My darling daughter Grace with her amazing grill

Bella in her room in the sky

what everyone gets this yule

don't you think theyre whimsical?

I'm big on whimsy

If the hat fits, wear it.

Ron gave me 'Honey, I'm home!' flowers...

Shhhhh, nap time

Today is one of those days where I can sit in my jammies in a sunbeam, with the pot of soup on the stove and a book, knowing I've scoured the internet for employment possibilities, that Ron's out of town and I am home without a soul wanting anything of me and everyone out in the world in their own little trips, and they're all doing pretty good. No calamity other than the chronic shoulder pain our Ron is trying to hide. I'm moving the bedroom around a bit, so that we can switch sides when Ron returns on Friday, so that I can cuddle without him having to grimace cuz my heavy head is causing him grief.

Hoping to see a daughter today, too. That would be nice.

Isn't that picture of Grace a beauty? Her new braces make her look very 'fetishy'. Her guy, Dave thinks its kinky that his girlfriend is still in highschool AND has braces... We're a twisted bunch... no wonder Dave fits right in... His momma Anne, too. (Shout out to Ann...)

Facebook has taken me on an existential journey today with a poem by Neitsche that arrived on my laptop today from a friend's status. Its moving lyrical message led me to an exploration of who the author was, where the poem came from and such and wasn't I dazzled when I found out that there were connections to the 'eternal return', Stephen Hawkings, Jim Morrison and so much more from the 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' lines...as follows...

"O man, take care!
What does the deep midnight declare?
"I was asleep—
From a deep dream I woke and swear:—
The world is deep,
...Deeper than day had been aware.
Deep is its woe—
Joy—deeper yet than agony:
Woe implores: Go!
But all joy wants eternity—
Wants deep, wants deep eternity."

The roundelay was used as the text for the 4th movement (originally titled "What Man Tells Me") of the 3rd Symphony, composed in 1895, by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.

Milan Kundera's seminal work, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, is rooted in the concept of eternal return, with the narration explicitly referring to and building on Nietzsche's interpretation.

Interesting what a wander through my morning facebook news will expose me to. This poem has led me to read about Neitsche's concept of 'eternal return', the oroboros... thru history and then on into quantum physics a la Stephen Hawking...

about an hour ago ·

 

 Jim Morrison, who was familiar with Nietzsche's works, spoke about the idea of eternal recurrence. "Well, we’re all in the cosmic movie, you know that! That means the day you die, you gotta watch your whole life recurring eternally forever, in CinemaScope, 3-D. So you better have some good incidents happenin’ in there... and a fitting climax" - The End of "Light my Fire" (18:52) on Disc 2 of The Doors: Live in Detroit.

 

And now I'm going to put on my hiking shoes and take my camera and go stalking the fruit of the mycillia... while the soup simmers and the day is at its peak freshness.

Kitchen kitsche

Seemore

Seeless who I saved from the dumpster