In just a week it's a brand new year already... how fast this time has flown ( Read more... )

S'been a helluva week, in pain the entirety of it - which earlier in the week was coupled with related fever and intense nerve issues ( Read more... )

"'Twas the Eve of the Weekend 'for Hallowe'en
no one dared sleep, none dared to dream
costumes were readied to stave off the fear
as generations had done, year after year
but, alas!, alarm!, this Eve was changed
something this Weekend had come unchained
worn like a mask, carried like a treat
on this Weekend 'for Hallowe'en's Eve..."aye, s'been ( Read more... )

The last long gasp of summertide before it's smothered by the chill cold that equates to roughly 9mths in these north midwestlands ( Read more... )

Summertide is - sadly - starting to segue into cooler weather already, with morning temps dropping * sighs *

BUT here we are, the morning of the first full day of my last vacation of the year ( Read more... )

the values I believe in and support are NOT things I was taught as a child ( as so many proclaim ) but things I learned from being a part of my community and a part of society growing up...
"learned" values, not "taught" values, so to speak ( with rare exception ( Read more... )

got a good walk in before the world awoke this morning... just a day away from the 'Big L' ( or Big Half-C, if you prefer ( Read more... )

"the picture's a mirror
but to whom does it belong" - from Dorian ( Demons & Wizards )

halfway through the year already... we finally escaped what felt like a neverending winter into the deep, rich throes of summer

oh, I love summer - don't think otherwise - but it passes by so, so fast!

...and only two workdays (split by Independence Day) until ( Read more... )

We finally have springlike weather as I begin my 2nd vacation of the year ( Read more... )

and spring begins tomorrow... uhm, well, so the calendar says, but a look outside and mere peek at the below-freezing temps say far otherwise... no sign of it in the very near future, either ( Read more... )