Tell me just once,
that’s all it will take,
to make me stay forever
or leave me in your wake.
Tell me you feel it too
and that it’s not just in my mind
that my heart belongs to you
in a love that is so blind.
Tell me the truth,
no matter what it may be,
since we’ve only got tonight
before the flames will flee.
I have seen song bring together
two people who never knew
what they didn’t have in common
was all it took to say “I do.”
I have seen a gentle tune
heal the deepest wounds
created by a hate so deep
that all mankind should be doomed.
I have seen a heartbeat pulse
to a beat that shakes the soul
that once lay dormant
just waiting to become whole.
With all that music can do
there still exists one song
that drove us two so far apart
pointing out all that’s wrong.
in one ear
and out the other
these words
float away
hoping for the day
they will be heard
Spring flowers will bring
some salty showers indeed;
awed by Her beauty.
Love is broken hearts.
and mended souls.
Love is many parts.
and shared goals.
Love can break
or it can repair.
Love can lift you up
or bring despair.
Love can be blind
or see it all.
Love can catch you
when you fall.
Love is there
to fill the holes.
Love is broken hearts
and mended souls.
I’ve run out of things to say
so instead I’ve things to feel
and keep locked in my heart
while my head is left to reel.
Thoughts that have escaped
lay dying on the floor
as I hope for reason to return
so I have feelings no more.
I still can’t believe
you let her do that to me
how embarrassing it was
and you just didn’t see.
I looked you right in the eye
and pleaded for your help.
Still, you stood your ground,
perhaps I should have yelped.
I guess it is all over now
and you claim it was for the best
but how I’ll be teased,
you know cats love speaking in jest.
Forgive you, I may not,
but forget I’d like to do
so find me a fish this moment
so I can forget all about you.
It is a rare time in my life when I have only four books that I am reading at the current moment. This could be because I’ve been working hard at making CDs to sell. (Shameless plug here and here.) Or, it could be because I have been hard at work writing my own book(s). Either way, it’s been a while since I have given you a mash-up of any variety so I figured I’d offer up what would happen if all four books were one. Makes for an interesting story.
The Outlanders of Burning Bear and Landing Nightingale
A British Army nurse survives the war to be reunited with her bisexual Russian gymnast lover. The two take to the Scottish countryside for a much needed vacation. After they quarrel about the nurse’s biphobia, the gymnast wanders off discovering an ancient stone circle which sends her into an apocalyptic world with the undead.
Feeling terrible, the nurse sets off to find her lover. She stumbles upon the same stones but gets sent back to 14th century Russia and a village on the edge of wilderness. Wishing she had her lover there to translate, she pieces together that the village is having a string of bad luck and winter will soon be upon them. The priest who has just arrived encourages the village to give up their old ways and embrace his. One girl defies him though and the nurse realizes she too is shunned for being an outsider. With the nurse’s help, the girl embraces power from deep within to save her village and possibly send the nurse home.
Meanwhile, our Russian gymnast finds herself in a world that has been run by the dead for too long. Even more dangerous is the fact that some of the dead, have decided they want to live again. She meets an interesting couple, one living and one split between life and death, who have decided to take on a powerful force looking to usurp what’s left of civilization. The group sets off in the hope to discover who is in charge of this evil entity and if they have the capability to send the gymnast home.
Will both women conquer evil centuries apart? Will these two star-crossed lovers ever find their way back into each others arms? Only time will tell.
If any of this sounded interesting to you, check out these books:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Burning World by Isaac Marion
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher
Betsy DeVos has become the 11th United States Secretary of Education. A lot of my friends happen to be teachers and while I am worried about what this could mean for them, I am more worried about what it could mean for children, especially my own.
A teacher’s job is hard enough without having to worry about the bureaucracy bullshit that gets thrown at them. In recent years it has been bad enough and it seems like things might get even worse before getting better. So, I have made an important decision that in no way is an insult to those teachers out there who give it their all. I will be homeschooling Emilita.
We started our rigorous curriculum just yesterday and she aced her first test. I can already see that the benefits of some extra time spent with my baby girl will help her go far in life. Check out her results below and see for yourself.
Your beauty will not fade
with the years that pass
since some beauty is eternal
and inner beauty shall last.
Autumn Siders 