A while back I read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and the edition of the book I have happens to be a modern English translation, which on the one hand was nice because I could just enjoy the stories without having to decode them first but on the other hand it kind of felt like "cheating" and as it happens one of the groups I belong to is going to be doing The Canterbury Tales, so I figured since I already understand the content of the stories so I would be able to actually follow what was ...
People have asked about Matthew and the holidays. I’ll try to fill you in, but I’ll have to be brief. First I’m not sure what I’ve already said, so this may be duplication in places. Second, I’m not sure I remember everything that’s happened. I turned 49 this past month, and my memory isn’t what it used to be. There certainly been a lot of holidays and events. Matthew got an “introduction to the extended family and friends” party in November, and then there was Thanksgiving, Chanukah, a ...
The past year can be summed up in one word--loss. One dear friend passed away into eternity and another dear relationship changed jobs and schedule and left me lingering in the dark hours with time on my hands and an empty place on the keyboard. I really need to avoid chat room/forums where I develop friendships with people I'm never going to meet in real life because I get too attached and spoiled by the attention then feel abandoned when inevtably life changes enter into the scheme of things. ...
Updated 01-03-2011 at 01:40 AM by mtpspur
According to Wikipedia, Janus is the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, endings, and time. He is "usually depicted as having two heads, facing opposite directions; one head looks back at the last year while the other looks forward to the new, simultaneously into the future and the past." He is a good god to remember as we start a new year. I read somewhere that time exists only so that everyting doesn't happen at once. What a marvelous invention! I have always ...
I'm not really a fan of New Year's resolutions. I don't really do them. That being said, I've been thinking a lot about what I've achieved during 2010, and what I want to develop in 2011. So I'm making a note of it now, so that I don't forget and that when we're into July I can look back and see if I've achieved any of my goals. 2010 2010 was a strange year. It seemed to go really quickly, and not a great deal seemed to happen. But still, these are my achievements from 2010: ...
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