vilaine fille

Sorrizi e canzoni XVII

145. true friends who hear and understand
146. still more good news about M (in bocca al lupo, m*rde à la puissance treize, ptui ptui ptui)
147. leading a seder with dear ones (and amazing food)
148. yet another new friend thanks to knitting
149. yoga’s power to transform a rotten day
150. feeling detachment and compassion in the face of abuse
151. the rain, which washes away the pollen (thank you, G-d)
152. Dream of better lives, the kind which never hate…
153. Butterò questo mio enorme cuore tra le stelle un giorno, giuro che lo farò…

Pensée du dimanche 27 avril

WHEN I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
—Walt Whitman

Sorrisi e canzoni XVI

136. still more good news about M (in bocca al lupo, m*rde à la puissance treize, ptui ptui ptui!)
137. bringing together two surpassingly cherished friends
138. still more new friends, still more new opportunities to learn and grow (repeat of a repeat)
139. a box of extreme lusciousness from Maine (tack så hemskt mycket!)
140. chocolate-covered bread of our affliction (probably made a mess back in the desert)
141. becoming ever more bendy
142. a bit more clarity about rageaholism and abuse
143. Scegli una stella, prendila, scegli le stelle, non perderle…
144. E in mezzo a questo mare cercherò di scoprire quale stella sei
     perché mi perderei se dovessi capire che stanotte non ci sei…

Pensée du dimanche 20 avril

Freedom is taken, not given.
—Ahad Ha’am

vilaine fille wishes everyone blessings and miracles at Pesach!

Sorrisi e canzoni XV

127. that April has been such a fruitful month over the years (love those Aries!)
128. still more new friends, still more new opportunities to learn and grow (repeat)
129. not having left my knitting on the A train (phew)
130. really good news from M (ptui ptui ptui) and encouraging signs from other friends
131. getting a day off for Pesach (yay!)
132. starting to let go of that bitterness
133. L’altra mia Isotta (vorrei che fossi te! joyeux anniversaire, ma belle)
134. Ce petit cœur (di chi altro?)
135. Non m’importa della luna, non m’importa delle stelle, tu per me sei luna e stelle (buon compleanno)

Pensée du dimanche 13 avril

Miss you, sweetie. Love you.

Sorrisi e canzoni XIV

118. to have had such a friend as RHH (repeat)
119. words of healing and grace
120. still more opportunities to be useful
121. squeezing every last drop of lusciousness out of the day
122. burnt caramel!
123. finding perfect gifts for M and others
124. Armenian and Veggie Planet delicacies (thanks, R and T)
125. words and sounds of wisdom
126. When You Wish Upon a Star

Pensée du dimanche 6 avril

I have learnt how to live… How to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either…
—Billy Wilder, Sabrina

Merci !