EOS shared this story with me many moons ago. The story is about a boy, a shy boy, who is madly in love with a girl in his class. Every afternoon, after school, he follows her home on a path that runs through the woods ( Read more... )

To a Young Poet

Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird.
Bird and wing together
Go down, one feather.

No thing that ever flew,
Not the lark, not you,
Can die as others do.

~Edna St.Vincent Millay

This time of year is always particularly difficult: winter wears me down and my world seems especially bleak. The very thought of boots, coats, scarves, hats, and mittens paralyze me and my mere existence becomes a burden. Until I wake up one morning (this particular morning) and the sun is shining brightly ( Read more... )

I have fallen truly, madly, deeply in love with Oliver.

Check out this photographer's work. I am in awe, speechless.

Whatever we have been given is supposed to be given away again, not kept ... The only essential is this: the gift must always move.
~Lewis Hyde The GiftI have decided that, once I finish reading a book, I will wrap it up and send it to an unsuspecting friend whose name and address I house dearly in a book or on a list. Inside the book, I might make ( Read more... )

~ My friend Dave and I went to see Cold Mountain tonight. The movie itself was ... hmmm ... okay. Jude Law however ... is hot! (I must confess: I would take Mr Law for a test drive. :D ( Read more... )

My heart smiles today. There are good people in my world.

I lost my very best friend today, my dog Max. He went peacefully this afternoon with my parents by his side.

Holy smokes! I can't believe the last time I posted was in September. Yikes ( Read more... )