Last Saturday in June

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credit unknown but thanks for

letting me borrow this! ;oD

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Hope all of you are enjoying your gorgeous

Saturday as much as me.

My advice above for those of you

under too much stress!

Life is short,

eat dessert first!!

bon soir, mes amours!

XOXO

-klh

"keep laughin' honey"

xo

TGIFF

Ah, 2:39 am...so quiet, so peaceful...Tuffy sleeping here in the "Blue Room" with only the white glare of the computer and a tiny teal lamp beaming on him. He is gracing me with his presence.
Photo is a vignette of the kitchen, guess I should've posted it when the Red Wings were "hot" so long ago ;o(
Not much to say, but wanted to be here, a place where I collect my thoughts and my photos and share them out in the "ethers" (ether that or I just make an ath of mythelf!)
In the morning going to see UP at the Disney 3D with some friends-rated 5-star! Jeff and I took "vacation days" his first since last Sept and I don't remember when for me, except thankful for holidays now and then (but, oh, how I wish neighbors wouldn't blow off fireworks, ie bombs! and scare all the wildlife out there...and pets, dogs who are tied to doghouses and perhaps the baby fawn born just a day or two ago who rested down in "The Garden" (an acre that Dad used to grow and now we mow).
Got to talk to an old friend from high school tonight ... it was so much fun laughing about dumb shit we did and cracking up. Also left a msg for my ex-husband who is very ill ... felt good when he left a msg back. I will call him soon to talk. He has end stage cirrhosis and it's been 2 yrs. He sounded weak but he is strong in many ways.
Got to catch up on our days, my darlin' and me, and watch an episode of "Firefly". I feel so blessed to live here in the home I grew up in, married to my brother's good friend, with a cat who bought his "Paw" the collector's edition of Serenity...the movie that ties up the loose ends of the Firefly series for "Paw's Day" Sunday. (We'll use any excuse to get and give gifts around here! ;oD)
So...Bloggie Souls...have yourselves a very fine weekend and hold those dear to you in your hearts and let 'em know you are. I care ... I even care about myself! My cup runneth over and over and ...oh, yeah, it's 2:52 am now. Still quiet, still peaceful. Ahhhhhh....sigh.....'night, now.

A Poem just rediscovered

July Moon with Lily in Hand

Standing alone near the pond

in the middle of the yard

toes getting wet in dewy grass

Wearing only that knife-pleated

purple lace nightie

see-thru and cut to her ass

with the Full Moon in Capricorn

Sun now in Cancer--

opposing oppositionals

rare

As the sliver of cloud

traced the lips of the Moon as it

lit up the white of her hair

She sang "when the

deep purple falls"

to the sleepy stone wall

while three verses of Summertime

flowed

She was awestruck with passion

and grateful for

one day

when living was easy and slow

swaying softly and singing

in the Guatemalan hammock

adorned with purple ropes

she could tell that

the knife-pleats were

cutting a swath

as the Moon's face shed sad

woman tears

Holding a lemony lily

condemned to only

one day of life on the vine

she kept singing to the sky

a swell of tears in her eyes

knowing full well

that Life wasn't fair

but she waited and sang

and lie down as she languished

in the deep purple night

in a deep purple gown

with that yellow lily

in hand

her voice was quite clear

resonating beyond

her lost dreams taken hostage

that night

a one-woman band

dying bloom in her hand

while the Moon shone and then

faded on.

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-klh 7/15/03