From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and si...

Dear Daydream, They are hiring for a photographer and photo editor at a baby and mom business called Zulily - which I just love , based ...

~K.I.S.S.~ To say that I have a busy, chaotic life is a monumental understatement. For a long time I've lived under the misconception ...

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel...

Federico Fellini (a man with a brilliant mind, in my opinion), said... “You exist only in what you do.” I thought about that this week... ...

Our most sincere and delighted congratulations to Liu Xiaobo for winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year! Our most sincere and heartsick s...

The Rhyme of the Dream-Maker Man Down near the end of a wandering lane, That runs 'round the cares of a day, Where Conscience and Memo...

"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, b...

Dear, Dear Diary, Let's do this today, because we need to do this today.  Let's come up with 5 Things What Are Good, as our Deares...

A Denial We have met late-it is too late to meet,    O friend, not more than friend! Death's forecome shroud is tangled round my fe...

We've seen and done so much,  you and I, haven't we? Been through highs and lows together, Sailed & flown through days & m...

I was leaving a comment on a friend's blog yesterday, when I paused for a moment to look at the phrase, 'Choose an identity' und...

I stayed up until 5:30 this morning, engrossed in fiction that had my rapt attention, and then I forced myself to take a nap before I got up...

Viaggiatore and I are ready for the road again.  Nevermind that we just got back from another trip to London; there is a very special trip c...