Sticky note in my journal, January 5, 1995: “Lead with this at OMN!” …

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief the develops the powers of the mind.” ~Marcel Proust

The night before this open mic event, I dreamed that there were both male and female hot dogs.

“Buddhism is the one world religion that has known no violence, no persecution of heretics, no inquisitions, no  witch trials, no crusades.” ~Karl Jaspers