Listen, the snow is falling everywhere (Yoko Ono)

Metaphorically, I have this poem by Japanese zen poet Ryokan tattooed in my heart to remind me that thinking you are in control of where the maple leaf lands is counterproductive and pointless:

Maple leaf
Falling down
Showing front
Showing back

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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart (Marcus Aurelius)

R.I.P. Peter Joyce

What connection can there have been between many people in the innumerable histories of this world, who, from opposite sides of great gulfs, have, nevertheless, been very curiously brought together! Charles Dickens (in Bleak House )

The female body is a work of art (Elaine Benes)

The female body is a work of art. The male body is utilitarian. It's for gettin' around. It's like an all-terrain vehicle. Elaine Benes.

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