We just lost our Sealpoint Balinese cat, Reggie, to breast cancer - first diagnosed back in March 2011. Some of you may have seen an earlier version of this posted on that other social media site yesterday. Thanks for your sympathy - this never gets easier, but all y'all do help.

Dear Princess Reggie (1999-2013),

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He says the best way out is always through.
And I agree to that, or in so far
As that I can see no way out but through --
Leastways for me -- and then they’ll be convinced.
-Robert Frost, "A Servant of Servants"

I see so many people struggling ( Read more... )

I hate going to the vet so much, my family has asked
the lady who I would probably like if she wasn't a vet
to come by and see me in an hour or so. So my catfriend
Reggie the Balinista is gonna steal Mom's password and
put this message from me in her journal, for Mom to see
my last words whenever she misses me in the future.

( So, What Is Mom Like? [cut for sad] )

If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
-Lyle Lovett

When I was a child, I read Thor Heyerdahl ( Read more... )

She was an old lady even when she was young ( Read more... )

...because it's breaking.
-The Tin Woodsman

Frenchy's kidney disease just... accelerated.

( helpless feelings of loss )

When you think of [x] as your business,
you also think of [y] as the machinery
that makes that business operate.

It would be nice if you could let everyone use [y],
but basically you've got to use it yourself.
Bobby Baldwin, as told to Mike Caro

Lessons from unlikely sources this week ( Read more... )

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come.
RumiLook up, look out, don't you see ( Read more... )

Using the light, being dark,
Being the world,
You perfect harmony
And return to the Way.
-Tao Te Ching, "Becoming"

I'm feeling more isolated than usual here at work ( Read more... )

I think about what is right and working
in my life. I focus on all the positive.
I acknowledge shadows in seeking light.

I am always connected to the divine.

Walked around taking pictures yesterday evening.
Nice to see the changeover from afternoon to dusk
to evening to night, and all the lights coming on...

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