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Where few men have trod...
First man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away today.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless falls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor e'er eagle flew...
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The
To Mom...
Mom, thanks for bringing me into this world. I know there are times, like when I "redecorated" the front hall or spewed milk on your boss during dinner, that you wondered why you had me, but I'm glad you decided I was worth it.
Thanks for being a storyteller. I love it when you talk about the life you had as a kid (and it helped me understand why you wouldn't let me build a treehouse) and what it was like to suit up in Kevlar just to fly over Sarajevo and Baghdad, and everything you saw and did there (and the stories you can't tell me yet because you still see me as your little daughter).
Thanks for being a firm hand. I know I was a bratt
A change of pace...
The last few months have been pretty busy for me, so an opportunity to take a slow weekend is always appreciated. Yep, I'm becoming old - there's joy in the quiet, removed from the constant hurrying about and noise, and these days, I'd rather find new herbs for my patio than go the movies.
I'm reading a couple of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels - if you've never read Agatha Christie, I recommend looking up her And Then There Were None stand-alone (take time to marvel at the difference trans-Atlantic culture/slang and time make, just in the original title). If you like her style, the most important decision to make is if you're more a
Happy Easter!
(Jeez, I haven't updated this since last summer! ^^;)
Anyway, just wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter whilst waiting for my dinner guests to arrive - I haven't had as much time for deviantART of late, but that doesn't mean I've left it behind. Hopefully, real life slows down enough that I can get some of my neglected projects back on track.
See you on the flip side! :wave:
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