no regrets

Got no regrets, ‘cept I wish you were here with me I wish you were here with me

- Fire in Your Belly, Liam Finn

parades in the rain

When you disappear on me it’s just like parades in the rain Every time I see you you just disappear again Every time you’re leaving i don’t know what to say I wanna see this whole town go away

So could you tell me why you’re leaving cause I don’t know why it has to [...]

Florence and other tales

We were in Florence. You leaned away from me on the Ponte Vecchio at dusk, and behind you the lights glittered along the river, reaching out towards a fiery horizon. I put my hand on your arm, but you were a thousand miles away from me, away from this town, away from the laughing [...]

everything thy heart can wish

“What aileth thee?” said Ahmed. “Hast thou not every thing thy heart can wish?”

“Alas, no!” replied the dove; “am I not separated from the partner of my heart, and that too in the happy spring-time, the very season of love!”

“Of love!” echoed Ahmed; “I pray thee, my pretty bird, canst thou tell me [...]

the thing with feathers

HOPE is the thing with feathers– That perches in the soul– And sings the tune without the words– And never stops–at all–

And sweetest–in the Gale–is heard– And sore must be the storm– That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm–

I’ve heard it in the chillest land– And on the strangest [...]

I ride

There’s a serenity unparalleled in riding that clears my mind, frees my heart, and staves off my restlessness. When I ride I am liberated from responsibility, from time, from you. It’s not that you chain me, I suppose, it’s that you preoccupy me. Mostly I don’t even perceive this as an unwanted distraction. It’s more [...]

darwin

me: well anyway, this woman is a lunatic halffull: is she rich? me: no. totally not halffull: man, how has she not died yet? where is darwin when you need him?

can’t say i’m not alive

I’m a bitch, I’m a tease I’m a goddess on my knees When you hurt, when you suffer I’m your angel undercover I’ve been numb, I’m revived Can’t say I’m not alive You know I wouldn’t want it any other way

- Bitch, Meredith Brooks

Rules for good writing

I read an article entitled “Ten rules for writing fiction” today. Various authors were asked to provide their writing “tips” in a numbered list. Most of it was advice I’d heard before, however, this set of five by P.D. James gave me positive pause.

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our [...]

Magical

Jokingly, I’ve told people that I feared I’d wake up one day and announce that I had the craziest dream that I lived in Europe for two years. Well, If it was a dream, it was a most amazing dream, one in which I traveled the world, met new friends, hiked the mountains, played hockey [...]