To someone who needs to win

The Amazon

I dreamt of swords last night.
I dreamt of battles last night.
I dreamt I fought by your side
armed and strong, last night.

A hard flash of lightning came from your hand
and the troll fell at your feet.
Our troops closed in around us and sang
in the threat of silent darkness.

I dreamt of blood last night.
I dreamt of death last night.
I dreamt I fell by your side
with a mortal wound, last night.

You never even noticed that I fell.
So grave was your mouth.
With steady hand you held your shield
and went upon your way.

I dreamt of fire last night.
I dreamt of roses last night.
I dreamt my death was fair and good.
That is how I dreamt last night.

(Karin Boye translated by Jenny Nunn)

If not one coast then the other...

Photo via Harbor View Hotel & Resort Edgartown, Cape Cod

This is where I want to go for a retreat.
These are also darn cute.
Or these!

Magnificent Glimmer of Hope

One day when my not-yet-written science fiction space trilogy (which of course will be post-apocalyptic) is ready to meet the world I would love for Daniel Dociu to help visualize it! Just the right amount of melancholic magnificent glimmer of hope in a bizarre and vast future. Daniel Dociu's gallery here.

That Was Then...

All of a sudden I remembered it. I used to sit on another shore, far away, and long to sit on the other side of the world. This song pretty much sums it up.
Storm in My Heart

Wonderful illustration from N. C. Wyeth's Legends of Charlemagne

Soundtracks

or the original version.
Also check out their Digital Love Wonky Pop version. Eek how much I lurv it!

I don't need to compile my own lists when I have DJ Lady Byrd!

Two Movies I Love...

On the way home I drive a large SUV. I have driven here before but it has been years. I come to a familiar house and stop for directions. Right around the corner is the road that I wanted to take - now covered and overgrown with healthy and green grass! I even see a couple of cows grazing right where the road used to go. The grass is a little lower there so the path of the old road is easily discerned . But I cannot drive there. It might be too soft and who knows where it nowadays will end. I look at a newer road that lead behind newer homes. I am pretty good at finding alternative routes. I have an excellent sense of direction.

Shoreline

20 minutes later it was gone...