I try not to do the whole 'New Years Resolution' thing too much, because so often it just sets people up for failure. On the other hand, it's a good prompt to just stop and take stock a bit, right ( Read more... )

Anthem For Doomed YouthWhat passing-bells for these who die as cattle ( Read more... )

First of all, lovely, lovely people sent me Halloween cookies! Thank you very much, imera, lullabylily, nenne, lordhellebore, and melusinahp. And also to nenne and chantefable for the pandas. (Yes, I am that far behind at life. I am trying to think of it as 'faint but pursuing!)

Secondly, hds_beltane. Holy crap, it is that time again! Signups will open Saturday 1 December. Who knows what will happen after that?! At ( Read more... )

I still have things flowering in my garden. They are currently trying to do it under a reasonable layer of snow. It has been going for about an hour. I am decidedly O_o ( Read more... )

Urgh, where does time goAnyway, once upon a time, This Girl went to Bergen, which is in the southwest of Norway ( Read more... )

I recently went to Wales with my Dad. As we were driving, he asked me if I liked Dylan Thomas, and I said no, not my thing. To be fair to Dylan, I haven't tried in a lot of years, so maybe I should give him a shot. Anyway, Dad went on to expound this theoretical possibility he has about DT's slightly odd structures and styles. What if, although he ( Read more... )

I have way too much shit happening, and I still haven't replied to comments on my last two posts, but fuck it. It's poetry month, so have some poetry. It's not something I'm usually into, but for some reason I'm feeling it right now, so what the hell.

This one's for scarletscarlet, because it always and forever makes me think of her, although I've never really ( Read more... )