Happy New Year from Me and Neil

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself. 

  –Neil Gaiman

Past Perfect?

    self-portrait, Francis Bacon

When I look back,

even then,

life was never

just black and white.

There have always

been grey areas.

Always.

Read more at The Mag.

Abracadabra

     Image from magictobuy.com

I create what I speak.

The word made

flesh

and stone,

water and bone,

hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium

and so on…

the most elemental magic.

Before time began

it issued forth from the source

sent out over the abyss,

into the darkness

before there was darkness.

Then into the dark

a spark was spoke:

Abracadabra!

This week I learned Abracadabra, translated literally means, "I create what I speak."  I had a little fun playing around with this for G-man's FF55.  Click on the link and check it out.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or Look out for that wall! 

If that makes no sense to you just read the following cimment from Dave Barry on the PC-ness of wishing people Merry Christmas:

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!"  -Dave Barry

And, this Christmas and every other day I wish you PEACE.

RIP

     Image from latheofdreams.com

One year ago

tomorrow

26 souls fled the planet.

In Sandy Hook

Our innocents

paid for our policies

once again.

I asked google

to jog my memory

but it’s first response was:

Hoax

Oh America,

I weep for you, and

for Truth

held hostage

at the point of a gun.

What has become of us?

I just googled "Sandy Hook" thinking there might be something on Anniversary/ memorail stuff and the first thing to come up was "Sandy Hook Hoax".  Really???  This makes me so very sad and also frightened.  

This is for G-man and his FF55.  Click on the link and check it out.

On Why You May Want to Reconsider Growing Up

CAUTION!

 As you age you may lose:

-joy from licking the sugar-dust off a stick of gum

-soles that can walk on gravel

-wishes from dandelion seeds

-your invisible friends

-magic

-the effects of fairy dust

-the ability to taste your dreams

                …or to even remember them.

This is for G-man at FF55.  Click on the link and check it out.