Well Happy Birthday. Mine's sometime next week. I'm surprised I've made it this far. :-D
TurquoiseB wrote: > It's been a fine birthday on a fine, chilly-but-sunny > day in Sitges. I got to (Hobbit-like) take a few friends > to lunch at a favorite restaurant, for which in return I > received the wonderful present of being able to play with > 11-month-old Maya. Afterwards I took a long walk along > the beach with my dogs and watched one of those sunsets > that makes you want to applaud and shout "Author!" > > Then I came home and, before heading out for the evening, > cranked up the stereo and played the song that I listen > to every birthday, to remind me both that I don't have > an infinite number of them, and that that's OK. It's as > much a credo for me as it is for the guy who wrote and > performs it in this clip: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1SIUGRxRM > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1SIUGRxRM> > > Child Of The Wind > by Bruce Cockburn, 24 December 1989 > > I love the pounding of hooves > I love engines that roar > I love the wild music of waves on the shore > And the spiral perfection of a hawk when it soars > I love my sweet woman down to the core > > There's roads and there's roads > And they call, can't you hear it? > Roads of the earth > And roads of the spirit > The best roads of all > Are the ones that aren't certain > One of those is where you'll find me > Till they drop the big curtain > > Hear the wind moan > In the bright diamond sky > These mountains are waiting > Brown-green and dry > I'm too old for the term > But I'll use it anyway > I'll be a child of the wind > Till the end of my days > > Little round planet > In a big universe > Sometimes it looks blessed > Sometimes it looks cursed > Depends on what you look at obviously > But even more it depends on the way that you see > > Hear the wind moan > In the bright diamond sky > These mountains are waiting > Brown-green and dry > I'm too old for the term > But I'll use it anyway > I'll be a child of the wind > Till the end of my days > > [http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/output-home/hm-buddhism-12.gif] > > > >
