Longing

Maybe they will return.

It will be in Spring at Dusk.

...it had been a long journey but it was still there as they remembered as only those from the South remember.

"Rivington" - because of course it was their home and of course all great houses are named.

This is the dream.

Reality is a bit different, but may become the dream of another person, another family in another time.

The entry light must have wiring;

the grounds could certainly be tidied by local help or helpful goats;

perhaps flowers again.

Horses.

But not in my lifetime.

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Gung Hay Fat Choy

In China, this sign is called Wild Boar but since in America and Europe one doesn't meet up much with wild boars (except for the incident in PhD's neighborhood), this zodiac sign is usually called a Pig.

When wallowing contentedly along, Pigs are sensible, sensual and sensitive, sweetly naive, self-sacrificing, erudite, obliging and generous.

But when their elastic generosity has been stretched beyond its limit, out pops Piggy's darker side. He becomes hot-tempered, pessimistic, sardonic, snobbish, snide, authoritarian, know-it-all, and sometimes downright mad at the world.

The Chinese Year of the Pig begins this year on February 18.

It is a Fire Pig year. Other Fire Pigs include Arnold Schwarznegger, Carlos Santana and Steven Spielberg.

Source: The New Chinese Astrology, Suzanne White

Be mine

Since the day no valentine appeared on the desk in third grade, PhD has refused to recognize Valentine's Day.

It was the first recognition of hurt. Of course after that day, hurt appeared in the form of being too tall, too thin, glasses, braces and being chosen last for softball.

Valentine' Day, however, became the lifetime symbol of not being good enough for someone or something.

The end of innocence because of a missing red heart with a paper doily on a worn wooden desk.

How dumb is that?

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Baby, don't you drive that.3

Cats gotta have fun

but even with

nine lives

their antique

toys

must be

updated

on

occasion

so that cool cats remain cool...

Might Ph.d. suggest Ducati's nuovo classico Sport Classic 1000, a retro rocket suited to wear well with grey and black for the days you simply must have 992 cubic centimeters of fuel injection with your espresso...

rock on, Raypod!

Siamese if you please?

There is a certain group of Oriental cats known as Fiends.

If you are an owner of one of these creatures, you know who you are, unfortunate soul.

Peace be with you.

Phd.