To our precious cats - Max, the philosophical gardener, (March 5th, 2006 - February 23rd, 2013) and Elmo, the artistic climber (April 2nd, 2007 - August 28th, 2012). In loving memory.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Happiness
by Amy Lowell
Happiness, to
some, elation;
Is, to others, mere stagnation.
Days of passive somnolence,
At its wildest, indolence.
Hours of empty quietness,
No delight, and no distress.
Happiness to me is wine,
Effervescent, superfine.
Full of tang and fiery pleasure,
Far too hot to leave me leisure
For a single thought beyond it.
Drunk! Forgetful! This the bond: it
Means to give one's soul to gain
Life's quintessence. Even pain
Pricks to livelier living, then
Wakes the nerves to laugh again,
Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.
Although we must die to-morrow,
Losing every thought but this;
Torn, triumphant, drowned in bliss.
Happiness: We rarely feel it.
I would buy it, beg it, steal it,
Pay in coins of dripping blood
For this one transcendent good.
Is, to others, mere stagnation.
Days of passive somnolence,
At its wildest, indolence.
Hours of empty quietness,
No delight, and no distress.
Happiness to me is wine,
Effervescent, superfine.
Full of tang and fiery pleasure,
Far too hot to leave me leisure
For a single thought beyond it.
Drunk! Forgetful! This the bond: it
Means to give one's soul to gain
Life's quintessence. Even pain
Pricks to livelier living, then
Wakes the nerves to laugh again,
Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.
Although we must die to-morrow,
Losing every thought but this;
Torn, triumphant, drowned in bliss.
Happiness: We rarely feel it.
I would buy it, beg it, steal it,
Pay in coins of dripping blood
For this one transcendent good.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Saturday, 1 December 2012
I have a friend!!
She´s four months old. An abandoned kitty like I was. I wonderful woman
has brouGht her and now we´re GettinG used to each other. My humans have told
me to be very careful because I´m very biG and stronG.
A friend, like Elmo.
Ivan says she can be called Gaia, like the Earth.
Isn´t it a precious name?
Another cat will have a home in winter.
Max.
(next photos will be better, she´s very active riGht now…)
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