“After a while”

“After a While”

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn
that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t always mean security.
And you begin to learn
that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of woman, not the grief of a child
and you learn
to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is
too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down
in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
you really are strong
you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn
with every goodbye, you learn…

© 1971 Veronica A. Shoffstall
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Add comment July 29th, 2007

The fashion police

One of my favourite blogs (which I’ve only just discovered recently) is Thefashionpolice.net It’s all about badly dressed celebrities and is guaranteed to give you a few laughs.

Add comment July 19th, 2007

Home made lemon air freshener

Here’s something I want to try (from tipnut)

Lemon Air Freshener Spray

Ingredients

2 cups hot water
1/8 cup baking soda
1/2 cup lemon juice

Directions

* First dissolve the baking soda in hot water then add the lemon juice. You can use ReaLemon for this (expired is fine).

I wonder if orange can be substituted for the lemon.

Add comment July 17th, 2007

Cool doggy treat for the summer

Now here is a fun idea for the summer:


You can make some ice with the dogs chew toys in it and let doggy have hours (well minutes anyway) of fun taking it apart while getting a drink in the process.
You can even buy the ice maker bucket thing in that shape if you really want to here.

Add comment July 12th, 2007

13th century homework

This is so cute. This is the homework of a 6 year old Russian boy living in the 13th century. He must have got a little bored of writing and made some nice artwork on the page.
From here

Add comment July 6th, 2007

Do you have to get married in white?

Mandy over here in the comments section has asked this question about the color of a bride’s wedding dress. Does it have to be white? If you know about wedding traditions feel free to leave a comment.

Add comment July 6th, 2007

Ice Cream in a bag

What You Need

* 1 tablespoon Sugar
* 1/2 cup Milk
* 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
* 6 tablespoons Rock salt
* 1 pint-size Ziploc plastic bag
* 1 gallon-size Ziploc plastic bag
* Ice cubes

How To Make It

1. Fill the large bag half full of ice, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag.
2. Put milk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it.
3. Place the small bag inside the large one and seal again carefully.
4. Shake until mixture is ice cream, about 5 minutes.
5. Wipe off top of small bag, then open carefully and enjoy!

Recipe from kidsdomain.com
Image by Imelechon

1 comment July 2nd, 2007