Last night just before dropping off to sleep a little after midnight I had the strangest thought. I suddenly thought of an earthquake and realized the possibility it could happen because we are so near the Pyrenees. Then I wondered if the building my apartment is in would hold up. Continue reading
Month: December 2012
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR AN OLD YEAR LEAVING
2012 in review
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU… EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO CHECKED INTO THIS BLOG AND KEPT MY ENTHUSIASM AND INSPIRATION RUNNING.
THEN, I AM SORRY I HAVE NOT BEEN AS PROLIFIC DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR; NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT NOW THAT THE WORLD DID NOT END ABRUPTLY (WHICH DOESN’T MEAN IT ISN’T IN THE THROES OF ENDING AS OLD T.S. SAID: “NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPER”) I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF THE SAME OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW… WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEW YEAR WILL BRING.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK “WORDPRESS”, THEY ARE A LOVING AND ENTHUSIASTIC TEAM MAKING BLOGGING EASY AND FUN. WORDPRESS YOU ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND ON THAT NOTE, I WISH YOU ALL A VERY, VERY HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE AND CHANGE-FILLED 2013. BISOUS, B
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 9 years to get that many views.
THE MOON HAS A BABY
Nothing was ever born but a dream.
Nothing ever dies but a dream. (Byron Katie)
I think it was Carl Jung who said there were dreams and then there were Big Dreams, but it doesn’t matter; what is important is that I had a Big Dream. After countless nights of dreaming and not remembering anything but the fleeting sensation of having dreamt, I had an important dream. Continue reading
MOULES-FRITES
The day began cloaked in grey; high, even clouds covered the sky from side to side without a break. In the beginning, before being fully awake, it was hard to distinguish through the window if the day was cloudy, or the sky was just waiting for the sun to turn it blue. But yes, that day it was clouded, just as had been predicted the day before. Continue reading
AGING, PAIN, ILLNESS… DO I HAVE TO LOVE THAT TOO?
Dear Sir:
By accident I read the letter you so kindly sent for me to forward to a loved one. As it happened, you only mentioned at the end of the letter that I was to send it on and that it wasn’t meant for me (although from the addressing of the recipient as “My Dearest Heart” I should have guessed that it was not really from a secret admirer). Continue reading
Writing a life 