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Un Baisemain de Pâques
Maundy Thursday (Wilfred Owen)
Between the brown hands of a server lad
The silver cross was offered to be kissed.
The men came up, lugubrious, but not sad,
And knelt reluctantly, half-prejudiced
(And kissing, kissed the emblem of a creed).
Then mourning women knelt; meek mouths they had
(And kissed the Body of the Christ indeed).
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Potions - locum Professor Lupin
I'd love, just once, to glide malevolently towards the front of the classroom, flicking the shutters closed as I went with a swish of my wand, and then turn upon the students with Snape-like intensity. However, being a good deal more of a Lupin than a Snape (yes, twins separated at birth, really) I would most likely appear before the class, hands ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Trip Down Memory Lane
...the one I am about to take in June will trounce them all...and all of yours too ;)
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Writer's Block: Not That Lion and Lamb
'Nothing short of death and life, this March, for me. And it ain't over yet...as though the month knows that Time Is Running Out, it has suddenly thrown everything it has, for good or ill, right at me. The good is winning. The good is stronger.
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I am in love
I am in love I am in love I am in love I am in love I am in love
...and awe and wonder and I feel like a child.
My heart beats for you, mademoiselle.
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Writer's Block: How Soon Is Now?
Now is never soon enough...my wish is on behalf of someone I love desperately, and want to love more.
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'Terrible, awful week...
...redeemed by intense love and immensely lovely sex...life is full of surprises.
Thank you, Honeychild
*kisses you, then decides not to let go*
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Writer's Block: First Things First
There's a who and a what, I suppose. The 'what' would be knowledge, and if I had to be more specific, then books. Beautiful, dusty, mysterious, forgotten, overlooked books full of arcane facts and beliefs, illustrations and advice. Either that or sharp, new, crisp books full of terrifying calculations, diagrams, and impossible theories that ( Read more... ) -
The doctrine of signatures
No, I'm not talking about Gerard's Herbal, or Culpeper here, although that particular idea was fascinating (if misguided). They believed that ever plant bore some clue to its medicinal use in either its form or its smell or where and how it grew. 'Wrong - all wrong, but a damned good idea nonetheless.
I speak of books: my favourite beings in the ( Read more... ) -
With a flourish
Today it is the turn of the following grandees to celebrate their birthdays:
Gary Oldman
J.S. Bach
Matthew Broderick
oh...then there's me...
Strange though, quite how one's favourite people appear to choose you at times, rather than being the other way round. Bach, well, I am sure I do not have to do much arguing to convince anybody that he is worthy ( Read more... )