C.G. Ayling's Blog, page 8
August 24, 2015
On Money
Money is nothing, yet we are foolish enough to accept it in exchange for something. Preposterous! I wish my statement were preposterous. Unfortunately it isn’t. It is a simple, inescapable fact for which I’ll provide proof. However along with the … Continue reading →
August 14, 2015
on Perfect Imperfections
Nature gives us wonders, people give us art. Beauty overwhelms. It is literally everywhere, all we need do is take the time to look. The image of imperfect perfection above is one of the early Althea blossoms on a shrub … Continue reading →
August 7, 2015
my Ocean
~ my Ocean ~ ~ You are my Ocean, and within that ocean, the waves. You are the Ocean formed from my tears that fall into you as rain. You are the Ocean and I from your vapor reform as … Continue reading →
August 6, 2015
on Intangibles
I look back on the monumental achievements of the past with awe. Achievements such as the Pyramids, the Great Wall of China, Gothic Cathedrals, and incalculable other ancient structures that somehow manage to endure for dozens of centuries. I wonder … Continue reading →
July 28, 2015
If Thoughts
~ If Thoughts… ~ ~ If thoughts were twinkling stars You would be the first one seen each night. If thoughts were but sighs You would be every breath I take. If thoughts were tears You would be the river … Continue reading →
July 19, 2015
Perfect Imperfections
~ Perfect Imperfections ~ ~ Perfection can dwell within moments only Perfection can dwell within words of lovers Perfection can dwell within imperfection ~ Imperfection is what we all are Perfect imperfections ~ ~ unknown
July 11, 2015
Wrought, of Stone
~ Wrought, of Stone ~ ~ Modern buildings wrought of stone no longer last as did those of old. What differs? The builders, or the sand they cast into transient stone? Humanity’s efforts to better nature are misguided at best… … Continue reading →
July 3, 2015
Beware our Wishes
Have you ever wished you could eliminate all flies? Have you ever thought flies are filthy little pests, and the world would be a better place without them? I have. However… Pest are also pollinators. We think the world would … Continue reading →
June 28, 2015
on Religious Persecution
Religious Persecution is alive and well. Where? Why virtually anywhere you care to name, including this great bastion of democracy that took the brave steps of entrenching protections against religious persecution into its constitution, namely the USA. The thing most … Continue reading →
June 26, 2015
Suns and their Sets
~ Suns Rise to Set ~ ~ Upon the planets of a thousand suns do a thousand sunsets die then with a thousand dawns are they resurrected again their faces reform upon their worlds and within every watching eye may … Continue reading →
