FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us that a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

-John Bunyan, English Clergyman (1628-1688)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.

-Ursula K. Le Guin, American writer
(b. 1929)

TODAY'S WORD

MIS- prefix

wrong (misconduct)

wrongly (misjudge)

lack of (mistrust)

PLACES TO GO

FRIDAY

BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 Bowery
New York, NY
6pm

Pink Pony West
29 Cornelia St. bet. Bleeker and W. 4th Street
New York @6pm

OZZIE'S
251 5TH AVE.
Brooklyn
7:30pm

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

CURRANT

1. Small seedles raisin

2. Small, round, and sour berry of the saxifrage family;
the shrub itself.

CURRENT

1. Belonging to the time actually passing; present

2. generally accepted; prevalent.

TODAY'S WORD

MISANTHROPE

Hater of mankind.

TODAY'S WORD

BEETLING

1. Projecting, overhanging

2. To project or overhang.


FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.

-Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

There is always something to write about. All we need to do is to figure out how to write it.

Places To Go

FRIDAY

Pink Pony West
@ Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY
$6.

Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn 7PM Free

SATURDAY
Bluestockings Politics and Poetry
@ Bluestockings
172 Allen Street @ Stanton/Rivington Sts.
New York 6PM Free

MONDAY
Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street bet. Houston and Prince Sts.
7PM Reading

TUESDAY
P.S.122
150 First Avenue @ E. 9th St.
New York Play $20,$15 (students/seniors) $10 (members) 8PM

COMMENT

I read at least one book a month. a few times I have read as many as four books in a month. As you can surmise, I love to read. I educates, stimulates, and expands my world.

I implore you to read as much as you can because it will make you wiser. It will open doors to worlds that you never experienced. Cultures will come alive, people will challenge you and show you that they are flesh and blood and have feelings and dreams. What ever your genre, try different ones. You'll be surprised at how your mind will expand exponentially.

MOCHA

Places To Go

Play:Oct. 5 thru 8
"Call Me Crazy" by Helen D. Lewis
@ Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
236 E. 3rd Street @ 9pm

Friday Night Poetry Slam
@ Nuyorican
10PM Hosted by Nathan P.

COOL WEBSITES

Below are some websites of places where you can see a play, hear a poetry recitation, or a slamfest, or what ever yout interest is.

www.nuyorican.org
www.bowerypoetry.com
www.softskull.com
www.poetz.com
www.literal-latte.com


Mocha

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The future depends on what we do in the present.

-Mahatma Gandhi

POETRY/PROSE

You helped so many people,
giving hope to the hopeless.
People were intimidated by you;
You asked for nothing in return.
Now you must go back to your own world.
The yound maiden doesn't want you to leave,
but you must.
Her father, a wise man, knows that he must go.
Your world is vastly different.
She is a bright and creative young woman,
who will do great things.
You would only hold her back.
She weeps as you disappear into the night.
Her father speaks; 'No one can tame a man like him.'
He is like the wind; he brings a time of refreshing
then he moves on.

TODAY'S WORD

COMPUNCTION

Uneasiness arising from guilt.

COMMENT

I have read a number of books, articles, essays, and poems over the past several months. I try to read at least one book a month. This is a habit I have had sine grade school. While I don't have a favoritte author, I tend to like those who "fly under the radar". Herman Melville, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and J.R.R. Tolkien are a few that come to mind. I'm eccentric in this case because it fits my liking things that are unusual.

Reading has taught me the value of research, study, imparting and sharing information, and personal enrichment. Each one of us has something or someone we enjoy reading about. I never limit myself to certain subjects,either. I enjoy science and history as much as a good horror story. my advice is to expand your horizons. Never limit yourself to just one genre or subject. Ideas may form that you may have not thought of. Writing a unique and intersting story is worth all the extra effort.

I'm Back

It's been nearly a month since my last post. There's been a move, family issues, and the business of life. I have also been thinking of ways to improve this blog. I enjoy posting "Food for Thought" and "Today's Word". I recent added some poetry and announcements for places to go.
I will continue to post regularly (starting tomorrow) with some new things in store. I am open to any suggestions or ideas. My mission is educate, encourage, and enlighten. I believe the people that visit are intelliegent, creative, and are seeking new horizons.

Take care,
Mocha

TODAY'S WORD

VESTIGE

1. a (1) a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something
(as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished
or lost (2): the smallest quantity or trace b: footprint

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

POEM

FRIENDS

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
a friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

-Jean Kyler McManus

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.

-Joahnn Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet (1749-1832)

TODAY'S WORD

ACCRUE

1. To result from natural growth.

2. To be added as a periodic gain, as interest on money.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Age-based retirement abitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security System, and drives many elderly people into poverty and despair. Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

-Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman (1898-1993)

TODAY'S WORD

-LOGUE

A combining form meaning a specified kind of spoken or written discourse
Ex. monologue

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Admitting that you are wrong will show others
that you are willing to be corrected.

TODAY'S WORD

PANACEA

1. A remedy for all ills or difficulties: CURE-ALL

LOCAL EVENTS

SYNONYMUS

Collaborative Poetry, Music, Movement and Image

Open Mic and Featured Performance
@
Nuyorican Poetry Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY. (between Ave. B & C)
212-505-8183
$7.

TODAY'S WORD

FULMINATE

1. To explode with a loud noise.

2. To issue violent denunciation or strong comdemnation.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I have learned not to sweat the small stuff. Enjoy life, learn something new every day, help someone else without expecting anything in return.

EVENTS

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

AUGUST 11-23, 2006

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

POETRY IS THE RHYTHMICAL CREATION OF BEAUTY IN WORDS.

-Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet (1809-1849)

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

ISLE- transitive verb

1. to make an isle of
2. to place on or as if on an isle

noun

1. Island; especially: islet 1

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

He who does good, for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward,
but is sure of both in the end.

-William Penn, English leader (1644-1718)

TODAY'S WORD

-AN
also -ian, -ean

1. one that is of or relating to

2. one skilled in or specializing in

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

-Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (1898-1993)

CHANGES IN STORE

You will see some changes in this blog. I have been pondering about adding more things to Frappy for some time. I believe that I have a very creative and intelligent following and, therefore, I want to stimulate, create, and educate. Changes include biography, postings of readings and poetry recitations, essays, and prose to name a few. You will still get 'Food for Thought' and 'Today's Word' but more needs to to be added to keep things fresh.

I look forward to your comments, suggestions, critcisms, and opinions. Please don't afraid to criticize because I always feel that it gives me another way to look at things. Peace

Mocha

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

As the family goes, so goes the whole nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

-Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

TODAY'S WORD

SUBTERFUGE

1. Deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade.

2. A deceptive device or stratagem.

POEM

A GOLDEN DAY

I found you and I lost you,
all on a gleaming day.
The day was filled with sunshine,
And the land was full of May.

A golden bird was singing
Its melody divine,
I found you and I loved you,
and all the world was mine.

I found you and I lost you,
All on a golden day,
But when I dream of you, dear,
It is always brimming May.

~Paul Laurence Dunbar

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him
how to fish and you feed him for a life time.

-Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher

TODAY'S WORD

NEE

1. Used to identify a woman by her maiden family name.

2. Originally or formerly called

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

-Florence Nightingale, English activist (1820-1910)

TODAY'S WORD

ANAPHORA

1. Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning
or sucessive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
esp. for rheotorical or poetic effect

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things.
A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out
a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that
on stage.

-Cab Calloway, American musician (1907-1994)

TODAY'S WORD

OBLOQUY

1. A strongly condemnatory utterance: abusive language

2. The condition of one that is discredited: bad repute

TODAY'S WORD

PAN-

A combining form meaning; all (pantheism)

The union of all branches of a group (Pan-American)

TODAY'S WORD

SASHAY

Walk, glide, go
To strut or move in an ostentious or conspicious manner

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

-John Adams, American President (1735-1826)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A real book is not one that we read,
but one that reads us.

-W.H. Auden

TODAY'S WORD

INTERSTICE

1. A space that intervenes between things
esp: one between closely spaced things

A gap or break in something continuous

ESSAY

It has been said that every one has a story to tell. No two stories are the same. No story should be minimized or dismissed. It is from the stories and experiences examples of others that life is enriched.

When I have heard others testimonies of tragedy and triumph and it shows that I am no different than that person. Stories aren't always in words, either. It can be a child overcoming a life threatening disease. It can be a man or woman once strung out on drugs and alcohol living happy productive lives. A story can be told by example. More stories should be told and heard.

In our celebrity conscious culture, the stories of ordinary people are drowned out by 'sensational' stories. I'd rather listen to a stroy about someone who has learned to read than what color dress some actress is wearing. As writers, we should glean whatever we can from others stories. Great writers touch the heart and soul of its readers. Let's find those stories and tell the world about them.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Those who are quick to put labels on others
hate having one put on them.

TODAY'S WORD

PERMEATE

1. To spread or diffuse through


2. To pass through the pores or interstices of.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Learn something new every day.

TODAY'S WORD

DEONTIC

That which is obligatory

Of or relating to moral obligation

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable
to the terror of indecision.

-Maimonides, Spanish philosopher, (1135-1204)

TODAY'S WORD

DI-

Twice; twofold double

Containing two atoms, radicals, or group

TODAY'S WORD

INCIPIENT

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

an~solar system
evidence of~racial tension

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty;
inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

-Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist (1804-1864)

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

GAMBLE
To play a game for money or property
Take a chance

GAMBOL
A skipping or leaping about in play.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

READ..READ.. AND READ SOME MORE!

TODAY'S WORD

DEITIC

Able to show
Showing or pointing out directly

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

There are some things in life that cannot put a price tag on.

TODAY'S WORD

PHILIPPIC

A discourse or declamation full of bitter comdemnation; tirade.

Creativity All Around

The summer is here! Much time will be spent outdoors enjoying the sights and sounds of the streets. The laughter of children playing, the smell of fresh popcorn, and the salty breeze at the beach.

As writers, creativity is all before us. The creative juices are flowing, fleshing out nuggets for ideas for that next story, poem, or novel. Creativity never takes a vacation. It can be something small and insignificant or something grand. It's out there nevertheless. Ideas are inexhaustible; it just takes an open mind and heart to flesh them out.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Life is a long lesson in humility.

-James M. Barrie, British playwright (1860-1937)

TODAY'S WORD

VOLTEFACE

The act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction.

A complete change of attitude or opinion.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

-St. Jerome, saint (347-420)

TODAY'S WORD

EXIGENCY

Pressing state (of circumstances)

Uregt want; pressing necessity.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive
its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to
sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called
to something higher.

- Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (1515-1582)

TODAY'S WORD

COM -prefix or col- or con-

With, together; jointly

Ex. commingle
colinear
concentrate

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

-St. Augustine, saint (354-430)

TODAY'S WORD

TORUS

1. A large molding of convex profile commonly occuring
as the lowest molding at the base of a column.

SLAM ARTISTS AND WORDOLOGISTS

NUYORICAN
236 East 3rd STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10009
Website: nuyorican.org

TODAY'S WORD

DYSTOPIA

An imaginery place where people lead dehumanized
and often fearful lives.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The reason for going on a journey is to see and discover things you may have never knew existed.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached
by the caravan of thinking.

-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)

TODAY'S WORD

PRESCIENT

Foresight; human anticipation of the course of events.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Courage is grace under pressure.

-Ernest Hemingway, American author (1899-1961)

TODAY'S WORD

HEMI- prefix

Half

TODAY'S WORD

BICOASTAL

Of or relating to or living or working on both the east and
west coasts of the United States.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer
than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more
awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing
through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)

TODAY'S WORD

DIDACTIC
1. a: Designed or intended to teach.
b: Intended to convey insturction
and information as well as pleasure
and entertainment.

2. Making moral observations.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Loving what you do is more important
than how much money you earn from it.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever;
but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrw.

-Solomom Ibn Gabirol, Spanish poet (1021-1058)

TODAY'S WORD

LAGNIAPPE

1. A small gift given with a purchase to a customer.

2. A gratuity.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money,
on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would have done as good without one.

-Bobby Vinton, American entertainer
(b. 1935)

TODAY'S WORD

QUORUM

The number of members of a group required to be present
to transact business.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.

-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)

POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD

If you can't get enough of poetry and the spoken word, you can find a number of readings @ WWW.POETZ.COM.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Wars are made to make debt.

-Ezra Pound, American poet (1885-1972)

TODAY'S WORD

SERPENTINE

1. Of or resembbling a serpent (as in form or movement)

2. Subtly wily or tempting

3. A winding or turning one way and another

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)

TODAY'S WORD

PLUTOCRACY
1. A government in which the wealthy class rules.

2. A class ruling by virtue of its wealth.

TODAY'S WORD

CREWEL

A worsted yarn for embroidery and edging.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Know hows to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

-Plutarch, Greek philosopher (46-120 AD)

TODAY'S WORD

EQUANIMITY

Composure under strain; eveness.

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

VEIN- One of the branch vessels conveying blood to the heart.

VAIN- Excessively proud of or conceited about one's own
appearance or achievements.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

-T.S. Eliot, English poet (1888-1965)

TODAY'S WORD

LICENCE also LICENSE

Permission to act; freedom of action