Wednesday, December 24, 2008
For you - my Blogit friends from all around the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Matt Harding is best known as the goofy guy who danced his way around the world. First in 2006 when he danced solo, but in 2008 Harding recreated his hit video, this time dancing with residents of the places he visited. Harding's silly jigs have brought inspiration and joy to millions of people --...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all
foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin" ~ Henry David Thoreau Slide Were it not for the absolution uttered by solitude or silence or pure oblivion there would not be those perfect moments of knowing How terrible life would be to be dipped only in darkness Man may attempt to kill the silence and...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
“The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the
the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise? ” ~ Marquis De Sade Arise Scarlett scaldings of fireless free hasten amidst the cloud of me Masterful songstress of tried and true warm the hands...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
I found my thrill...on blueberry hill...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Blueberry /Nightlife Let me take you to the Cirque Bijoux Where hurricane hearts calypso across the dance floor Where Cajun and Zydeco fuse into spice-filled raw energy; a place to drench ourselves in good humour and joie de vivre Let’s listen to the flavour of the Bugaloo With you in my arms we can...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails
to always reach my destination" ~ Jimmy Dean Wind Sharp, biting winter winds spraining the sulking trees Sequaciously pressing through the darkness Unrelenting in their privilege to pound and plunder harmless branches or weary windowpanes Dissevering not between the meek and mighty A blowing force...
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Simplicity I sit listening to the cat’s paws upon the hardwood floor Noticing – as if for the first time – the yellow hue of the night light It’s peaceful enough but today somehow the air seems heavy Opaque Am I clouding the room or is it clouding me Is it I who fills the space or do I contribute to...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." Robert Frost
Loving Love’s certainty comes but once in a lifetime or so it is told, chapter and verse The mystery is pure and absolute Colourful and colourless Needlepoint philosophies of forgive and forget endure and secure Stitch by stitch thinking that winds will carry us and our hearts will be captured in...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
OK... let's kick it up a notch! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good Book The Bible of be and let it be of safe and rescue of staying afloat of whispers in the cold of night Amidst the vast accumulation of words and more words even legends lose their way The Bible of presence of mind to look beyond a dewy- eyed, beatific look and see the richness of the soul...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life." ..
~ Seneca One Thousand One thousand names for tears or broken people with empty gazes shallow in their breathing One thousand names for shattered hearts or lives embroiled in small and unconscious movements One thousand labels for ignoble fear or meek and meager prayers words slipping and sliding...
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Monday, December 15, 2008
A death in my family... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My mother, age 76, met a slightly odd but gregarious and charming British gentlemen over a year ago. Within a couple of months they married and although we, her children, wondered why she married so quickly or why she “chose” such a different kind of man (different by comparison to the men she had...
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