by Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

all the musical versions I could find,  through Youtube,  in one place for those that love the poem:

Some women from movies made in the West

  that left an impression.

“tomorrow is another day” 

even tho this really is ‘he’ as ‘she’ 

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Preening Peacocks - Prince and Family

Would you be my Love?

Foursome: The entire family gets together early mornings here. I sometimes feed them bananas or bread. Prince prefers fruits to bread. He always calls to alert me in the morning… Read full post »

 Navratri is Christmas for us. On the occasion, Wishing YOU light, love, insight,  true knowledge, peace and contentment

this is what Nandini and Veeni are drawing… Read full post »

controlled environment is ok in labs or boudoirs or clinics or among Hitler's tribe - is it really desirable in Public fora?

isn't quality control elitist? leading  in the end to hegemony?

so then, it hurts to watch people I respect, like to read, value the voice of,  be… Read full post »

'adult' games :) well, 'nother meme, originator - gosearch... intro copypasted

Are you game for the self-exposure of the foibles of your youth?  If you are, try this inventory. The one below is mine. As you read it, bear in mind that these are incidents from my very naïve early… Read full post »

 It hasn't rained like this in this city long as I have been here. He came.

Then light disappeared, sit till 1o a.m. watching the darkness and gloom

 The fourth day at home - no fever,  can't keep food down, horribly acidic, the nerves around… Read full post »

people are dying of swine flu here, schools have been closed down in many cities,  we have standing orders for parents to be vigilent and not force a child to come to school if he is running a temperature, mum reports cold, fever - asked her if I… Read full post »

♣  

"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear s… Read full post »

Dating

asking people out or dating is not common  in India.

usually, meetings happen when people meet in office or some familiar space or there are common friends or you meet at a party and strike up a conversation... if you are a recluse,  just going to school and coming back  - you… Read full post »

Cyclopic got me started on this idea. His post was the first one I read.

When I was growing up, we did not have TV or the Internet, TV started sometime in the eighties in India with only the National Channel. We got ours in 1984 so we… Read full post »

63 years of Independence: India celebrates its I-Day today, August 15

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps,

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this morning when I least expected it, he gifted me with undivided attention. he danced FOR ME!

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When I suddenly realized it is… Read full post »

everything began well this morning, except I lost my keys and had to break-in in! Read full post »

Morning Light, love to watch it from my bed, about 6:30 a.m.

the prince is alone this morning

tea ready, logged in for my morning mail before work

   showered but not feeling so good

one last look outside from the terrace, he is… Read full post »

Color and Sexuality

The clothes you wear, your home furnishings and the car you drive all give clues to your sexual personality. The key is the colors you select for your possessions. Most people claim they haven't a favorite color. But look around you, and you'll notice a pattern, especially… Read full post »

PS: this is mainly an effort to keep close to the nicer memories of my life as the present isn't all that nice right now. so delving in kind of keeps those other thoughts at bay and prevents me from brooding too much.

Leeandra started it, thanks to her, I… Read full post »

Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence, in one of his lectures at the University of Puerto Rico , shared the following story as an example of "non-violence in parenting":

"I was 16 years old and living with… Read full post »

a kind of love is,  when you are not scared of anything,  except,  losing the object of your love

the other kind is,  when you do not care - all that matters is that you can wake up each morning and ecah day is a new day

another kind numbs… Read full post »

everytime the mind hears "love" it does a sommersault and tries to clamber back onto life's arms - "like a gecko" - and then it is brushed off aside as they would to a gecko - who likes geckos exactly? obnoxious ugly clingy things?

but geckos have a life of their… Read full post »

the morning was horrible and dark and scary.  horror you do not expect as average, ordinary citizens.  trauma. waiting to die. near the edge. of losing faith in the goodness of life. giving up on life. anguish of abandoning a dream.

 evening: calm, serene, beautiful thanks to an artis… Read full post »

Day 3 Without Water

Just because I do not sit here, crying, does not mean am well. Just because I have the strength to come to school and deal with my work, does not mean I do not need help.

Yesterday evening, I… Read full post »

Day 2 without water in the tap

begins with recording the last bit from day1, which makes me feel proud of myself. (folks this is a firesign person's blog, with her sun in Sagittarius, moon in Leo, an ascendant in Scorpio, what do you expect? me first, always) (well, unless you… Read full post »

ok must record this for me to remember

they cut off the water supply. there is not a drop of water in the house to even wash my face. no water to even use the bathroom. went out to inform the landlord. "it is a machine, it is not working". So,… Read full post »