A Reprise

I said... Como estas? This is interesting, not being able to talk to someone. I forgot to ask her name. I thought all last evening about how to ask. I can understand Spanish quite well but can't speak it well at all. I can understand everything she says as long as she keeps to simple pleasantries. Then again I have trouble uttering things in English most of the time too.

(7/18) To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; William Shakespeare, Hamlet

I have not let it die in me, that desire to create. I have worked very hard to make time for it each day and I write, even if sometimes it isn't very good. I made a great breakthrough today with The Siren and I think I can finally finish it. I think I will put this on my domain name. Winter light has been too long without content, and there is no reason not to.

My walk through River Legacy in late summer

I know the classical station is not playing the Star Wars theme. Off. I love the new Sony UX. My only questions are, can I write a novel on it, and is it Vista ready? Anyway, I would not buy one until it had Vista, since I wouldn't want to buy that separately. ... Not that I am actually in the market for a new computer.

But I prefer the idea of thrusting off my mortal coil in disdain and charging forth into celestial aether, not shuffling it off like a weary creature shedding its skin. I misattributed and misremembered the quote, but I like to think my idea was more like Shelley's philosophy.

I will thrust off this mortal coil Originally uploaded by ladyhildegarde . This is possibly a misquote of Shelley. I don't remember where I heard it, though. "Vanity is an evil disease" read Hester Prynne's sampler. As you can see, my handwriting is not improving. Part of the problem is that, because I am left-handed, I do not actually believe it can.