Very True, Arthur - even when I'm out of my comfort zone if I'm with the one I love, I feel right at home :)

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I do occasionally but it's rare. The Dedicated To You poem was also the dedication of my novels to my wife - fitting because she's my Muse. I understand the line between public and private - some writers

smoke and CO2 detectors are a necessary nuisance - it drives the animals crazy when I test the batteries...and that's just the neighbours, lol. Every time we spring forward or fall back - but now they

That's true, Arthur - i prefer the sense of wonder though, as opposed to the dark night of the soul :)

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Well, that"s true, my friend. The heart is deceitful above all things - Who can know it? Certainly not me - I struggle to truly know myself and all I can give the reader is a sense of what it feels

I'm going to risk alienating or boring you, my friend. But this is where I'm at. I don't put much stock in mere human wisdom. Freud said we're tripartite : Ego, super ego and Id. The Bible says we're

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That's similar to me - I always go in order even when I record a hockey game - it doesn't matter to me if the game has already been played - I enjoy it as if seeing it in real time. Half the time when

Thanks, Arthur - life transposed into words is one thing but poetry is an entirely different way of knowing :)

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That makes it all perfectly clear :) Americans call us Canucks - the Stones played in a local bar a few times when here and I suppose they liked the place. BBQ chips and chicken are popular here too especially

Hmmm....I thought humour was a universal language, lol - I really don't get much of this South African local colour. And who are Pommies and what do you call Canadians? As a former teacher, I'm still working

Well, Thomas my cat, hasn't found a book or laptop he won't lie down upon - I don't know how he manages to be my Muse - maybe it's because I find him amusing and that calms me - everyone else? Most annoying

ha ha...good ones today, my friend. The first one is me though. What happens if the food isn't okay? I struggle with being assertive - I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings (mainly, my own) Last time