I just remembered how my dad used to know this poem by heart and loudly and animatedly performed it for me some mornings I did not want to get out of bed.

ReveilleWake: the silver dusk returning ( Read more... )

If you like The Last Kingdom, I definitely recommend Vikings(and vise versa of course!).  I just finished watching up to the first half of Season 6.  The last half of this last season is due to be released at the end of this year on Amazon Prime according to some sources.  In a way I am disappointed, because I was hoping to be able to finish ( Read more... )

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bubblesbrnaid's post reminded me of the lyrics in Kansas' Carry On My Wayward Son ("Carry on... there'll be peace when you are done") and also the Gambler by Kenny Rogers ("There'll be time enough for countin' when the deal is done")... and then that lead me to another memory of a poem with a similar message that my dad used to recite to me some mornings when I ( Read more... )