyone appears to be calling
in one voice.
You could fall,
but y… Read More
2015-05-29 10:18
God is the greatest chess master of them all. He plays for all parties. The chessboard is the universe, the figures are zillions and every move is precisely precalculated using all the varia… Read More
2015-02-23 10:55
The world is full of Kantian marvels: people who are convinced their limited horizon marks the end of things.
– Niebla (© 2015)Filed under: Blabla, Hermeticism, Humor, Life, Philo… Read More
2014-11-30 15:37
Life is a minefield of duties.
– NieblaFiled under: Humor, Life Read More
2014-11-08 16:09
Alba is so beautiful, sounds so beautiful and says it all.
– Niebla
Note
Alba in this case is not a beautiful woman (like Jessica Alba), but came about as a result of having to transla… Read More
2014-08-29 07:40
Well, I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It’s not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds her… Read More
2014-05-09 09:04
“Put it in five gears,”
she used to say to make me
go faster and pass.
– Niebla (© 2014)Filed under: Haiku, Humor, Language, Life, Poetry, Words Read More
2014-03-16 11:26
A calvary variation, by Johannes Beilharz
Digitally modified version of a photo taken near Divino Amore, Lazio, Italy.Filed under: Art, Bible, Death, Jesus, Life, Mysticism, Nature, Photogra… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Olive tree, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy Photo by Johannes BeilharzFiled under: Nature, Photography Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Worms cannot be expected to sow wheat. NieblaFiled under: Uncategorized Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
… a dislike button would come in very handy. – Niebla NoteAs we all know, the only form of appreciation provided in social media is praise, be it as a thumbs up button or a hear… Read More
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