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I have been thinking a lot about memory. I have been wandering what my son will remember when he grows up, if it'll be that I got mad or that I was very strict with him or that I would play with him and read for him. When I look back one of my earliest memories is of my dad reading for me, not a Disney book but I novel by an icelandic author, not written for kids. I loved it, the main character had the same name as me and she had an odd friend(the author of the book). I started thinking how many ...

R.I.P Vanilla, a beloved pet rat

Vanilla was an albino rat, a "fancy rat" her tag in the pet store called her. We purchased her and her fellow female friend, later named Smokey, almost one year ago.

Vanilla, being an albino, couldn't see that well. And I could recognize this trait in her. As she crawled on my lap or on the arm of the Lazy-boy recliner that I was on, she'd extend her nose along the edges to test by feel and by smell whether there was anymore ...

Morning's come,
So many things are new.
Autumn's beginning-
Simple and clear today;
Fallen are the dead limbs,
Free and alive is our future.
- Onwards! Around, forever,
In the circle unbroken -
The jagged ridges, mountains,
Are clear and pure,
Eternal and endless -
Home to boundless life -
These mountains.

Well it's a Sunday and almost ten in the morning. My son is watching cartoons and I have been reading a bit and of course drinking coffee, a lot. It's odd how loneliness has nothing to do with who you are with. My brother is living with me for a while and I don't think I have been this alone in a long time. I like having him, I mean I do miss being alone at night and when my son is with his dad but it is very nice to have someone to talk to when I have something on my mind.

I like ...

I was just randomly looking through some old blogs of mine when I found one about the dog that broke into our garden about 4 years ago. Imagine my amazement when I found that I'd uploaded a picture of that dog for you guys to see.

So. Since I gave you a picture of that dog I decided to dig up some old pictures of Yuki that are already online (they're from the early days when I sent mum pictures to show her friend how the dog was doing, this was before she became ours). I did want ...