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Lani's Blog

by Lani

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1455359

My musings, my rambles and I welcome you.

LIVE WITH INTENTION.

WALK TO THE EDGE.

CHOOSE WITH NO REGRETS..

DANCE IN THE LIGHT

APPRECIATE MY FAMILY & FRIENDS.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Nov 2, 2023 at 1:21am
In response to "My favorite Author"

well done

Kåre Enga in Montana

Nov 2, 2023 at 1:06am
In response to "My favorite Author"

Very nicely done. Almost a formal cinquain (I tweak formal ones; written a lot).

Speaker:
soft voice, cool head,
maneuvering, calculating, observing.
Wends his way to Paradise one vote at a time.
Johnson.

I don't agree with US House Speaker Johnson of Louisiana on most issues; but,
he stepped up to do a difficult job and his calm cool demeanor may help him move forward.
I vehemently oppose his world view, but 2024 looms. I remind myself to be patient.

As for Austen... different time, different culture, different use of language. I'm more fond of the dark Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily, Anne.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Feb 6, 2023 at 2:15am
In response to "My Hope Shakes"

Technical note:

I cannot parse this:

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Response: I was crushed at a very early age. I grew up 'bittersweet'. The songs I chose so far for the Soundtrack contest reflect that.

At my age I just live with it, embracing both the bitter and the sweet.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Oct 15, 2021 at 7:32pm
In response to "The Spark"

I'm always amazed at how many people choose mountains and beaches. I'm attracted to open meadows or prairie streching to the horizon. When I go to Thailand it will be to the rice fields of Isan, not the beaches of Phuket or the mountains of Chiang Mai (both are beautiful).

But daily life? Maybe living in a cottage in the Cotswolds visiting my neighbors for a cuppa tea. But Lagos in Portugal, Lillehammer in Norway or Novi Pazar in Serbia might do just fine.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Oct 15, 2021 at 7:17pm
In response to "The Cookie She Eats"

I gained weight during the "Neverending Season of Covid", a horror movie I did NOT consent to be a part of.

But... if I can get back to traveling... I sleep better, eat less, walk more, feel better.

As for cookies... they aren't allowed in my place, nor is chocolate and frankly I shouldn't have bought that can of cashews either.

Oh, do I resemble your poem?

amy-Has a great future ahead

Oct 13, 2020 at 3:07pm
In response to "Music What gets your juices going?"

I don't know much about what is good for excercise music. The songs you have chosen should suit you well. Have a great day.

JarredH

Apr 19, 2019 at 11:37pm
In response to "What I am Passionate about...."

Nursing is very hard work and I admire anyone who can do it. My mother was a nurse and loved it when she was assigned to work with pedriatic patients in the hospital she worked at (they were too small a hospital to have a NICU).

Anyway, this is a beautiful and moving blog post. You clearly love the work you do and are quite good at it. Thank you for sharing.

amy-Has a great future ahead

Dec 25, 2014 at 12:08pm
In response to "Santa's Boy"

This is a really nice story.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Nov 1, 2014 at 4:53pm
In response to "How Do You Celebrate Halloween?"

I didn't see this five years ago so I am glad you shared it again. I haven't read that book by Lewis, sounds like it is one I should. Thanks, I will check it out.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Mar 3, 2014 at 12:43pm
In response to "Message in a Bottle"

That was quite interesting, I didn't anticipate the ending at all. I am glad that not everyone is selfish in your world.

October 3, 2017 at 11:03pm

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My favorite Myth

A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.” ~Christopher Vogler Do you agree or disagree? What's your favorite myth?

Love Brings

Whirling, swirling,

so goes life.

As Sisyphus rolls his rock

toward the abyss,

Man's unending falling

Into a darkness

complete

Faces, voices,

life gone by.

Passions dried,

but not the tears;

heartbreaking,

framing withering

tears

Sweetly sipped,

from another's lips,

only Love breaks through

bringing Man

hope, light, life

back from the

edge.

My favorite myth is Sisyphus. Well, maybe not favorite but one that I understand. It's real life. Sisyphus is the king of Ephya. He promotes navigation and commerce so he is a good guy. But wait, he kills travelers and guests so he is a bad guy.

Sisyphus is also sly, charming and cunning. He annoyed Zeus by betraying one of the god's secrets to a river god for a mountain spring. Killing guests breaks hospitality laws of Zeus so he orders Death (or Hades depending on your version) to put Sisyphus in chains in Tartarus. The king talked Death into putting the chains on himself, you know to see how they worked. No one could die until Death was freed.

In another story Sisyphus tricks the Queen of the Dead Persephone into letting him leave the Underworld. He convinced her he was there by mistake.

For his hubris of believing he was smarter than the gods, Zeus has Sisyphus rolling a rock up a hill only to have it roll back down before he can complete the task. Unending frustration and wasted effort is his hell for his clever mind.

I believe that Mr. Vogler is right that myth is metaphor for human mysteries. As for Sisyphus, the mystery is why would a king with so many gifts (a rich country, a family, a clever mind and a charming way) throw it all away? Why break the laws of basic decency? How did he come to believe that he was better or smarter than the gods?

Why do we?

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October 1, 2017 at 10:42am

#921201

October

"Bittersweet October,

the mellow, messy, leaf-kick, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and

winter."

Carol Bishop Hipps

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