They flee from me…

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
They flee from me that Sometime did me Seek

They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot, stalking in my chamber.
I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek,
That now are wild and do not remember
That sometime they put themself in danger
To take bread at my hand; and [...]

The poet of my adolescent dreams

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, [...]

My mind is blown

I am not the type to read self-help books.  I never read any books on child-rearing…and I’m not saying that is a good thing!  I just have this stubborn, arrogant personality and I guess I think I really can just dive in and figure it out.  A lot of times I can.  I think I [...]

Ceremony of innocence

For no particular reason, I just felt like my (late) 4th of July post should include William Butler Yeats Poem, The Second Coming:
THE SECOND COMING
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony [...]

First There

The best special forces.  The perfect combination of hardcore and intelligence.

Thanks, Melin, now its in my head too.

Weezer: Island in the Sun: Spike Jonze

This is why Tom Waits shouldn’t sing Tom Waits’ songs

I’m sorry, I just don’t get why people are so loyal.  His voice is creepy, homicidal creepy.  It has always made me think of a cross between a slobbering bulldog and cookie monster.  This works.  I get his music this way:

Jai Ho!

I’m not going to justify myself.  I’m just saying… it was so worth it.  I’d see it again.  I will see it again.

Let it be

My dad took me and my sisters to see a Beatles tribute band in Raleigh last week.  There is something beautifully sad about this song.  It speaks to me.  If the world was in turmoil when this song was written, it can’t be anything compared to what it is now.  The [...]

What I love best about being a mother

In college I fell in love with India.  There was some unexplained connection for me.  All it took was one slide show of the busy, chaotic streets of Bombay and I was hooked.  I was transformed.  I was 19 and living at home and I knew that had to go to India.
When I made it [...]