Love Hard, Love True, Love Always
by Ben DeLong on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 12:17pm I am one of those people who struggles a bit on Valentine's Day - astrologically I am a Taurus and Libra Rising with both signs rules by Venus, planet of Love and Relationships. Don't forget that last word. I am the stereotypical romantic, sentimentalist: I ( Read more... )

Just had an incredibly vivid dream on the coming together of two family traditions - one taught to a child through blood by their Granny (Aching to know who it was but she had a vibe) & the other tradition taught by the family "help" who appeared to be decended from Africa or some sort of non-white, African aboriginal-blooded slaves (e.g. whether ( Read more... )

Memorial Day came about after the Civil War to remember those who died while serving in the military. This year finds us with the 1000th death in Afghanistan since the fighting there began ( Read more... )

This is really sad that I have to resort to this. I want to do longer blog posts but I just spent the last few hours polishing up a report for work on Non-Compliance Exceptions Management....

So here's a brief summary of my awesome weekend:

• Friday
  
• Valentine's Lunch at "Top of the Hub" with kiekre where I proposed 11 years ago that night. Gift was a ( Read more... )

So tired. But in a good way.

The day was planned by jdbryce - a trip down to Harpers Ferry, WV for some shopping and a little hiking. Party also included my other brother necro3, harpnfiddle, and my brother's wife and sister-in-law.

According to jdbryce, "a little hiking" is the equivalent of taking a 3mi, steep trek up a cliff on a trail the National Park Service deems " ( Read more... )