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  • Being Canadian

    Why not to like Canada, excerpts from a randomly amusing tourist book, etc, etc. *is too tired to type up summary that makes the post sound halfway interesting* (Here)

  • While Procrastinating

    "Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much." "...And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from Cr…

  • One Day More

    One more day before the storm! Do I follow where she goes? For this group of crazy writers! Shall I join my brothers there? When our ranks begin to form Do I stay, and do I dare? Will you take your place with meee…

  • Nothing Like a Melancholic Poem to Enliven the Atmosphere

    Violins complain Of autumn again, They sob and moan. And my heartstrings ache Like the song they make, A monotone. Suffocating, drowned, And hollowly, sound The midnight chimes. Then the days return I knew, and I …

  • On The Last Battle, and Tea

    I am a great fan of tea in theory, which is to say, I like the idea of tea more than actually drinking it. But today happens to be a very tea-ish day as far as weather is concerned--not to mention that even if it doesn't…

  • On Twilight

    "Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of …

  • Today's programme: An Emily Dickinson poem, rambling about Regina Doman's books, and then rambling about Prince Caspian. First, the poem. It has the very creative title of "Poem #89." Some things that fly there be -- B…

  • Let the sofa be mountains, the carpet be sea, There I'll establish a city for me... Etcetera. Pictures. Because blocks are just fun to photograph. They are colourful and come in interesting geometric sha…

  • Crazy Eights

    Or at least, it used to be called Crazy Eights. Now it's...Crazy Fives? Something like that. It doesn't have quite the same ring, but no matter. 5 things I’m passionate about 1. Truth 2. Justice 3. (nope, not "the Ameri…

  • I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolle…