虹の向こうのどこか…
虹の向こうのどこか/空高く、//聞いたことのある国/いつか子守歌で。//虹の向こうのどこか/空青く、//夢に願った夢は/本当にかなうの。// – エドガー・イプセル[・イップ]・ハーバーグ (1896 – 1981): 『虹の彼方に[虹の彼方へ]』(【歌える訳詞】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )) (PexelsによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »

![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)




![IMAGE: Seize the day(, trusting the future [the next day] as little as possible). [(La.) Carpe diem(, quam minimum credula postero).]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/picking-flowers-391610_640-100x75.jpg)