Pumpkin Pie History & Recipe
Ah, yes. It’s time to talk about…..dum, dum, dummmmmm!! PIE! Since I hadn’t been blogging here a year ago, you didn’t know about a Thing that I do. I do this Thing, you see. Everyone is good in certain ways, and bad in other ways. Or, to put it less judgementally, they soar in some ways, and drift gently down in other ways. I... [Read more...]
Goodnight Sweetheart
Do you remember this post, fellow Pailer’s? http://mylittlepail.com/you-make-me-feel-like-dancing/ It talks about the strange flow of creative energy that writing requires in my life, and how it is intrinsically linked to the energy flow needed for dance. I’ve been dragging my heels about writing here, as the sense of connection, and satisfaction... [Read more...]
Quan Yin-in the dark
Quan Yin statue I step up to the altar-greet her dragon; gaze at her face. I light one candle, then another, and mentally rest for a moment, though I am standing. It feels like a perch, spiritually. A place at the end of a quick-light footed staircase, leading to a panorama. I perch there, and muse on my path, and the various threads that intersect... [Read more...]
My favorite flower
is the hyacinth. And it only blooms for 2 weeks at this time of year. When I was younger, I had a lover who used to put them in my hair. We laughed about how they would fall out, or make me look like a parade. “I want you to smell like this all day..” he woud say. Please share your own favorite flower, why, or any other story that interests... [Read more...]
Ode to Redheads-Tom Robbins
How are we to explain the power these daughters of ancient Henna have over us bemused sons of Eros? Red hair is a woman’s game. The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blonds who’ve spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who’ve been composted. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man... [Read more...]
