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Maya: "... it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes..."

From the brilliant film
"Sideways" by Alexander Payne (2004)

-64-

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

Wise words from Winnie the Pooh in Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by "A.A. Milne" (1882-1956)

-63-

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks,
is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit,
the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares,
and the slavery of Home, man feels once more happy.

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 -1890)

-62-

I bounced into Wellington
Viewed the town through windswept hair...

From "NZ" by Tia Gow (Nov 2010)

-61-

Karen Blixen: Perhaps he knew, as I did not,
that the Earth was made round
so that we would not see too far down the road.

From the Sydney Pollack film "Out of Africa" (1985)

-60-

...every time a bell rings,
an angel gets his wings...

From the Frank Capra classic
"It's A Wonderful Life" (1946)

-59-

...Up where the girls fly
On ribbons and bows,
Where babies float by
Just counting their toes...

From the song "Wonderful Baby" by Don McLean (1975)

-58-

... And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me...


From the song "Angels" by Robbie Williams (1997)

-57-

I’m the shifting sands
Waves on the shore
A leaf caught in the breeze
I‘m a rock in the surge
Sun, moon and stars
The roots that feed the trees

A poem "Who am I?" by Tia Gow (Oct 2010)

-56-

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind...

From the song "Blowin' in the wind" by Bob Dylan (1963)

-55-

A million tiny things
decide our mutual fate
A hidden scent
Implicit devotion
A look of recognition
discernible only to the heart

A poem by Tia Gow (Oct 2010)

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Boundaries. Borders. Distances.
Don’t exist.
No limits – nor land to cross.
No other boundary but our imagination
No borders, just the edge of our hearts
The only distance between you and me
the in-road to our souls.

A poem by Tia Gow (Oct 2005)

-53-

My cold hands in your pockets
Your warm breath on my face
We stand amid the debris of summer
And give thanks for autumn’s grace

A poem by Tia Gow (October 2010)

-52-

Paula McFadden: I thought you said you were decent.
Elliot Garfield: I am decent. I also happen to be naked.

From the film "Goodbye Girl" by Neil Simon (1977)

-51-

...Memories, may be beautiful and yet
What’s too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...

From "The Way We Were" sung by Barbra Streisand (1973)

-50-

Summer's over, days grow darker
Leaves fall from the trees
Puddles in the gutters
A chill in the breeze ...

From "New beginnings" by Tia Gow (Sept 2010)

-49-

She holds his hand in hers
Her finger tracing a line
Over its bony peaks
Down ridges of veins
Flowing like blue rivers
Across a valley of gossamer skin...

From "Letting Go" by Tia Gow (Sept 2010)

-48-

...So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go...

From the song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver (1966)

-47-

dreams 4/4

...Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true...

From the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" sung by Judy Garland in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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dreams 3/4

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep...

From the poem "When You Are Old" by W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)

-45-

dreams 2/4

This was not your dream
but you always believed in me...

From "Home" sung by Michael Bublé (2005)

-44-

dreams 1/4

...We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams...

From the film "Willy Wonka" & the Chocolate Factory

-43-

...Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow...

From "Up Where We Belong" sung by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (1982)

-42-

...Loud with abandon
They let their hearts sing
A joy so infectious
I yearn to join in...


From a "Poem" by Tia Gow (2010)

-41-

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down...

From "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

-40-

Will I be pretty?
Will I be rich?

From "Que sera sera" by Ray Evans / Jay Livingston (1956) performed by Doris Day (in "The Man Who Knew Too Much")

-39-

I'll come back as a tree
As an oak, old and wise
I'll be strong and immovable
but more than my size...
Nothing will hurt me
I'll grow straight and stand tall
I'll know of this life then
For I'll have seen it all.

A poem by Tia Gow (2010)

-38-

...So I'm leaving now...
And not looking back
Walking into the light
and out of the black

Part 4/4 from "The Automat" by Tia Gow (Jan 2008)

-37-

...Alone as the day dawns
An anonymous café
Faces of strangers
Now show me the way...

Part 3/4 from a poem by Tia Gow (2008)

-36-

...The hurry was pointless
I've waited over an hour
His chair is still empty
and my mood's turning sour...

Part 2/4 from a poem by Tia Gow (2008)

-35-

I bought a new hat,
quite a floppy affair
But it does come in handy
When I've not washed my hair...

Part 1/4 from a poem by Tia Gow (2008)

-34-

...thoughts are things, and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier doves...

From "You Never Can Tell" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1896)

-33-

Show me your hands, your nails, your scars.
Show me where it hurts.
Show me the wounds, the cuts, the trails,
That lead back to where it happened first...

From "Tell me the worst" by Will Young (2008)

-32-

...And how the silence surged softly backward,
When the plunging hoofs were gone.

From "The Listener" by Walter de la Mare (b. 1873)

-31-

...Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea...

"Paper Moon" by Nat King Cole (1933)

-30-

"You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit."

From "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller (1949)

-29-

Word Up!

"Song" by Cameo (1986)

-28-

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward."

The Queen in "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll (1871)

-27-

"Today you are you, that is truer than true.
There is no one alive who is youer than you."

From "Seussville" by Dr. Seuss

-26-

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
...

From "Leisure" by William Henry Davies (1911)

-25-

... I once was lost, but now am found ...

From the song "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (1779), performed by Mahalia Jackson

-24-

Alive...Bouncy...Colourful...Dramatic...Entertaining...Fun
Annoying...Bang...Crumple...Drop...Empty...Flat!

Tia Gow (2010)

-23-

I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

From "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley (1875)

-22-

I drank you in...
the taste on my lips, so sweet,
in time, turned sour,
left a bitter aftertaste,
finished in salty tears

Tia Gow (2010)

-21-

Bumbleseed is currently on vacation ...

-20-

...We're after the same rainbow's end
waiting 'round the bend...

From the song "Moon River" by Mercer/Mancini (1961), performed by Audrey Hepburn

-19-

...We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain
We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind...

From the song "If you go away" by Jacques Brel/Rod McKuen (1959), performed by Shirley Bassey

-18-

... tears on frozen ground
mourning the passing of another year...

From "Hope" by Tia Gow (Jan 2002)

-17-

...uncork and inhale on grey winter mornings...

From "Austrian Alps - Bottle It!" by Tia Gow (2007)

-16-

... I don't care
I'm still here ...

From "Still here" by Langston Hughes (1935)