Lost in Translation via Daily Prompt: Taper Just how many different ways can he screw things up? Frustration has become my normal state of being. Why or better yet what can I do to deal with this! Is it a problem with hearing? Is he doing it on purpose just to see my reaction? Maybe I need to write it out? The diner is tonight. His only job was the invitations and dressing the table. I asked that he get a taper for everyone. So what did he do……….he showed up with colored paper. Each person at the party was to use the taper to light their candle! There I am screaming again. No, it is deafening silence instead. Lost in translation: Taper vs Paper. Okay, I needed a picture of a taper!

Daily Prompt: Volume It was all about tidal flow or so she thought. Such a simple problem had been the remarks presented by her professor. Can you gage the tidal flow and not be concerned with the volume of the water as it flows through the tidal basin? Wait a minute, she thought. Is this way more than what I bargained for entering this class? How much math is involved in science? This speaks of the volume of my ignorance.

A Question of Victory and Triumph Triumph goes to the victor. These days we are constantly reminded who won the race. It seems however that the Triumph of this victor comes with dissention almost daily. Bad behavior by the followers of this victorious individual comes with justification through his victory. United we stand, shows that we are hardly united in much of anything! When we keep calling names to fictional ideals what does America really stand for? Who really triumphs when our elections become more about money than substance. When we forget parts of our history as a country we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. As long as we dwell within Fear we can never grasp the blindness that comes with Fear. When you are judged by the color of your skin, the language you speak, the house you live in or the job that you do our strength as a nation is lessened. When you chose to educate some and classify others as ignorant our strength is again diminished. Who triumphs and …

Oh yes, lilacs are glorious to harvest but they’re not easy to prepare. Cooking with lilac is tricky and time consuming (you need to remove the stems) but this time is,  of course, ideal for … Source: Spell-Binding Fairy Beauties: Lilac Cream Tarts

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ℒ~ Try as I might In the still of the Sleepless night the Darkness doth creep in To the tearless emptiness Where rational doth not exist There is no rational for that feeling of emptiness, yet here it is again. I know not when it will appear. Tho, like a long lost friend it just sometimes pops in and stays for a spell. It exits just as stealthily through the same door it entered. I try not to give it much credence or attention, because feeding it will just give it energy and I’ve no desire for it to be here in the first place. I suspect that it has something to do with wavering off of that centering space called ‘being present’. What a multi-layered tricky place that is. I akin it to trying to stay balanced on a ball. I tried doing that as a kid. Every once in a while, for just a fleeting moment I was able to do it. And as soon as I did I got…

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I hold this space, The space of lost dreams and sometimes broken hearts. I cherish and nurture this space for others. Here is the well of healing and of inner repair and long sought repose. Gently we build and guide the new inner works. There is no way to hold on to this space with jealous abandon, To grasp is to break the spell. I hold this space in a breath long taken .and it keeps asking me to remember