Well, it is nice make your acquaintance. I have been away from the forum at late. But, I will most likely check a bit more often. Something to read:
In a Dark Time
In a dark time, the eye begins to see,
I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;
I hear my echo in the echoing wood--
A lord of nature weeping to a tree,
I live between the heron and the wren,
Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.
What's madness but nobility of soul
At odds with circumstance? The day's on fire!
I know the purity of pure despair,
My shadow pinned against a sweating wall,
That place among the rocks--is it a cave,
Or winding path? The edge is what I have.
A steady storm of correspondences!
A night flowing with birds, a ragged moon,
And in broad day the midnight come again!
A man goes far to find out what he is--
Death of the self in a long, tearless night,
All natural shapes blazing unnatural light.
Dark,dark my light, and darker my desire.
My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,
Keeps buzzing at the sill. Which I is I?
A fallen man, I climb out of my fear.
The mind enters itself, and God the mind,
And one is One, free in the tearing wind.
-- Theodore Roethke
yes, it is nice to be back to work. I think I am up to it. we certainly need the moola. barely enough cash to eat and pay mortgage. all other bills will have to wait.
Hey, Michael!
Eeeee Haawww! So happy for you. Still in the Left Mitten State? And working? That IS cause for celebration!
Happy, happy,
Zilla*
Hi Michael,
We've not yet met but I love a celebration - any excuse will do but especially a big one like work. Congratulations.
Lulu
Congratulations. I hope it's wonderful for you.
Holly
Glad to hear it Michael...how are you feeling? Up to working? Glad to hear from you and keep in touch..we miss you around here!
Lots of HUgs,
Rena
Yahoo! I knew something would come through--you needed a break! I am soooooo happy for you. Deb