New Year's Eve Sunset and Moonrise

Goodnight, Sun!

Good evening, Moon!

Gift

This wonderful book:

Lewis wrote that 'the gift' has stages:

First, the experience of the gift is given.

Then, we suffer gratitude. And while we feel this massive and sometimes painful gratitude,
[perhaps the distance between our now and the now of the gift],

we labor to bring ourselves up to the level of the gift. After our labor is complete we can contain it. And then we can give the gift too.

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Isn't that nice?

So now don't be so hard on yourself after you're given loving presents.

Possibilities

When there's not a chance in hell,
gotta remember one thing.

We not in hell

Roger on the Left, sketch on the right

There were two sisters both called Unknown, and they took names upon marrying. The first Unknown sister married Mr. Tight Grip, and she became known as Madame Terror. And when the second Unknown sister married Mr. Let It Go, she went by Ms. Wonder.

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Oh hey! Did you hear that YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are merging?
Yeah!
Now it's going to be called You Twit Face!
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Merry Christmas!

Joy to the World!

On Giving by Robert Graves

Those who dare give nothing
Are left with less than nothing;
Dear heart, you give me everything,
Which leaves you more than everything-
Though those who dare give nothing
Might judge it left you less than nothing.

Giving you everything,
I too, who once had nothing,
Am left with more than everything
As gifts for those with nothing
Who need, if not our everything,
At least a loving something.

And another thing!

and then she says-

when you hear those sweet voices at night-
for pete's sake-
for heaven's sake-
wouldya listen to 'em?!

please?

Warm Soup

Some people are like fresh bread- the aroma fills the house.
And some people are like stale bread.
Ouch. I could lose some skin rubbing up to the likes of this one!

I want to know what Love is!

Love says,

I'm warm tasty soup!
Dip each piece of bread in me.
I leave 'em so drenched
You can't tell which is which!

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I made my first copied painting! I never thought I'd do it. But I did.

Would you like to see a picture of my grandmother? Pop-Pop had this painted of Nana when he was stationed in Japan at the end of WWII. They were 18.





Steve and I are in Beaufort! God bless it. As you can see, Steve's had a lot of business to attend to, so I'm not sure he's been able to relax just yet. We walked along the beach today and bothered the sand pipers. They're so funny! They snuggle together on the sand, standing on one leg. If you come near all the tiny sandpipers hop away... on one leg. It's ridiculous; these waves of mini birdie balls bobbing along...

They have round fuzzy white bellies.
I want to tickle them.

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Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof
Have some soup