what is it with you and sunflowers he asksi point to the field of yellow outsidesunflowers worship the sun i tell himonly when it arrives do they risewhen the sun leavesthey bow their heads in mourningthat is what the sun… Read More »
is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonneor being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelonapartly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastianpartly because of… Read More »
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of the carnations the fire shoots off.I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love… Read More »
Wilt thou love me, sweet, when my hair is grey And my cheeks shall have lost their hue? When the charms of youth shall have passed away, Will your love as of old prove true? For the looks may change,… Read More »
Now touch the air softly, step gently, one, two … I’ll love you ’til roses are robin’s egg blue; I’ll love you ’til gravel is eaten for bread, And lemons are orange, and lavender’s red. Now touch the air softly,… Read More »
It is not a five star stay. It is not compliments and it is never ever flattery. It is solid. Not sweet but always nutritious Always herb, always salt. Sometimes grit. It is now and till the end. It is… Read More »
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’99Wear sunscreen If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be itA long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientistsWhereas the rest of my advice has no… Read More »
Send me a slow news day, a quiet, subdued day, in which nothing much happens of note, just the passing of time, the consumption of wine, and a re-run of Murder, She Wrote. Grant me a no news day, a… Read More »
When he looked into her eyes, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke — the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love. Something older than… Read More »
One I build a fire and think, what is your experience of fire? I see soot on my fingers and remember your fire on my fingers I approach with open palms; the only way to approach a wild thing When… Read More »
Be ambitious for the higher gifts. And I am going to show you a way that is better than any of them. If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply… Read More »
When the one whose hand you’re holding, Is the one who holds your heart. When the one whose eyes you gaze into, Gives your hopes and dreams their start. When the one you think of first and last Is the… Read More »