Don't ever assume
anything about anyone.

It's not your place.

Either ask questions
and listen to the
answers,

or

keep your
fat
mouth
shut.

A star
with no eyes
feels its way
across the vast
beyond
living without
care and
conforming to
unseen shapes
while I
with three ways
to see
stumble
fall
and crawl
my way
across my
sheltered life
as if
I were
completely blind.

I was privileged last night to be in audience of one of the best Spanish Guitarists in the world. It was a perfect venue, and our seats were close to the front. It was a bit warm, but it is Barcelona after all, and beauty overcomes the heat. However, all was forgotten when Manuel began to play. Uncomfortable fanning and coughing made way to sudden and complete hypnotism, only broken by the last chord and triumphiant stand and bow at the end of each magnificent piece. 1.5 hours and 3 encores later, I was still hearing the music on the walk back to Ramblas. Today, it is still in my mind - a good sign....

Travelling - what a rush and a crippling effect all at once. I was in Malta for 10 days - went to visit a good friend, and ended up severing this friendship with the speed and swiftness of a slamming door.

THERE - I'm done with you and everything that makes you YOU.

Been doing alot of that lately, and it's actually making me feel strong. I am not sorry - for I did nothing wrong - and it feels marvelous to let balloons fly off into the wind and not turn back.

I am in Barcelona now. What an amazing city. Inspiration is so thick I can breathe it...

Even
dragons
have
bad
days...

Here's the irony
of leaving at dusk
and missing
all the fireflies...

Today
I
was
bored.

In the UK now

Back in the UK for a bit. Right now I'm in breezy Aldridge - peaceful and beautiful. London is next - I'm hoping for sun so I can revisit my swans. Then Malta is calling....seeing a dear friend and meeting in the ocean...after that is Spain, both above and under water. How Lovely.

Going back today - but not for long. I'm touching sand for one day only and then it's off to Europe for the next month. Things do work out sometimes after all... :)

going home

I'm going back to the Middle East next week.
I dread it with each second I breathe.

And everyone is asleep.

life
is
boring.

i
much
rather
close
my
eyes
and
think
of
other
things.

Tomorrow
I go deeper
than I've ever
gone before.

It's darker down there,
and colder still.

But the journey back
is like a rebirth
from the grave

- from dark to light

- from cold to warm

and the
sweet
sweet
moment of that
first real breath.

So I will go,
and I will come back,
once more.

Traveller

It is interesting here
where I find myself today
so quiet
no cars or barking dogs
no people yelling
or guns pop, pop, popping
no murder or pain
or jealousy or war
just cold, black sky
and ancient dust
blowing in gravitational
celestial ionic winds
streaks of color filling the night
filling my eyes
here
in this interesting place
not called earth.

In the hands of her daddy...

My niece - 3 days old - my "little pickle".
Babies are such miracles! :)

Always make time for Mardi Gras.

stand


walk


run

What kind of
notes
make the
song
that you
sing?
Do they
jump
do they
skip
do they
clang
do they
ring?

Spinning
on a wet
sphere
we live
die
and live
again.

Bright light
petals like
yes, no,
random
swatches
of things
meant
and don't
have
to be,
like the
biggest
lying truths,
these
happy
and unhappily
never
afters...

Tiny fire within
she spreads her four stained glass wings
and Dragon takes flight...

All
God's
creatures
are
beautiful
to
me.

But I do.


























































And to me, it's worth it.

Shaped absence of light,
my own self lies before me,
my shadow my soul.

Clarity

Tropical Holiday.....again.

I'm off for another week in paradise!!! This time, I will be diving with the largest fishes in the sea - hopefully I'll return with fantastic photos. :) :)

I have written a beautiful song on my guitar.
I play it every day - my fingers know it on both hands.
No one has ever heard it except me...maybe no one ever will.
But it's mine, it came from inside, and that gives me purpose.

Life
is
sometimes
more
beautiful
from
behind.

Stretch

Ever have "one of those days",
where you can't please anyone?

Where everyone is pulling you
in a hundred different directions,
where everyone wants a piece,
where everyone has a different agenda...
and they all include you?

You push off one friend for another,
and they get pissed.
You push off one meeting for another,
and you get pissed.

Everybody's pissed.

At me.

Because I'm not at their
beck and call.
Because I don't treat "them"
as number one.

I'm just not "happy" enough for this person.
I just don't "smile" enough for that person.
I just don't "care" enough for this person.
I just don't "give time" enough on that person.
I"m just not "strong" enough for this person.
I just "give in" too much for that person.
I'm just not "pretty" enough for this person.
I'm just not "simple" enough for that person.

I just don't have what it takes for any of them,
including me.

There are not enough hours
in a day
for me to do everything
that is expected of me.

There are not enough molecules
of me,
to go around
to every single person
who wants one.

I can't stand the stretch.
I can't fulfill the needs.
I can't be that person
that they seem to want
all of the time.

I just can't be on,
always.

I just
can't
make

everyone

happy.

I
see
things
that
are
there.

Do you?