Seasons

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”
-George Santayana

Flash I

“This coffee plunges into the stomach…the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions of the Grand Army on the field of battle…. Memories charge at full gallop…the light cavalry of comparisons deploys itself magnificently; the artillery of logic hurry in with their train of ammunition; flashes of wit pop up like sharp-shooters.”
-Honore de Balzac

Enoki II

“Pick mushrooms that are firm and white; reject any enoki that are discolored or slimy.”

Via James Jean.
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