on my mind today

and relevant to everything on my To-Do list..........

The thing you play at the beginning is the territory. What follows is the adventure.

-- Ornette Coleman. Took me back to hearing him speak in NY three years ago.

Every book has to find a new form.

-- Michael Ondaatje, who totally seduced me with the opening line of his latest novel, Divisadero

I cannot cause light, but I can put myself in its path.

-- Annie Dillard. Who can reduce me to snuffles of helpless laughter with a single line.

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

-- Carolyn Heilbrun. I am still sad I will never get to tell her in person how important her work is to me.