Thanks, @steemityourway, but fiction is a whole lot truer than life and the best lives imitate art :)

Two sets of pagodas from totally different eras--it reminds me of a MacNeice poem: Soundlessly collateral and incompatible: World is suddener than we fancy it. Two different dynasties and two different

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Thank you!

Thank you! Seems daunting :)

Ha ha, NSFW to be sure, but face it, my friend, your lovely wife is your life. As for money, I just heard on the radio today about a fellow who won 55 million in a Lottery - Too much responsibility - He's

Well, Alan, I make my own - mind you, it's taken a year to perfect but Deb told me recently she prefers my pizza to the store bought ones - It takes about 45 minutes from start to finish including clean-up

Thanks, Alan - I think life experience is the equivalent of a university education, but you may still be paying years afterwards :)

so true - and as for the interpretation, well, it's public property and it's up to others how they use it

ha ha - at least you're not putting your reading glasses in the fridge :)

An intriguing post, @slowwalker - the importance of work. You may be surprised to learn that the Buddhist saying is an almost verbatim restatement of a passage in the New Testament - 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Thanks Carmen -I don't have an ex, but I have a wife :) The poem was meant to be about expectations - even when two people are married there will be two different points of view. Honestly, unless our single

A beautiful stone relief, @slowwalker. I also noted the tranquil look on the buddha's face. I think it interesting that you looked at the Buddha from the perspective of a foreigner. The woman was intrigued

thank you, @aqsamustafa

That was a true-to-life tale. I recall when Levi , our Australian Shepherd , was diagnosed with Cancer. We were at a huge clinic and surprisingly the parking spaces were metered. I never carry money -

I agree about the ups and downs of working for yourself online - You wrote a good article - I wish I could give you more but such as I have, I gave you. Good work :)

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Gracias, @krakenpei

It does - I still feel the same way as I did at twenty...Okay, thirty-five :)