( The bad thing about spending long periods of time talking with my Dad is that he forces me to think. )

Love which is the most difficult mystery

Asking from every young one answers

And most from those most eager and most beautiful-

Love is a bird in a fist:

To hold it hides it, to look at it lets it go.

It will twist loose if you lift so much as a finger.

It will stay if you cover it-stay but unknown and invisible.

Either you keep it forever with fist ( Read more... )

( an archaeologist/ blogger after my own heart )

"the Athenians, instead of moving the army of Aegina, raised a force of the old and young men that had been left in the city, and marched into the Megarid under the command of Myronides. After a drawn battle with the Corinthians, the rival hosts parted, each with the impression that they had gained the victory. The Athenians, however, if anything, ( Read more... )

( as my fingers are now thawed enough to work the keys )

( but to stupid questions there are stupid answers )

There aren't words for how amazing the ritual at the MacBears' was! Although if there were, they would also be used for the feeling of handing in my essay on time, actually getting the hours booked off to take a short holiday at Reading Week, spending the evening with my loves listening to music and then waking up to find my room full of rising sun ( Read more... )

( ...but I did!! )

Having decided earier this week that I really need to invest in a new watch, I had been putting this off until this month's pay comes in. Yesterday (ie the day before said moneys arrive and shopping can commence) I got a parcel - my subscription gift for a running magazine that I'd been unaware of - a seriously sturdy stopwatch. How awesome is my ( Read more... )

( yep, it's smooth sailing )