Cathairs, the universe and everything

Take a person made by their very nature to hope and merge, and teach them by tribulation after tribulation, by one death after the oth...

Some winter nights are tranquil. Masses of clouds travel fast in the sky and the cold is not unbearable. I stare at the moon and distan...

Remembering my dead pets tonight. I wonder what kind of masochism urges us to adopt, when it only means we're going to have our he...

The blog is undergoing maintenance right now. This means my sorry butt is currently erasing excessive labels, adding labels to really...

I began this blog in 2005. There is a massive amount of work in it, and I always thought it should not be done for any other reason than t...

That last exit for me is music. Writing presupposes some kind of coherent thinking, music needs less thinking. Screaming, for that mat...

Lately I am trying to walk as much as possible. It keeps my murdering impulses in check. It also keeps my tummy in check. I exercise f...

Kahlil Gibran THE GREATER SEA (from 'The Madman', 1918) My soul and I went to the great sea to bathe. And when we r...

Art by Natalie Shau . That's what my (beloved) demons probably look like. Just a note before I close my eyes and drift off to dream...

Had my heart broken twice in two days. I'll live, of course. I always live.  The title I used is a line from Under th...

  I extend my hand in the twilight. The wind is blowing, the sky a mixture of blue and grey. The clouds travel fast, they rush out of ...

"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable....