I visited my mum for Mother's Day today, it was a lunch with the whole extended family, fish and chips down at the foreshore. The predicted weather didn't come to the party, instead it was overcast and the temperature was cool enough for me to wear a light jumper (which means nothing because I have a cold phobia). My sister has been keeping her pregnancy a secret until she'd passed the three month mark. She had caved and told our grandparents earlier that morning and it seems grandma ...
"Light a candle, curse the glare..." "Paint a tilak on your brow, Open like a lotus flower, it's time to check your karma now..." I sing, and what was a blight, is vanished. I sing, and before me is this infinite beauty. I sing, and all blight is gone, and only strength and beauty remain. I sing, and I am one, at perfect peace, in perfect bliss. I sing, I am nothing, the reflection of all ...
In my heart there is a garden. Creepers of love and devotion have been growing for years. I am filled with love, for my one true beloved. I am filled with calm, power, and bliss. I came from simplicity, Lord, and I am now a little complicated. Take me back into your fold, let me find the unity of all this multiplicity. How many of your secrets have I learned, but lost? I am enthralled, entranced, engrossed, ...
Updated 05-09-2009 at 11:04 PM by NikolaiI
I'm going to be very sarcastic, crass, and will probably step on someone's toes here, but given the title, you can consider yourself informed of my intent in writing this blog. A few years ago, my grandfather tried to get me to read a few books on philosophy, the only one I remember being 'The Stoic Art of Living,' and it was so horribly boring, I put it down and it has been sitting underneath my massive stack of bullet reloading manuals ever since. I have pondered and thought ...
Updated 05-09-2009 at 04:08 PM by skib
Happy Mothers day to all of the moms here on LitNet. It's a little early, but as I'll be getting the Mommy treatment tomorrow, I figured today was as good as any to say it:D So here's my list of the top ten things that let you know you're a mom. 1. You don't remember what it is like to sleep through an entire night. Sure the kids are older, but you sill wake up at 2:30 out of habit. 2. You know all the bodily fluids that children can produce, and ...