Archives: May 2005
Fri May 27, 2005
Memorial
Often shouted words loose meaning
Repetition, redundancy, familiarity
Turn does the phrase
Into sentiment void of power.
What shall we call these things
Courage, commitment, dedication, belief
Pallor the soul
To sigh and ache?
Can we speak of heroes anymore?
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Mon May 23, 2005
Something I Need to Finish...
Evan,” Kelly yelled from inside the house, “where do you want these books?”
“Just put them with the others, by the fireplace,” I shouted to her as
I backed away from my car outside in the front drive, holding a not so
stable stack of three boxes.
My new rural retreat, as I liked to think of it, was on old cottage. It
was all that remained of the farm that was once on this land. I had
bought the ten acres from my now nearest neighbor whose father had
owned the large farm house that use to be here. My cottage was the old
guest house. The farm house proper had burned some ten years ago, and
my neighbor had moved to a doublewide about two miles down the road. He
wanted to live “Closer to town,” as he had put it. Anyway, when the
state moved “state road 1782,” it cut off this western most portion of
his land, and since he consider me to be “a nice feller” and figured
this little piece would “just go to weeds,” he let me buy it. It needed
a lot of work, but the well was still working and the septic system
checked out, so I bought it. We had waited until today for the power to
be hooked up before I officially moved in. Kelly, against all of her
instincts, had offered to help. She looked so out of place. Standing in
the doorway, trying to get her hair back into the bun on the back of
her head, she looked for all the world like a disheveled city slicker.
I smiled as I watched her from my car.
More...
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Wed May 18, 2005
Homeward Bound
For the first time in a very long time, tonight I did not want to
come home. There is tension in the air and unspoken disagreements hang
among fears of losing that so precious connection...
Ships passing...
Glances unexchanged
Anger
Missgivings and distrust
Abound.
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Fri May 13, 2005
CRAP!!!
No more comments for a while. Insert your strongest cursing here -
&^$^&*@&*(W#$!, the spam bots are back and delivered no
less than 400 spam comments today. I hate, ^&%#%ing hate this crap
and what makes it worse, I have NO power to stop it other than blocking
all comments. I am so, so, so... well... you know.
email me if you want. email address is to the left.
CRAP!
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Mon May 09, 2005
After these messages...
I was reading over my previous post, and...well...I guess I can get a
bit overly pompous. I even thought about deleting it, but decided that
it 'is what it is.' Let us just caulk it up to Theo Interrupted.
Go over to Edward's blog and read something of substance. Go. Go on...
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Sun May 08, 2005
The Thoughtful Ones?
Do we honor thinking anymore? I can remember my brain threatening to explode as it strained to get wrapped around the thoughts and ideas cast before me that first year in college. Between a rapid speaking free thinking humanities instructor and a mercilessly critically minded ethics professor, I remember wondering if the very fabric of my conservative, southern belief system would be torn asunder. It was, and I discovered thinking, reason, philosophy, and religious freedom. More...
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Wed May 04, 2005
Theo Speaks
I did this wave recording a while back. AT one point it seemed like a good idea to put a voice with Theophany.us. While working with the designer of my site, I was moved to write the "Moment" saying that is quoted in the layout. Here, I read those words.
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Sun May 01, 2005
Mindful About Birthdays
Tomorrow is my birthday. I have spent some time today thinking and
feeling my way around the occasion. Depending on the moment, my
thoughts fluctuate from joy and sweet memories to more unpleasant and
even painful feelings as I think upon the mistakes of the past years. I
caught my self wondering if my wandering thoughts are typical. So...
What do you think of at your birthday time each year? Has it changed
for you over the years? Do you know of any interesting rituals/habits
of birthday celebrations?
Personally, I plan to eat a piece of five flavor piund cake with cream
cheese icing from a local bakery. It is my favorite of all cakes,
afterall!
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