tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43561624794283371802024-03-12T22:24:11.354-05:00Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity<br><b>Dragonfly: Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk.<br><br>
Poetry: The art or work of a poet.<br><br>
Prolixity: Excessive wordiness in speech or writing; longwindedness</b>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comBlogger811125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-31780970544723325612022-08-04T12:26:00.003-05:002022-08-04T12:26:41.596-05:00Untreated Chronic Pain Is Terrifyingly Agonizing <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">I am having the worst pain of my life this week. I know there are many others suffering, too. It is unbearably debilitating. 🥺</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">§~§~§~§~§~§~§</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">“Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice of medicine; here, of all places, it should not be strained.” </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Marcia Angell</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="authorOrTitle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoRXGlwcLnovaq05qkOOHlQ-m1SyKjzfQivaWBQtJ8nNHhMo9-TWNQ8vdCFfJH6uy55Hh0XnUdYiqTlaokwJ7ZJvQDKN3vH0WXrjO4tWW02h_QWPT8sOLHhyF5TT1jL0HhlZgFIQzJuqzb_3uGSZ608Nm04db5F3UkCIds75i69zbqtlIIeeTXNRD/s1020/803AE393-4947-44C5-A733-5A239A4DDBDE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: start;">“I am the dragonfly rising on the wings of unlocked dreams on the verge of magical things.” – Aimee Stewart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 21px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "segoe ui", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "apple color emoji", "segoe ui emoji", "segoe ui symbol"" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 21px; text-align: start;">🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️🧚🏼♀️</span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">“</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">~ </span><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Buddha</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">* ^ * ^ * ^ *</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal;">“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?” ~</span><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px;"><b>Buddha</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px;"><b>^ * ^ * ^ * ^</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;">They’re 6 months old this week & all fixed (at GREAT expense).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(82, 82, 82); color: #525252; font-size: 23px; 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bird whose call is it’s name.</span><b> 🎶🎵🎶</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TJVgx3WvxcjR_uY9Z0oieYEmpUMcRIYWG_U1IYdF1lMIvo4xAdV7q5Z5C7Ulw_gZfW2umhU32lxWH6Yfuoo9UC-9d0y4Ld9stBEw5ABE81JwMivyJi_tIh_Vtwi_mvX7h60CHXr35BjMCOSMdlmXc9xvYMpn70fzmO7qVJBJ6-LeGDPQPCp5UbBF/s1266/A05D22FE-52BA-4CEE-9CEB-0471EF3BBD2D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1266" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TJVgx3WvxcjR_uY9Z0oieYEmpUMcRIYWG_U1IYdF1lMIvo4xAdV7q5Z5C7Ulw_gZfW2umhU32lxWH6Yfuoo9UC-9d0y4Ld9stBEw5ABE81JwMivyJi_tIh_Vtwi_mvX7h60CHXr35BjMCOSMdlmXc9xvYMpn70fzmO7qVJBJ6-LeGDPQPCp5UbBF/w478-h314/A05D22FE-52BA-4CEE-9CEB-0471EF3BBD2D.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Barn Owl</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">This nocturnal beauty is </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;">found on every continent except Antarctica.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;">This bird can have more than 200 songs in its repertoire, and it might sing them all at night. 🌙💫</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;">~*~*~*~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Libre Baskerville", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="phContent phcText" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: #484848; float: left; font-family: sans-serif, serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; padding: 20px; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 790px; word-break: break-word;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Birdsong brings relief <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />to my longing <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />I'm just as ecstatic as they are, <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />but with nothing to say! <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Please universal soul, practice <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />some song or something through me.</span></p></div><div class="phPageBottom" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: #484848; font-family: sans-serif, serif; padding: 20px 20px 0px; text-align: start;"><div class="phpdAuthor" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; width: 750px;"><a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/mewlana-jalaluddin-rumi/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi</span></a></div><div class="phpdAuthor" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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text-align: center;">💙 I love Blue birds! 💙</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV-QvXZbzYp_Ts5JncjvhSDik0ZjzFXtIaRjenxNO_a61jelZfqpLNJDRgeRqtmnx0UO4nXJm57xtS2eXVDuMrixOw_xdnGQv2AqOf7ntP_fafYQhPeIAaHonDrMZmxeEAECcV4FPHXLPaJTjzK_K-zfLO_q-4808KVdheyJ1-x9M9SAPmWAZBOrr/s615/9329F3E4-EC84-4CF1-81D4-F6B0A47A4145.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="615" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV-QvXZbzYp_Ts5JncjvhSDik0ZjzFXtIaRjenxNO_a61jelZfqpLNJDRgeRqtmnx0UO4nXJm57xtS2eXVDuMrixOw_xdnGQv2AqOf7ntP_fafYQhPeIAaHonDrMZmxeEAECcV4FPHXLPaJTjzK_K-zfLO_q-4808KVdheyJ1-x9M9SAPmWAZBOrr/w640-h428/9329F3E4-EC84-4CF1-81D4-F6B0A47A4145.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🔥 My Hummingbirds are only eating at night recently because it’s so hot. 🔥</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="phpdAuthor" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; width: 750px;"><br /></div><div class="phpdAuthor" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; width: 750px;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-42831299469397713772022-07-07T16:14:00.004-05:002022-07-07T16:20:14.554-05:00This Poem Has Gotten Over 70,000 Views on My Blog<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of my favorite poems of all time. I read it often and still marvel at each word picture…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem”. – David Carradine</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1nTM9KmC7ycvqe5QIDzXb271BngVhV1Nqs2A9FLmFtoEpxJ1u80M1zxaeuyELSp3PHN_tWxeQvt6TneTCV3ifRuCEgeniy2h0Q0aaXC7m_86XI9Jpp3vR-HWtjMQZccN4YGuJ1IkdesbComvVx6EXngM1hRd9nhATL1Uk-Ldy-WRHCbENUcyWFpn/s1042/54323268-3177-40BE-A512-BB185B5FD05F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1042" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1nTM9KmC7ycvqe5QIDzXb271BngVhV1Nqs2A9FLmFtoEpxJ1u80M1zxaeuyELSp3PHN_tWxeQvt6TneTCV3ifRuCEgeniy2h0Q0aaXC7m_86XI9Jpp3vR-HWtjMQZccN4YGuJ1IkdesbComvVx6EXngM1hRd9nhATL1Uk-Ldy-WRHCbENUcyWFpn/w640-h466/54323268-3177-40BE-A512-BB185B5FD05F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From: “Houses of Parliament” series by Monet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">📝📝📝📝📝📝</span></div><br /><p></p><p><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monet Refuses The Operation </span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;">by Lisel Mueller</strong></span></p><span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">Doctor, you say there are no haloes</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">around the streetlights in Paris</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">and what I see is an aberration</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">caused by old age, an affliction</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">I tell you it has taken me all my life</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">to arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels, </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">to soften and blur and finally banish </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">the edges you regret I don't see, </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">to learn that the line I called the horizon </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">does not exist and sky and water,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">so long apart, are the same state of being.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">Fifty-four years before I could see </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">Rouen cathedral is built </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">of parallel shafts of sun, </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">and now you want to restore </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">my youthful errors: fixed</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">notions of top and bottom,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">the illusion of three-dimensional space,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">wisteria separate</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">from the bridge it covers.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">What can I say to convince you</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">the Houses of Parliament dissolves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">night after night to become</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">the fluid dream of the Thames?</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">I will not return to a universe </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">of objects that don't know each other,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">as if islands were not the lost children</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">of one great continent. The world </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">is flux, and light becomes what it touches,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">becomes water, lilies on water,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">above and below water,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">becomes lilac and mauve and yellow</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">and white and cerulean lamps,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">small fists passing sunlight </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">so quickly to one another </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">that it would take long, streaming hair</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">inside my brush to catch it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">To paint the speed of light!</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">Our weighted shapes, these verticals, </span></span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">burn to mix with air</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">and change our bones, skin, clothes</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">to gases. Doctor,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">if only you could see</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">how heaven pulls earth into its arms</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">and how infinitely the heart expands </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">to claim this world, </span></span></span><div><span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">blue vapor without end.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;">*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">🌟 </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A special treat: Ms. Mueller reading this amazing poem:</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #f7f7f4; font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dR1j-o_0x5A" width="391" youtube-src-id="dR1j-o_0x5A"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: start;">Lisel Mueller died on February 21, 2020, at the age of 96.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1_Y1K-bIvG1YJpABNZVO9UDj8MnQ0syFhF_D5l3PKIOo8LueJUYOs3y-PQwYE5e4gMQ6s1pMKhnKQBh0GBwU6PtzigBvCh4hBORvHMA_nVY7nbeEQXM04HkVxuzXiExs5fl-ck_XxZK8b22JsB9tYt8MjLfncX6batZyMBkxxf9qtU1F5hbgfPz3/s745/DE2A1C25-C960-46E1-A31A-C540C702C371.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="524" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1_Y1K-bIvG1YJpABNZVO9UDj8MnQ0syFhF_D5l3PKIOo8LueJUYOs3y-PQwYE5e4gMQ6s1pMKhnKQBh0GBwU6PtzigBvCh4hBORvHMA_nVY7nbeEQXM04HkVxuzXiExs5fl-ck_XxZK8b22JsB9tYt8MjLfncX6batZyMBkxxf9qtU1F5hbgfPz3/w281-h400/DE2A1C25-C960-46E1-A31A-C540C702C371.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jack Carr served America as a Navy Seal for 20 years.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. ~<a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/8880-Abraham_Lincoln" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Abraham Lincoln</a></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqAKiSzju3n0dX-9KkIJ8cblGZ6vI2Jef4WI6T3cWgHfD80x4ptMNqs1pXFuR0gp4xz_6aVqVX3w4gvlw37jD4dhhYO7eAg2fYXymbMWfjAb3DgHsLkshdM04vj3Hk-azFTqL-lv9ftvG80KwsRvkw3L0msGKuF54yidMInHGSSgv95xVR10VahtH/s1451/1A7E5A89-216D-4030-B053-C0FF0576C7EC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">🇺🇸 A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass. ~<a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/15324-George_Washington" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">George Washington</a></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">🇺🇸 The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. ~<a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/15324-George_Washington" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">George Washington</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BIbSOMBRiNSFrTg8E_5iRmJtsMgooSpXzYsAsxNI24ml4KIDC4IfNzUcPR8JnTbaDsFZX9IsQK4NP5mJbo4Emnyj4_vI_PSEw0s_DBKxu_YlBC6scyFnU-a7gptRpVSBbflUy6kYE0OS5__UHaXDG0PEzBteN9KKOW8QU0tjpupv6fFzIcDtokwE/s1062/E61B1C05-007B-4700-961E-364898046749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor. ~<a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/15324-George_Washington" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">George Washington</a></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5-P5ZYDfnaIjj52HD4BS0xjP2_-ptryUj9EpcDnm4xNjM92EFPldOshe97OiiatCK-J8llqJmU2gwiuEczE6ot_Z_axND2saVynpym-2Gx0jBVIsqURjxT6QNeuKfawW2RhIPaKuv6MQLsrwF3o4PZfWQvk7KJT7wGVj09l2AQjJPm8d1LS1w3go/s1992/8586D4DB-1A7A-4270-AE74-144EB2AFCBE5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="1620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5-P5ZYDfnaIjj52HD4BS0xjP2_-ptryUj9EpcDnm4xNjM92EFPldOshe97OiiatCK-J8llqJmU2gwiuEczE6ot_Z_axND2saVynpym-2Gx0jBVIsqURjxT6QNeuKfawW2RhIPaKuv6MQLsrwF3o4PZfWQvk7KJT7wGVj09l2AQjJPm8d1LS1w3go/w520-h640/8586D4DB-1A7A-4270-AE74-144EB2AFCBE5.jpeg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>www.insidebidensbasement.org</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Knowledge is power. Don’t be a sheep and don’t trust this administration.</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-33770691524877202902022-06-29T11:48:00.001-05:002022-06-29T11:53:01.893-05:00M O O D<p>Some days you just find a perfectly perfect song to describe your mood. This is dedicated to the 4 surgeons/doctors who ruined my body & health. I only wish they could hear it up close & personal. ☠️</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bPmqLtH9KTY" width="419" youtube-src-id="bPmqLtH9KTY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Martha Wainwright ~ “Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole” 🎶</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><pre class="lyric-body wselect-cnt" data-lang="en" dir="ltr" id="lyric-body-text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: alias; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Poetry is no <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/place" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">place</a> for a <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/heart" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">heart</a> that's a whore
And I'm <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/young" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">young</a> and I'm strong
But I feel old and tired
Over fired
And I've been <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/poked" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">poked</a> and stoked
It's all smoke, there's no more fire
Only desire
For you, <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/whoever" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">whoever</a> you are
For you, <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/whoever" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">whoever</a> you are
You say my time here has been some sort of joke
That I've been <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/messing" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">messing</a> around
Some sort of <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/incubating" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">incubating</a> period
For when I <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/really" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">really</a> come around
I'm <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/cracking" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">cracking</a> up
And you have no idea
No idea how it <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/feels" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">feels</a> to be on your own
In your own home
With the <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/fucking" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">fucking</a> phone
And the <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/mother" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">mother</a> of gloom
In your bedroom
Standing over your head
With her hand in your head
With her hand in your head
I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm all <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/right" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">right</a> for you
When all I <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/wanted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">wanted</a> was to be good
To do <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/everything" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">everything</a> in truth
To do <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/everything" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">everything</a> in truth
Oh I wish I wish I wish I was born a man
So I <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/could" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">could</a> learn how to <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/stand" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">stand</a> up for myself
Like <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/those" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">those</a> guys with guitars
I've been <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/watching" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">watching</a> in bars
Who've been <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/stamping" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">stamping</a> their feet to a <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/different" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">different</a> beat
To a <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/different" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">different</a> beat
To a <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/different" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">different</a> beat
I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm all <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/right" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">right</a> for you
When all I <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/wanted" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">wanted</a> was to be good
To do <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/everything" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">everything</a> in truth
To do <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/everything" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">everything</a> in truth
You <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/bloody" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">bloody</a> mother <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/fucking" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">fucking</a> asshole
Oh you <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/bloody" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">bloody</a> mother <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/fucking" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">fucking</a> asshole
Oh you <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/bloody" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">bloody</a> mother <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/fucking" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">fucking</a> asshole
I will not pretend
I will not put on a smile
I will not say I'm all <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/right" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">right</a> for you
For you, <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/whoever" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">whoever</a> you are</pre></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-16839459191587546332022-06-22T10:54:00.000-05:002022-06-22T10:54:08.053-05:00Painters by Jewel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIvfIRBDYyM" width="432" youtube-src-id="lIvfIRBDYyM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Painters by Jewel</div><p><br /></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch</span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Watching the clouds roll by</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A thousand times, or maybe just his smile,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Her and her canvas would follow him wherever he would go</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">'Cause they were painters and they were painting themselves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely world</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Oil streaked daisies covered the living room walls</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He put water colored roses in her hair</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He said, "Love, I love you,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I want to give you the mountains, the sunshine,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The sunset too</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me"</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">'Cause I'm a painter and I want to paint you</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely way</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So they sat down and made a drawing of their love,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They made it an art to live by</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They painted every passion, every home, created every beautiful child</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">In the winter they were weavers of warmth,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">In the summer they were carpenters of love</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They thought blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And they were painters and they had painted themselves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely world</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Until one day the rain fell as thick as black oil</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And in her heart she knew something was wrong</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">She went running through the orchard screaming,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"No God, don't take him from me!"</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">But by the time she got there, she feared he already had gone</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">She got to where he lay, water colored roses in his hands for her</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">She threw them down screaming, "Damn you man, don't leave me</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">With nothing left behind but these cold paintings, these cold portraits</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">To remind me!"</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He said, "Love I only leave a little, try to understand</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I put my soul in this life we've created with these four hands</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Love, I leave, but only a little, this world holds me still</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">My body may die now, but these paintings are real"</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">La li lai la li lai la li lai</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So many seasons came and many seasons went</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And many times she saw her love's face watering the flowers,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Talking to the trees and singing to his children,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And when the wind blew, she knew he was listening,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">And how he seemed to laugh along, and how he seemed to hold her</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When she was crying</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">'Cause they were painters and they had painted themselves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely world</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Watching the clouds roll by</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">When she used color carelessly, painted his portrait</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A thousand times, or maybe just his smile,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Her and her canvas would follow him wherever he would go</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Yes, she and her canvas still follow</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">'Cause they are painters and they are painting themselves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">'Cause they are painters and they are painting themselves</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.747003555297852px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A lovely world</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5YUMe5cYVfAKBLygWBi0hItCraiVimAxVl7n9dlanTm6DXj-z2zslupvJ6_mQZAAzbhKOeKFlcV2haxtnBBZCwPH7rCsxfb6cNXOQu6rGGj23PZY_FRJJTv0VkvXRHkr0mqhNWYd5_H2YLFwU64UyAh6hyPpaJtnMOZtiFUoH7j0ZvAKHldZ7GM_/s1163/0727001D-0B51-4723-8D34-8C9663E8AD24.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I’m the tall one. 😼 We’re 10-1/2 months apart in age.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqu1T118yrFu-_dUvYplNe3xNu_YOFK5u2zR7iabjXXhMSmVgIOxgFDNumvdyp_2ZWss6QN6WRWqb-Bagt7szXlXQv199Zw9mCvmmiqXosWpvDWBXqnFp04S641wArb-oUacs8W7stf7dvpndI8ZGuZgE2OCClhmX-CeyBkSOnOoSsbo1HSkFM9Sz/s994/FCD4514A-E54E-4858-9F3E-B565A4B5C577.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="988" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqu1T118yrFu-_dUvYplNe3xNu_YOFK5u2zR7iabjXXhMSmVgIOxgFDNumvdyp_2ZWss6QN6WRWqb-Bagt7szXlXQv199Zw9mCvmmiqXosWpvDWBXqnFp04S641wArb-oUacs8W7stf7dvpndI8ZGuZgE2OCClhmX-CeyBkSOnOoSsbo1HSkFM9Sz/w369-h371/FCD4514A-E54E-4858-9F3E-B565A4B5C577.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-4759885281432565462022-06-05T16:10:00.001-05:002022-06-05T16:10:47.138-05:00My Life is Painful, but Often Beautiful…<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CtkOTaNkW2YDJykc2dP_0ODYhTqLkv5wPY7eWNxPv5bdj4A0pLIVkE8FdtR_KTouKq0vJ9Ov8HBgnwYlBmGHtj0ZBH5_3S5dDg9TqMSHK7phEu1NT-TRAQq5sWTIf8WaRn2kbJHC4Mud43Lz723aXaEhE2KgnGv_UeWZYuA-g0L-O2RnXPHrDSTq/s1166/13BFEFE3-D1A7-4340-BF4B-EA5F70C15E09.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1166" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CtkOTaNkW2YDJykc2dP_0ODYhTqLkv5wPY7eWNxPv5bdj4A0pLIVkE8FdtR_KTouKq0vJ9Ov8HBgnwYlBmGHtj0ZBH5_3S5dDg9TqMSHK7phEu1NT-TRAQq5sWTIf8WaRn2kbJHC4Mud43Lz723aXaEhE2KgnGv_UeWZYuA-g0L-O2RnXPHrDSTq/w400-h378/13BFEFE3-D1A7-4340-BF4B-EA5F70C15E09.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">From: “On Pain” by Khalil Gibran</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">“<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: "Poets Electra", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: "Poets Electra", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.</span></span></p><pre style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: "Poets Electra", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.</span></pre><pre style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(30, 30, 30, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: "Poets Electra", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></pre><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qVA8XEPZ3gk" width="320" youtube-src-id="qVA8XEPZ3gk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">😘💋 Johnny Depp’s band with Alice Cooper & Joe Perry, “Hollywood Vampires” 🎶</div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHVO_lbK7ZcJW_T-U1yAcgN1Ak5GLnrbLP_sUbxuAxQR4Xm6mZUXdcuiDDkXjvJQs9c5UsRBWxuROsR3V-7oK_4_k9p-ksKcU_axaWorwS1bylzBmzaG6A5X4XV0xd4dDiYug1MLBPUbKcgplGyW7ETwSduE9o4-MStpsegQSYogGe_RjVTSH6g1d/s1127/1DBAF49C-8189-468B-8800-9105CE51A7B0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHVO_lbK7ZcJW_T-U1yAcgN1Ak5GLnrbLP_sUbxuAxQR4Xm6mZUXdcuiDDkXjvJQs9c5UsRBWxuROsR3V-7oK_4_k9p-ksKcU_axaWorwS1bylzBmzaG6A5X4XV0xd4dDiYug1MLBPUbKcgplGyW7ETwSduE9o4-MStpsegQSYogGe_RjVTSH6g1d/w395-h400/1DBAF49C-8189-468B-8800-9105CE51A7B0.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🙏🏼 Amen! 🙏🏼</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8XGUrtBYkCVUZqyN2AhyJ_UAD4PRIi0BS0-5EjgBxWieKb7Sj0t9X_uVnV15cChP3YOCDlnheDJpKDrIu0LwuPm6tuJSDS5h7fzMigG469vQGSjyB8o0Hy4X5kvPC1PfiazmY1ccJTlkmcTWKwnjP5t8wh5_FteSXQK7V3DeAREgLWkrg8fuV7tV/s3059/8B4A6F98-A70B-4FC7-8057-46207A8A68E3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3059" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8XGUrtBYkCVUZqyN2AhyJ_UAD4PRIi0BS0-5EjgBxWieKb7Sj0t9X_uVnV15cChP3YOCDlnheDJpKDrIu0LwuPm6tuJSDS5h7fzMigG469vQGSjyB8o0Hy4X5kvPC1PfiazmY1ccJTlkmcTWKwnjP5t8wh5_FteSXQK7V3DeAREgLWkrg8fuV7tV/w512-h640/8B4A6F98-A70B-4FC7-8057-46207A8A68E3.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="author" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 18px 0px 26px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/5491-Khalil_Gibran" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Khalil Gibran</a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FcJ9Pg0Y9kg" width="320" youtube-src-id="FcJ9Pg0Y9kg"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p class="single-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, "sans serif"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited by my agonized self, into calm. It is my fervent hope that my whole life on this earth will ever be tears and laughter. Tears that purify my heart and reveal to me the secret of life and its mystery, Laughter that brings me closer to my fellow men; Tears with which I join the broken-hearted, Laugher that symbolizes joy over my very existence.”</p><div class="author" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 18px 0px 26px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.azquotes.com/author/5491-Khalil_Gibran" style="background-position: 0px 0px; color: #a94c1c; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Khalil Gibran</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-sHOByBSiqsez7FXWTLQ4TrKMssBu3YuwXyKn-DfS9cXz0y2RRxd-b5J1b9C_loj8XQ2vpCiN6-6Rqcu6es9jKqWP0O3odQagkEXJrjEZV-hmuy062vkH_k8fJ5CUc0t-ZeNJgP-I-rNjQGCd7MhX3BQc8AqSwuWFvieP_e1y8-jfzDzz0V4Ih6K/s1042/85D21B3E-5228-4B83-8BD2-59FDF0A09E97.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; width: 750px;"><br /></div></div>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-49676515284255598222022-04-10T13:13:00.001-05:002022-04-10T13:14:11.169-05:00Love Is Betrayal<pre class="lyric-body wselect-cnt" data-lang="en" dir="ltr" id="lyric-body-text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: alias !important; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ViajvX-m2_Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="ViajvX-m2_Y"></iframe></div><br /><pre class="lyric-body wselect-cnt" data-lang="en" dir="ltr" id="lyric-body-text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: alias !important; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></pre><pre class="lyric-body wselect-cnt" data-lang="en" dir="ltr" id="lyric-body-text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: alias !important; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">❤️🔥💔 Love Is Betrayal 🎶🎵 by Wayne Murray & Timothy Larcombe</pre><pre class="lyric-body wselect-cnt" data-lang="en" dir="ltr" id="lyric-body-text" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; cursor: alias !important; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 9.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Wake up
There’s a face <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/staring" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">staring</a> back at me
And I don’t like what I see
Love is <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/betrayal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">betrayal</a>
And <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/heaven" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">heaven</a> is hell
Falling
Through the abyss
Waves <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/crash" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">crash</a> all <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/around" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">around</a> me, each one <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/feels" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">feels</a> like a kiss
Fighting
Like a soul <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/going" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">going</a> to war
Better show me <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/something" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">something</a> that’s <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/worth" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">worth</a> dying for
Love is betrayal
And <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/heaven" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">heaven</a> is hell
Hit me like thunder
Hold my head under
Wrap me in chains
Love is betrayal
Wake up
There’s a face <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/staring" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">staring</a> back at me
And I don’t like what I see</pre>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-54887539848841375922022-03-16T11:45:00.003-05:002022-03-19T15:01:33.638-05:00The Singularity by Malojian <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kGwMg-d3F60" width="320" youtube-src-id="kGwMg-d3F60"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">🎶 ‘The Singularity’ by Malojian 🎶</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCkop9MEE7S0hyKzoN2_WeN26d8oPq7x8ye90QlXY24U3BcfDMSpp-6HMyFkPdKPaIxbxCLIQc2C9eBJSBYsHKwmISH4AQe6s7zR3WMY0sx3hjzKlWT_-7OaadwQZTjzDHICTR_DGqLg3Wr-kbrcxXklkuXNg_jpSnRJoUgHZzjnRrAniou0NbLR2p=s869" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="869" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCkop9MEE7S0hyKzoN2_WeN26d8oPq7x8ye90QlXY24U3BcfDMSpp-6HMyFkPdKPaIxbxCLIQc2C9eBJSBYsHKwmISH4AQe6s7zR3WMY0sx3hjzKlWT_-7OaadwQZTjzDHICTR_DGqLg3Wr-kbrcxXklkuXNg_jpSnRJoUgHZzjnRrAniou0NbLR2p=w640-h458" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€¥€</div><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="TextLabel-sc-8kw9oj-0 Lyrics__Title-sc-1ynbvzw-0 hHEDka" font-weight="light" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, Arial, sans-serif; grid-column-end: left-end; grid-column-start: left-start; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Singularity Lyrics - By Malojian</span></h2><div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-6 jYfhrf" data-lyrics-container="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; grid-column-end: left-end; grid-column-start: left-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px;"><br /></div><div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-6 jYfhrf" data-lyrics-container="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; grid-column-end: left-end; grid-column-start: left-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px;">Plug your phone in for awhile<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Watch the bars go up, and smile<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Never need to leave your home<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These days, kids play on their own<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It's all around you now<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The machines, the cloud<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />All surround you now<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Is there anyone here<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />That can heal the trembling of my heart?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If I show you my fears<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Could you heal the trembling of my heart?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hold on<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hold on, disease<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />For the singularity<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It's all around you now<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The machines, the cloud<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />All surround you now<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Is there anyone here<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Who can heal the trеmbling of my heart?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If I show you my fears<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Could you heal thе trembling of my heart?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hold on<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Hold on, disease<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />For the singularity</div><div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-6 jYfhrf" data-lyrics-container="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-6 jYfhrf" data-lyrics-container="true" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Programme, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; grid-column-end: left-end; grid-column-start: left-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px;"><br /></div>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-31418389766472501952022-01-26T21:08:00.005-06:002022-01-26T21:10:57.569-06:00A Stone, A Leaf, A Door by Thomas Wolfe<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTX_Sad_b1Knv2fkQCKaL-HaLHwVWJOa6JEKsSdnH_3PgS_1geTkIaMuPfa---qe9HNSPG-PgVXsfxeS4bptoqAuu-nRTzGZ5VMX594peszwdTlv6j4FCQnB1obeQZDlNBIoDpS10IqXflKswIylCQNC3HwwemTdaW0axNLnC6S8K_KtJ5w4m4FP2q=s587" style="clear: left; 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Joy!<br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Stone, A Leaf, A Door </b>by Thomas Wolfe</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">… A stone, a leaf, an unfound door;</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">of a stone, a leaf, a door.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">And of all the forgotten faces.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Naked and alone we came into exile.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">In her dark womb</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">we did not know our mother’s face;</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">from the prison of her flesh have we come</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">of this earth.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Which of us has known his brother?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Which of us has looked into his father’s heart?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">O waste of loss, in the hot mazes, </span><span style="background-color: white;">lost,</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">among the bright stars</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">on this most weary unbright cinder, lost!</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Remembering speechlessly</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">we seek the great forgotten language,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">the lost lane-end into heaven,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">a stone, a leaf, an unfound door.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Where? When?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">O lost, and by the wind grieved,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">ghost, come back again.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; margin: 0px 0px 7px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbd8Rni3gpoK7bbj0zzZ4_SSelyZjMfxCxbNZLvUa6FfO2153gmavHAaqRA5vtwD4MzQS_pNNBbedzheDBJoxJxsrwQby3xTiRE4Oz2C-Ef2HtlGf8Q_9GINJWuyY_jb-xedntEXt0oiF9K3DTZcngpY2pqTyMQ4EFPLH_l5VMmB_lUOM9sQXT-cEQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbd8Rni3gpoK7bbj0zzZ4_SSelyZjMfxCxbNZLvUa6FfO2153gmavHAaqRA5vtwD4MzQS_pNNBbedzheDBJoxJxsrwQby3xTiRE4Oz2C-Ef2HtlGf8Q_9GINJWuyY_jb-xedntEXt0oiF9K3DTZcngpY2pqTyMQ4EFPLH_l5VMmB_lUOM9sQXT-cEQ=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doors are portals to the unknown… </div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-63207846568724963952022-01-25T12:46:00.001-06:002022-01-25T21:30:55.760-06:00The Way It Is by William Stafford<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWng12yWbfkDZqnEMUERZSgLmsHTIDoa9wgQeu2fPvkrSfhB1NH6sO9OQf3qQNbIAkJRtaBPWdMRvht57bdokJpYG5Ji85jWakBifRsjQF989h65aMOFTLKwB8AyB5RpV5kxn3wg07m4KXXdmGVnL7pctlJTlIaNQUdHiotkK1wkNEnlwD9JeCr6Ny=s1008" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1008" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWng12yWbfkDZqnEMUERZSgLmsHTIDoa9wgQeu2fPvkrSfhB1NH6sO9OQf3qQNbIAkJRtaBPWdMRvht57bdokJpYG5Ji85jWakBifRsjQF989h65aMOFTLKwB8AyB5RpV5kxn3wg07m4KXXdmGVnL7pctlJTlIaNQUdHiotkK1wkNEnlwD9JeCr6Ny=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>The Way It Is</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Stafford</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">There’s a thread you follow. It goes among</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">things that change. But it doesn’t change.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">People wonder about what you are pursuing.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">You have to explain about the thread.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">But it is hard for others to see.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">While you hold it you can’t get lost.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">Tragedies happen; people get hurt</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">or die; and you suffer and get old.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">You don’t ever let go of the thread.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">*+*+*+*+*+*</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;">My thread:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOn8ZlS1xYrG7wVSDGq7YRqQusrwruEMOLwtCMzzQpbF9exkXCJpi_-LuVI24FOn5HcHMyopeCm9mSHhOUNJURwi6cRufUHnLVpONwuligqtQyTHBFdTgkUR6GReLS_aO-8ZgPiYlwiiZCvENWjujYrtS0InQ6rVLz-B8q4WBapsMjMKD6spYCm-ch=s1053" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="783" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOn8ZlS1xYrG7wVSDGq7YRqQusrwruEMOLwtCMzzQpbF9exkXCJpi_-LuVI24FOn5HcHMyopeCm9mSHhOUNJURwi6cRufUHnLVpONwuligqtQyTHBFdTgkUR6GReLS_aO-8ZgPiYlwiiZCvENWjujYrtS0InQ6rVLz-B8q4WBapsMjMKD6spYCm-ch=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jesus, Prince of Peace, Light of the World, Son of God, Healer, Savior…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KeXcHAurv5A" width="320" youtube-src-id="KeXcHAurv5A"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our nation needs revival. God’s Spirit flows from this song. 🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-62402238209113423572022-01-22T12:22:00.000-06:002022-01-22T12:22:01.158-06:00Spoken Word Poetry & Satisfaction & HAIM - Girl Power<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yz4shNTcltg" width="320" youtube-src-id="yz4shNTcltg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“Like a Woman” by </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annabelle Fern</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a8RFignlzaM" width="320" youtube-src-id="a8RFignlzaM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” by Bjork & P. J. Harvey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VikyxJoBF2k" width="320" youtube-src-id="VikyxJoBF2k"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAIM performing “Oh, Well” by Fleetwood Mac </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD2CSTNwGEqeq6v3_QbUazlUc5WDj41-pOI7tfU3VQTrXODGTooQqScY_kyGQrsfIHy4YSNAvMo74qWKYmprINs_SzdcpLeHhAwlVpCt_DTqvSOL9C06DXh6IyohCpKxdcgb8JRyijsBqhdgss90fPUmxaavMBSo18vXdzK9mwvWZewo1qSMZMAMKL=s1289" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1073" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD2CSTNwGEqeq6v3_QbUazlUc5WDj41-pOI7tfU3VQTrXODGTooQqScY_kyGQrsfIHy4YSNAvMo74qWKYmprINs_SzdcpLeHhAwlVpCt_DTqvSOL9C06DXh6IyohCpKxdcgb8JRyijsBqhdgss90fPUmxaavMBSo18vXdzK9mwvWZewo1qSMZMAMKL=w533-h640" width="533" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-85508329561665794312022-01-20T22:23:00.002-06:002022-01-20T22:23:47.504-06:00Random Crap from a Weary Mind<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: canada-type-gibson; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit;">There's a certain Slant of light, (320)</span></p><div class="c-feature-sub c-feature-sub_vast" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 33px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="c-txt c-txt_attribution" style="border: 0px; color: #494949; display: inline-block; font-family: canada-type-gibson; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BY <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1); vertical-align: baseline;">EMILY DICKINSON</a></span></div></div><div class="c-feature-bd" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="o-poem isActive" data-view="PoemView" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">There's a certain Slant of light,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Winter Afternoons –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">That oppresses, like the Heft<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Of Cathedral Tunes –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">We can find no scar,<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">But internal difference –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Where the Meanings, are –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">None may teach it – Any –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">'Tis the seal Despair –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">An imperial affliction<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Sent us of the Air –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">When it comes, the Landscape listens –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Shadows – hold their breath –<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">When it goes, 'tis like the Distance<br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">On the look of Death –</div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;">+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizNJ6jTYjAij3pQuZ97H4agciUFtVuubmC16CSXWATGFwYWQeO_OgWK2s7nyVMYhHEUC-lCW7uh1mquKUzE03Rbj3S_jFarNqkh2t_Aqx0Cb2JEdftKB52j1DWOd67PsxBbOvghBzjaRqCK_s9sLSFNuU8wznwq0YX_7CQ9KHMxSPFH75Kw_mkh2Oo=s1161" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1161" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizNJ6jTYjAij3pQuZ97H4agciUFtVuubmC16CSXWATGFwYWQeO_OgWK2s7nyVMYhHEUC-lCW7uh1mquKUzE03Rbj3S_jFarNqkh2t_Aqx0Cb2JEdftKB52j1DWOd67PsxBbOvghBzjaRqCK_s9sLSFNuU8wznwq0YX_7CQ9KHMxSPFH75Kw_mkh2Oo=w400-h396" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know my neighbors hate hearing me ‘here, kitty, kitty’ every night for the past 30 years. 😼😹 We took in a feral kitten on Halloween…It’s about to explode kittens any day now…We thought it was a boy. 🤦🏼♀️</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdWNbWhXRJ-NrzmuawuIlK4vLyJnWt0iewPtTMyu8lVUXQahPykRVa4vIzol-k9Vek8r-c3gVY7CbNP8Xjq9TBBxjCcug0U4j0T2s1ko421JBli8lNGFXzjLVv4xSda0nfrazbLh2UseQuITW4-iUNibDfUjJgaLimz-DVQEt41gtbLbOjVCickR4l=s917" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="757" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdWNbWhXRJ-NrzmuawuIlK4vLyJnWt0iewPtTMyu8lVUXQahPykRVa4vIzol-k9Vek8r-c3gVY7CbNP8Xjq9TBBxjCcug0U4j0T2s1ko421JBli8lNGFXzjLVv4xSda0nfrazbLh2UseQuITW4-iUNibDfUjJgaLimz-DVQEt41gtbLbOjVCickR4l=w330-h400" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don’t worry; be happy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn3c_ppH4tJEoFtu6cP3Gyi5LzsmAZ-Izux8eNU4ArJ6Bl3_eAPv_uzbAm8_44jlOIzbCl0YHMR6Z5mTXivT8740-usnped1U2bzEroYmBMVGa2FXT4qKbyAqrdTJPM0Kd71p52UhJQS4W0VhOl6dlsR7M90B7cNTdqQN8MySOqvMSMWPf_bQUXhq1=s3097" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3097" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgn3c_ppH4tJEoFtu6cP3Gyi5LzsmAZ-Izux8eNU4ArJ6Bl3_eAPv_uzbAm8_44jlOIzbCl0YHMR6Z5mTXivT8740-usnped1U2bzEroYmBMVGa2FXT4qKbyAqrdTJPM0Kd71p52UhJQS4W0VhOl6dlsR7M90B7cNTdqQN8MySOqvMSMWPf_bQUXhq1=w316-h400" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rock on, Jesus & baby Buddha. ☯️</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDHtolLnAuhRQlQ-IdJsCZ9jjfTK-DCHMmNdJRezl-yHLyVEpzDPXcCzs6fchxYJUoYywANBRuy25IOMRkpb5hc3DY-rhaDZHex1ObzljMoA601EjRw-ftxNto4Oa_H4W6wwW9AQoZpVRDnUeuDc1fBXtyHmByl7grhpmSA5VZsbnKrdf-i2x_wfT5=s1190" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1190" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDHtolLnAuhRQlQ-IdJsCZ9jjfTK-DCHMmNdJRezl-yHLyVEpzDPXcCzs6fchxYJUoYywANBRuy25IOMRkpb5hc3DY-rhaDZHex1ObzljMoA601EjRw-ftxNto4Oa_H4W6wwW9AQoZpVRDnUeuDc1fBXtyHmByl7grhpmSA5VZsbnKrdf-i2x_wfT5=w400-h272" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🇺🇸 It’s SO FUN & FREEING to post on a social media platform with no Commie censorship! 🇺🇸</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hW_WLxseq0o" width="320" youtube-src-id="hW_WLxseq0o"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, the memories attached to this phantasmagorical song, “KASMIR”. 🥰</div><br />Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-47794766098083314242021-12-24T14:46:00.001-06:002021-12-24T14:46:55.705-06:00Merry Christmas!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuTwnQ6GFSrJOCj6CQwKcMN1vlP74hIrQ25725pCQlwMnpSI057pzOGnU7TJIpyazp5AQZFgtXF34E_1RvSjp2xFRYN2GhYruktBk5oUNfPKWFYjZd2eybcPiyOaLmb93LyYFTsr3XKyJonM9wDZjiG4Vo6wAYgho1YKDVWjXmuhgpPdjISvH2XOUq=s3059" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3059" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuTwnQ6GFSrJOCj6CQwKcMN1vlP74hIrQ25725pCQlwMnpSI057pzOGnU7TJIpyazp5AQZFgtXF34E_1RvSjp2xFRYN2GhYruktBk5oUNfPKWFYjZd2eybcPiyOaLmb93LyYFTsr3XKyJonM9wDZjiG4Vo6wAYgho1YKDVWjXmuhgpPdjISvH2XOUq=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My beautiful Christmas Orchid. Wishing you all a happy, peaceful, joy-filled Christmas. I’m still fighting severe pain in my arms, back, hips, knee, etc., but I’m blessed to be alive. 💆🏼♀️ Chop wood; carry water.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv8fx5ScqHX3M8Qaw4hmKKZN0Xc7rdGX-oi2R5cwvw0po7gaVziIgj8mKZBLXrvRAJ7fu-LOG6vk45ewUNFgqEwMu6E72UZIKYAZRQn5cI7wKVe9aasXW7JXHGdt055CmkW1JczBey4eh4_i5jcNebP1G8440FYKZX5XxoxQZqYisT7P_C6zt9En2L=s1038" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="831" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv8fx5ScqHX3M8Qaw4hmKKZN0Xc7rdGX-oi2R5cwvw0po7gaVziIgj8mKZBLXrvRAJ7fu-LOG6vk45ewUNFgqEwMu6E72UZIKYAZRQn5cI7wKVe9aasXW7JXHGdt055CmkW1JczBey4eh4_i5jcNebP1G8440FYKZX5XxoxQZqYisT7P_C6zt9En2L=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peace on earth. 🙏🏼</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJpME37_k2UjFDuOTDYTgbHIbasAHCrqcpPRn2Rpb3Elhk_6R5dMuKoY9CpcVAujcObQow7VB77yrqJWk0-y1aigmtrpcv70ze2XU4PYh3wlu58unAoFz5jZ6xzJV2IK6--qPe2gcKYKlAdK6JDqyvMMHfVsOyYe9Hs-pQDlrkgy9jKlZSA0nB4hwN=s991" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="793" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJpME37_k2UjFDuOTDYTgbHIbasAHCrqcpPRn2Rpb3Elhk_6R5dMuKoY9CpcVAujcObQow7VB77yrqJWk0-y1aigmtrpcv70ze2XU4PYh3wlu58unAoFz5jZ6xzJV2IK6--qPe2gcKYKlAdK6JDqyvMMHfVsOyYe9Hs-pQDlrkgy9jKlZSA0nB4hwN=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday, Jesus! 🦋✝️🦋</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMPRXJBvncpsRzcHKK9DEmecJsIx9WdwfsYMKIdISkSlWfUx51kig9iC_pFksdbe62bEsabH8s_QLO9bZOPwiwQ-70j_AEBhIf9phqQd74ADjFCU4sxOx7HUhVUxeMGv5WiF7wN-2ZNaepAnwlWHdpFBKjmh1XkQZN2PpNJ3_DtIU_f9ZGKKlj1DqC=s1556" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1153" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMPRXJBvncpsRzcHKK9DEmecJsIx9WdwfsYMKIdISkSlWfUx51kig9iC_pFksdbe62bEsabH8s_QLO9bZOPwiwQ-70j_AEBhIf9phqQd74ADjFCU4sxOx7HUhVUxeMGv5WiF7wN-2ZNaepAnwlWHdpFBKjmh1XkQZN2PpNJ3_DtIU_f9ZGKKlj1DqC=w296-h400" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My precious granddaughter, Mary Mace, turned 18 today! 🥰 They’re in Hawaii for Christmas. 🏄♀️</div><br /><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-89181867108657349492021-11-19T15:04:00.003-06:002021-11-20T15:17:36.282-06:00Annunciation by Denise Levertov<p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEHkD4cccOc/YZgM2fsBuII/AAAAAAAAK4E/p7F96XVrgpgFtUWhzaGnLcQp5SmmLHepwCPcBGAsYHg/s960/IMG_20170718_203833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEHkD4cccOc/YZgM2fsBuII/AAAAAAAAK4E/p7F96XVrgpgFtUWhzaGnLcQp5SmmLHepwCPcBGAsYHg/w504-h640/IMG_20170718_203833.jpg" width="504" /></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🌞 God is light. In Him is no darkness at all. 🌺</div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i><b>ANNUNCIATION</b> by Denise Levertov</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">Hail, space for the uncontained God’<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />From the Agathistos Hymn, Greece,</span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">We know the scene: the room, variously furnished,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />almost always a lectern, a book; always<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the tall lily.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Arrived on solemn grandeur of great wings,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the angelic ambassador, standing or hovering,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />whom she acknowledges, a guest.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">But we are told of meek obedience. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">No one mentions<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />courage.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The engendering Spirit<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />did not enter her without consent.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />God waited.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">She was free<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />to accept or to refuse, choice<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />integral to humanness.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">Aren’t there annunciations<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />of one sort or another<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in most lives?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Some unwillingly<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />undertake great destinies,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />enact them in sullen pride,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />uncomprehending.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />More often<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />those moments<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />when roads of light and storm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />open from darkness in a man or woman,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />are turned away from<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in dread, in a wave of weakness, in despair<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and with relief.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ordinary lives continue.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />God does not smite them.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But the gates close, the pathway vanishes.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;">She had been a child who played, ate, slept<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />like any other child – but unlike others,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />wept only for pity, laughed<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in joy not triumph.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Compassion and intelligence<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> fused in her, indivisible.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Called to a destiny more momentous<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />than any in all of Time,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />she did not quail,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />only asked<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />a simple, ‘How can this be?’<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />and gravely, courteously,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />took to heart the angel’s reply,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />perceiving instantly<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the astounding ministry she was offered: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">to bear in her womb<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Infinite weight and lightness; to carry<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in hidden, finite inwardness,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />nine months of Eternity; to contain<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in slender vase of being,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the sum of power –<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />in narrow flesh,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />the sum of light.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Then bring to birth,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />push out into air, a Man-child<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />needing, like any other,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />milk and love –</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">but who was God. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I'm back. I missed everyone!!! 🌻 My Ipad & computer died a few weeks ago & my kindle is slowly biting the dust, too. I ordered new ones, but they're backordered. 😕 I love you all! xo</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">My breast biopsy was negative, thankfully, but both of my arms (biceps/deltoids) were severely strained from being overstretched during surgery. I'd been going to physical therapy twice a week for months now which drains me and is horrifyingly hard/painful. My hip pain was mostly resolved, but both of my arms are in severe pain. 😂 I laugh because I'm jinxed when it comes to pain...it's been never-ending and always severe. No medication for it, either. I can't even take Advil because it kills my stomach. I'm mortally depressed most days and struggle to even get up and dressed. But, as He promised, God holds me up and covers me with his wings (Psalm 91) and I am comforted, comforted and safe. 🙏 🎈📚 God bless you all.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif">That's my story today. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-54751266082817210282021-05-28T18:36:00.007-05:002021-05-28T18:42:04.068-05:00Volcanoes - Mother Nature’s Power<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n6cYq6Nw3Q8" width="320" youtube-src-id="n6cYq6Nw3Q8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🔥 Magnificent, glorious views of the currently erupting Icelandic Volcano by ‘Drone Zone’ on YouTube.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">€€€€€€€€€€</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🙏🏼 Pray for the people of the Goma, Congo area <span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; text-align: left;">where Mount Nyiragongo recently erupted, displacing hundreds of thousands of people who lived along side the volcano.</span><span face="DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(73, 73, 73); color: #494949; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; text-align: left;"> 🙏🏼</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="phContent phcText" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: #484848; float: left; font-family: sans-serif, serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; padding: 20px; position: relative; width: 790px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;">601</span></div><div class="phContent phcText" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: #484848; float: left; font-family: sans-serif, serif; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; padding: 20px; position: relative; width: 790px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A still—Volcano—Life— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />That flickered in the night— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When it was dark enough to do <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Without erasing sight— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A quiet—Earthquake Style— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Too subtle to suspect <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />By natures this side Naples— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The North cannot detect <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Solemn—Torrid—Symbol— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The lips that never lie— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Whose hissing Corals part—and shut— <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And Cities—ooze away— </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="phPageBottom" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: #484848; font-family: sans-serif, serif; padding: 20px 20px 0px; text-align: start;"><div class="phpdAuthor" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; width: 750px;"><a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/emily-dickinson/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Emily Dickinson"><span style="font-size: medium;">Emily Dickinson</span></a></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-26376761825469525102021-05-25T11:30:00.000-05:002021-05-25T11:30:03.041-05:00Here Comes Hurricane Season 😎<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7wf-xDwP5w/YK0fWgRFdfI/AAAAAAAAKvA/jTFdQYE5Ib4f0Ham59PUSqEETCcw616YwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9DBF012F-8A21-460F-ADE8-69D6E02AD98B.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7wf-xDwP5w/YK0fWgRFdfI/AAAAAAAAKvA/jTFdQYE5Ib4f0Ham59PUSqEETCcw616YwCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/9DBF012F-8A21-460F-ADE8-69D6E02AD98B.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you, Kelly, for this awesome “CATegory” hurricane chart!! 😝</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SS9fbNaC4Oo/YK0fS6JgkxI/AAAAAAAAKu8/fJQIqh8eeRoiw6qGJhWr2HE2DRDe3ILnACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/985C8F5E-EAEC-47F7-85CF-1D217610B462.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SS9fbNaC4Oo/YK0fS6JgkxI/AAAAAAAAKu8/fJQIqh8eeRoiw6qGJhWr2HE2DRDe3ILnACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/985C8F5E-EAEC-47F7-85CF-1D217610B462.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, the Roses! This Spring is in love with Roses! ☀️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sdl_jNWRh5s" width="320" youtube-src-id="sdl_jNWRh5s"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Weather Channel song</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YWIDNWfsqY/YK0kuV17GHI/AAAAAAAAKvU/HwmPWvtrZd0QWGJag7CrE0gLHEuBnCWjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/CF370D68-E256-4915-A98E-6A4FB6223F9D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YWIDNWfsqY/YK0kuV17GHI/AAAAAAAAKvU/HwmPWvtrZd0QWGJag7CrE0gLHEuBnCWjACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/CF370D68-E256-4915-A98E-6A4FB6223F9D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garfield, my mouser & snake killer. He turns 20 this year. 🥳😻</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwMJCD7XTxY/YK0kuXobssI/AAAAAAAAKvY/lLReKn6poqIWbMHcDX5cqg98p1TGNKNVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/5081B64C-B64A-4120-86DE-856BE262ACF0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwMJCD7XTxY/YK0kuXobssI/AAAAAAAAKvY/lLReKn6poqIWbMHcDX5cqg98p1TGNKNVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/5081B64C-B64A-4120-86DE-856BE262ACF0.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kitty Paws</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rcz5bo1USqo/YK0kV-RfugI/AAAAAAAAKvM/Ehh9A7cWOYobSkaraUC2bbi_jbGNXmrLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/67F6F6DF-2F69-4FBD-AF83-E9F4D40EFF6E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1730" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rcz5bo1USqo/YK0kV-RfugI/AAAAAAAAKvM/Ehh9A7cWOYobSkaraUC2bbi_jbGNXmrLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w338-h400/67F6F6DF-2F69-4FBD-AF83-E9F4D40EFF6E.jpeg" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My peach Roses in the setting sun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">^^^^^^^^^^</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMOYB7KROhw/YK0lrg4BOjI/AAAAAAAAKvk/twY7bFvwTDcFKfGuMil7NbodQM9nMeomACLcBGAsYHQ/s1588/311592BF-ADCE-4288-9937-19FBBE43582B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="1352" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMOYB7KROhw/YK0lrg4BOjI/AAAAAAAAKvk/twY7bFvwTDcFKfGuMil7NbodQM9nMeomACLcBGAsYHQ/w544-h640/311592BF-ADCE-4288-9937-19FBBE43582B.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-59910513236074670512021-04-08T16:56:00.002-05:002021-04-08T16:56:27.090-05:00Ah, Emily Dickinson 📚 Spring Has Sprung! 🌸<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Hummingbirds and Dragonflies are back! My Bluebirds have babies! Springtime! 🌹🐇🦋🧚🏽♀️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDdhRQtFhOg/YG9zg4r2yfI/AAAAAAAAKsE/jtCrXh0kLGokLinLU6vONs-FdtD1JO30gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/7DDE0793-1DEC-4FFC-A8E5-7D82EA7CDD7A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDdhRQtFhOg/YG9zg4r2yfI/AAAAAAAAKsE/jtCrXh0kLGokLinLU6vONs-FdtD1JO30gCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/7DDE0793-1DEC-4FFC-A8E5-7D82EA7CDD7A.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garfield, pretending to be a plant. 🐚🌻🌱</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfKq2QK1vi4/YG9zFta86pI/AAAAAAAAKr0/UzwRtw3Si_4sVbo8579A5f6IgFz3hix9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1153/11AEF2E8-EEA3-4F48-9BC9-8FB0FBF85E77.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1153" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KfKq2QK1vi4/YG9zFta86pI/AAAAAAAAKr0/UzwRtw3Si_4sVbo8579A5f6IgFz3hix9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h374/11AEF2E8-EEA3-4F48-9BC9-8FB0FBF85E77.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust me... 🤣</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fCyt6weMkXc/YG9zZPtSPWI/AAAAAAAAKr8/Qc4rD1Hw1ZsVo49ttca8hKAXlWMA60oEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/65538DBC-7355-4BDC-8576-50B5E2EF7180.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1596" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fCyt6weMkXc/YG9zZPtSPWI/AAAAAAAAKr8/Qc4rD1Hw1ZsVo49ttca8hKAXlWMA60oEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w311-h400/65538DBC-7355-4BDC-8576-50B5E2EF7180.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garfield in my backyard jungle on the deck...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gA1da1F2ICk/YG9zfBBWaoI/AAAAAAAAKsA/qiU-5HAjk2g8QBsb4j6vdmLWI07gg9Z8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s975/A849D6B4-7E79-45C5-B0F4-0974CFA37B25.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="975" height="349" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gA1da1F2ICk/YG9zfBBWaoI/AAAAAAAAKsA/qiU-5HAjk2g8QBsb4j6vdmLWI07gg9Z8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h349/A849D6B4-7E79-45C5-B0F4-0974CFA37B25.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">“It was a cold bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”. “1984”, George Orwell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">* * * * * * * *</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Emily Dickinson </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">If I can stop one heart from breaking,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">I shall not live in vain;</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">If I can ease one life the aching,</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Or cool one pain,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Or help one fainting robin</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">Unto his nest again,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: left;">I shall not live in vain.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(58, 58, 58); color: #3a3a3a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-28991170011017357842021-04-02T15:38:00.002-05:002021-04-02T16:06:18.154-05:00When I Die by Rumi - Happy Easter ✝️ <p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; font-family: proxima-nova-n4, proxima-nova, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">“Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless.” – Charles M. Crowe 🌸🧚🏽♀️🌺</span></p><p><span style="font-family: proxima-nova-n4, proxima-nova, helvetica neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b-o-apCZkpI/YGd7d9yAdAI/AAAAAAAAKrY/sOqQXEf_10U-x9I9Muv8-SDDIjoZBl5rQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/C47838F3-9729-4AE2-BE7B-D2564D700967.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b-o-apCZkpI/YGd7d9yAdAI/AAAAAAAAKrY/sOqQXEf_10U-x9I9Muv8-SDDIjoZBl5rQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/C47838F3-9729-4AE2-BE7B-D2564D700967.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Mint came roaring back! 💚🥰</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ryqGZV3qrqM/YGd5OhFXEcI/AAAAAAAAKq4/57MDiibRbjAyGpMGf0kpWbps-9IUfMw_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/079560E9-F881-4E5A-ACBD-AE8A1C33D456.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ryqGZV3qrqM/YGd5OhFXEcI/AAAAAAAAKq4/57MDiibRbjAyGpMGf0kpWbps-9IUfMw_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/079560E9-F881-4E5A-ACBD-AE8A1C33D456.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first Iris this year. 💜</div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WHEN I DIE</b> by Rumi</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When I die<br />when my coffin<br />is being taken out<br />you must never think<br />i am missing this world</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">don’t shed any tears<br />don’t lament or<br />feel sorry<br />i’m not falling<br />into a monster’s abyss</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">when you see<br />my corpse is being carried<br />don’t cry for my leaving<br />i’m not leaving<br />i’m arriving at eternal Love</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">when you leave me<br />in the grave<br />don’t say goodbye<br />remember a grave is<br />only a curtain<br />for the paradise behind</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you’ll only see me<br />descending into a grave<br />now watch me rise<br />how can there be an end<br />when the sun sets or<br />the moon goes down</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">it looks like the end<br />it seems like a sunset<br />but in reality it is a dawn<br />when the grave locks you up<br />that is when your soul is freed</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">have you ever seen<br />a seed fallen to earth<br />not rise with a new life<br />why should you doubt the rise<br />of a seed named human</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">have you ever seen<br />a bucket lowered into a well<br />coming back empty<br />why lament for a soul<br />when it can come back<br />like Joseph from the well</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">when for the last time<br />you close your mouth<br />your words and soul<br />will belong to the world of<br />no place no time</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNYLQNtOS68/YGd92kn3fzI/AAAAAAAAKrk/RvWsX_Wkuts4KR_7WYXxEUFcaWb4UMu9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2892256F-BD2A-4900-8353-8AB1DE472B03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNYLQNtOS68/YGd92kn3fzI/AAAAAAAAKrk/RvWsX_Wkuts4KR_7WYXxEUFcaWb4UMu9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w413-h640/2892256F-BD2A-4900-8353-8AB1DE472B03.jpeg" width="413" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My new Water Oak tree in front has tripled in size. 🙏🏼</div><br /><p></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-70331579386120938152021-03-26T17:03:00.000-05:002021-03-26T17:03:16.649-05:00I Miss President Trump and Common Sense...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FBvoU-UiW84" width="320" youtube-src-id="FBvoU-UiW84"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dance like nobody’s watching... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Dancing Compilation 🧚🏽♀️💃🏽🕺🏼</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">I tell them dance begins when a moment of hurt combines with a moment of boredom. I tell them it's the body's reaching, bringing air to itself. I tell them that it's the heart's triumph, the victory speech of the feet, the refinement of animal lunge and flight, the purest metaphor of tribe and self. <b>It's life flipping death the bird.</b> I make this stuff up.” </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Lorrie Moore, “</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_19631" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1769" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Birds of America</a>”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="922" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2NTUsuHlDqg/YF5Yo9fOPGI/AAAAAAAAKqY/qqAcr_ZyPDYQplS3QWfynyZgAz_xt8RpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w275-h400/A24ACE05-78B8-43F5-ADB6-3202AA25526B.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f2d34KQ5hhg/YF5YlwZP6kI/AAAAAAAAKqU/EjHzYT0jwEkqKgxY-mSfQSy7fk8ExKS0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1235/A52144C2-6579-4069-B207-5741AFD69619.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1235" height="254" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f2d34KQ5hhg/YF5YlwZP6kI/AAAAAAAAKqU/EjHzYT0jwEkqKgxY-mSfQSy7fk8ExKS0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h254/A52144C2-6579-4069-B207-5741AFD69619.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-44024283712596337162021-03-17T11:55:00.004-05:002021-03-17T11:55:52.614-05:00Sick of covid Bullshit, so Cats!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mAncBRm3XbA/YE2U5had9XI/AAAAAAAAKpM/w7LeBUXa2l8nx1cPJNeatS1Ol8FzvSanQCLcBGAsYHQ/s993/25C48ABC-D650-4B2A-918E-D167AFA90CB7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="993" height="353" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mAncBRm3XbA/YE2U5had9XI/AAAAAAAAKpM/w7LeBUXa2l8nx1cPJNeatS1Ol8FzvSanQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h353/25C48ABC-D650-4B2A-918E-D167AFA90CB7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pc7ueYBhc0o/YE2U_0gbNfI/AAAAAAAAKpQ/q0sFI9cCgvgjOLPkf--y3YqJ9Oc65S32wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1360/BCCFBD9E-937C-44C4-B7E5-D4CE11ED2194.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pc7ueYBhc0o/YE2U_0gbNfI/AAAAAAAAKpQ/q0sFI9cCgvgjOLPkf--y3YqJ9Oc65S32wCLcBGAsYHQ/w542-h640/BCCFBD9E-937C-44C4-B7E5-D4CE11ED2194.jpeg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a joke...but a fact. 😼😂😼</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMOaJSd0PM8/YE2VEvkWT-I/AAAAAAAAKpU/l33iyBlRDTc9rDjnCx4ucVA11RIMz5yUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/C72201BB-3FDD-4185-A305-75C10B28EA6D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="1440" height="353" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMOaJSd0PM8/YE2VEvkWT-I/AAAAAAAAKpU/l33iyBlRDTc9rDjnCx4ucVA11RIMz5yUwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h353/C72201BB-3FDD-4185-A305-75C10B28EA6D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My old Garfield, always on my lap.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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