tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246328042024-03-14T03:39:04.271-07:00Sweet Love NotesSharing dreams of a loving world, through words.Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-15896203034317035712013-11-19T13:40:00.000-08:002013-11-19T13:40:21.281-08:00Intimate<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">you're calling to me</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">in your sultry, sensual way</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">with dusted gold tones</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">until buds find their way out</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">and open</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">with celestial voices</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">a secret garden.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">I dream with you</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">just about every night.</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">And in my dreams</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">you love me just as deeply</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">as I do you.</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">I can't resist you,</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">and the attraction</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">impels me to kiss you</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">all night long.</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">You know me by now,</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">how deeply I feel.</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">It is in the dark, at night</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">that I get closer to you.</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Where are you tonight?</span><br style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">Are you dreaming too?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">You grace me with your beauty. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Million of years have passed,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and the rain still caresses your face</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with softness and intention.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">You know how to seduce me,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with your luscious slopes, energetic fields,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">richness unending. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And you show me how ephemeral human life is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ash turns to dust, and into earth, and moisture</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Then you grow and develop into</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a voluptuous being.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">We are having a serious relationship you and I,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and I don't want it to end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Photo: Paradise is near </span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Waipio Valley,</b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> on the North East Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.</span></div>
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<br />Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-7418680293761195722012-07-16T20:04:00.001-07:002012-07-16T20:05:24.791-07:00I look to the skies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I looked to the skies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For inspiration</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">For love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And understanding</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I flew away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">To the open spaces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Of the Universe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In my heart</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And, then it happened</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Understanding, love and inspiration </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Came to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I don't know why or when</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Since then I've broken free</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Don't feel the bounds of humanity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Weighing me down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Making me feel unworthy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So, I look up to the skies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And the beauty I see</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Carries me ever so... gently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Softly, to a cradle of peace.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In The Depths of Solitude</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">By Tupac Shakhur</span></b><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">i exist in the depths of solitude</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">pondering my true goal</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">trying 2 find peace of mind</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and still preserve my soul</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">constantly yearning 2 be accepted</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and from all receive respect</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">never comprising but sometimes risky</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and that is my only regret</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a young heart with an old soul</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">how can there be peace</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">how can i be in the depths of solitude</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">when there r 2 inside of me</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">this duo within me causes</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the perfect oppurtunity</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2 learn and live twice as fast</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">as those who accept simplicity </span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Photo: *Lake Tahoe, California & Nevada*</span></div>
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<br />Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-7951373443761904412012-06-28T20:11:00.003-07:002012-06-28T20:11:56.645-07:00Where I'm Going<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Victoria, British Columbia</b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Where I'm from</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And where I'm going</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Are two different places</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">One saw my birth</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The other will give me peace</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Peace that I've been searching</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">My entire life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And, when I try to escape you</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My will is surrendered to your every action</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">So, even though I try</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">You still hold the key to my existence.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And, the aroma of you leaves me breathless nonetheless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: black;">How can I resist?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-75939494326344274822012-02-22T11:37:00.000-08:002012-02-22T11:38:40.638-08:00Spring<b>Poem by Hafiz-e-Shirazi</b><br />
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Spring and all its flowers<br />
now joyously break their vow of silence.<br />
It is time for celebration, not for lying low;<br />
You too -- weed out those roots of sadness from your heart.<br />
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The Sabaa wind arrives;<br />
and in deep resonance, the flower<br />
passionately rips open its garments,<br />
thrusting itself from itself.<br />
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The Way of Truth, learn from the clarity of water,<br />
Learn freedom from the spreading grass.<br />
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Pay close attention to the artistry of the Sabaa wind,<br />
that wafts in pollen from afar,<br />
And ripples the beautiful tresses<br />
of the fields of hyacinth flowers.<br />
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From the privacy of the harem, the virgin bud slips out,<br />
revealing herself under the morning star,<br />
branding your heart and your faith<br />
with beauty.<br />
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And frenzied bulbul flies madly out of the House of Sadness<br />
to unite with the flowers;<br />
its love-crazed cry like a thousand-trumpet blast.<br />
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Hafez says, and the experienced old ones concur:<br />
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All you really need<br />
is to tell those Stories<br />
of the Fair Ones and the Goblet of Wine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Alp Dance Hall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Alp, Texas sign (triangle, plus TX star)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Alp, Texas and beyond</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-15254962103713323462011-09-20T16:37:00.000-07:002011-09-20T16:37:33.618-07:00The Sum of a Person's LifeCharacter: Carter <br />
From the movie: "The Bucket List" <br />
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"It's difficult to understand the<br />sum of a person's life... Some<br />people will tell you it's measured<br />by the ones left behind. Some<br />believe it can be measured in<br />faith. Some say by love... Other<br />folks say life has no meaning at<br />all.<br />
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Me, I believe that you measure<br />yourself by the people who measure<br />themselves by you." <br />
<br />Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-58325814951094990732011-09-09T16:46:00.000-07:002011-09-09T16:46:04.614-07:00Song of the Flower<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}">
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<span class="messagebody"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"I am a kind word uttered and repeated</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />
<span class="messagebody">By the voice of Nature;</span><br />
<span class="messagebody">I am a star fallen from the</span><br />
<span class="messagebody">Blue tent upon the green carpet.</span><br />
<span class="messagebody">I am the daughter of the elements</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">With whom Winter conceived;</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">To whom Spring gave birth; I was</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Reared in the lap of Summer and I</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Slept in the bed of Autumn.</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">At dawn I unite with the
breeze</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To announce the coming of
light;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">At eventide I join the birds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In bidding the light
farewell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The plain are decorated with</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">My beautiful colors, and the
air</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Is scented with my fragrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As I embrace Slumber the eyes
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Night watch over me, and as I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Awaken I stare at the sun,
which is </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The only eye of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I drink dew for wine, harken
to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The voices of the birds, and
dance</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To the rhythmic swaying of
the grasss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am the lover’s gift; I am
the wedding wreath;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am the memory of a moment
of happiness;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am the last gift of the
living to the dead;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am a part of joy and a part
of sorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But I look up high to see
only the light,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And never look down to see my
shadow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This is wisdom which man must
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Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-43705843508422768962011-08-29T21:07:00.000-07:002011-08-29T21:13:08.923-07:00Coming Back From NatureAfter ten days in Yellowstone and Great Tetons National Parks, and seeing and experiencing nature, wildlife and dirt, it shocks me how easy it is to disassociate myself from that experience. Back to traffic, back to bad air, and back to rushing to gain one minute of free time. Yet, it seems that the majority of us humans are moving into cities. Why is it?<br />
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Only a few days ago I was admiring bald eagles and elk, and watching men and women indulge in a quiet moment of... fly fishing over emerald-looking waters.<br />
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How can we live an existence of concrete, asphalt and recurrent urgencies?Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-33317410833453081582011-08-26T17:07:00.000-07:002011-08-26T17:07:20.594-07:00Letters to a Young Poet"… I think that you will not have to remain without a solution if you trust in Things that are like the ones my eyes are now resting upon. If you trust in Nature, in the small Things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, immeasurable; if you have this love for what is humble and try very simply, as someone who serves, to win the confidence of what seems poor: then everything will become easier for you, more coherent and somehow more reconciling, not in your conscious mind perhaps, which staggers behind, marveling, but in your innermost awareness, awakeness, and knowledge. You are so young, so much before all beginning, and I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to LIVE everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer…"<br />
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By Rainer Maria Rilke <br />
from Letter 4 of Letters to a Young PoetAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-56947229007582649792011-05-01T16:38:00.000-07:002011-05-01T16:40:59.745-07:00Rosa 'Mme. Plantier'I am told that like other Albas, 'Mme Plantier' is shade tolerant. They are supremely hardy of all old garden roses; doing well in adverse conditions, survives with some neglect, thrives well with poor soil and resists desease and other problems, at least in my San Fernando Valley home.<br />
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The fragrance is exquisite, one hundred percent old garden rose fragrance - intoxicating. If I continue to immerse myself in its fragrance who knows what could happen... write a book, travel around the world, love everyone.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE774bcw5wdyQ9QuEe4ox2IdAvvYIVeqfeWHUuyrBioalExN82SujqJoMh1XX97_Cf6UmgfBsmNfH7tGsWQNNUAO3CR95toAaTG8kXNeIYyr-bhVEpxM75-76ZGsH6xoUhl678hg/s1600/Spring+2011+344+MADAME+PLANTIER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="266" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE774bcw5wdyQ9QuEe4ox2IdAvvYIVeqfeWHUuyrBioalExN82SujqJoMh1XX97_Cf6UmgfBsmNfH7tGsWQNNUAO3CR95toAaTG8kXNeIYyr-bhVEpxM75-76ZGsH6xoUhl678hg/s400/Spring+2011+344+MADAME+PLANTIER.jpg" /></a></div>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-76028757231685480722011-04-13T15:57:00.000-07:002011-04-19T16:12:42.466-07:00Learned HelplessnessAuthor Paulo Coelho talks in his <a href="http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/04/12/learned-helplessness/">Blog</a> about the issue of "Learned Helplessness," which seems a very fascinating subject. <br />
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For example, a person should be able to quit an abusive relationship or a stressful job, but a psychological condition known as Learned Helplessness may cause a person to feel totally powerless to change these circumstances.<br />
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The elderly may also express Learned Helplessness as they age and become passive towards life's circumstances, such as aging and illness.<br />
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This condition seems also very apparent when expressed by youth who are unable to cope with life and become unresponsive to their circumstances. For example, gang members, or those in extreme poverty who do nothing to overcome their life's circumstance, and instead accept it to their detriment. It is a very sad condition indeed, and it makes me pause, and become more compassionate towards individuals going through these challenges.Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-20872096569664872492011-03-22T14:32:00.000-07:002011-03-22T14:33:21.923-07:00Old Victorian<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT0pXkuGhjuhjumZssOlIlwHSg6OdGg_Nn92MobBkGoZPZM6-E9srngoIYhzwhXHOV9oN50b7aK1gU9EW5qpg6-DcFk6EPxd1pznjYikXAUV0gM2s4HFQR7jmyu2CPxNc5fbF7A/s1600/photo-701924.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT0pXkuGhjuhjumZssOlIlwHSg6OdGg_Nn92MobBkGoZPZM6-E9srngoIYhzwhXHOV9oN50b7aK1gU9EW5qpg6-DcFk6EPxd1pznjYikXAUV0gM2s4HFQR7jmyu2CPxNc5fbF7A/s320/photo-701924.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587020602209538226" /></a></p>> <p>> If these walls could talk? <br>> <br>> So sad looking at this house. Wondering what could have been. Instead of patched walls and a tar-covered garden. <br>> <br>>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-51407929747852537972011-03-04T19:42:00.001-08:002011-03-04T19:42:54.415-08:00Underwraps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTHZndFlGTk4QzgzcnXx7OP8T_NoWi9cxA3uMnKRSaE_Ziw6MWdNWmZGPqUI9HpIlelLTx0AKu_ti2N8X_k-EaJ6-Cp3XRwKMWqapHfMhbF9exRUFIiOiNPNKpHkPBoB-SoT9Dw/s1600/MonspurUnderwraps2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTHZndFlGTk4QzgzcnXx7OP8T_NoWi9cxA3uMnKRSaE_Ziw6MWdNWmZGPqUI9HpIlelLTx0AKu_ti2N8X_k-EaJ6-Cp3XRwKMWqapHfMhbF9exRUFIiOiNPNKpHkPBoB-SoT9Dw/s400/MonspurUnderwraps2.png" /></a></div>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-65756879079471621542011-02-15T10:57:00.000-08:002011-02-15T11:27:48.853-08:00Oreos on Mono<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4dVv8NraBhD64QntWHym323L_pHYQRhU48qsuuHsspjn8u2OWHZKReEnn2u3f0sORqn5gsqTX1KwcZ12zhK3oZW7A287mBKhh9KPquhKWqk85WODSKs5JJlx_VpV7KjMrymQ_Q/s1600/AISwelcome_2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4dVv8NraBhD64QntWHym323L_pHYQRhU48qsuuHsspjn8u2OWHZKReEnn2u3f0sORqn5gsqTX1KwcZ12zhK3oZW7A287mBKhh9KPquhKWqk85WODSKs5JJlx_VpV7KjMrymQ_Q/s400/AISwelcome_2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573995368597347698" /></a><br />
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Made this for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theamericanirissociety"> The American Iris Society</a> (The tall bearded irises are OREO, floating on Mono Lake, CA.)Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-42734120564213678762011-01-29T07:29:00.000-08:002011-01-29T07:30:02.699-08:00In Silence"Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart." <br /><br />~ Robert SextonAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-22872250373058397372011-01-25T13:14:00.000-08:002011-01-25T13:15:17.020-08:00Friendship"Friendship is a gift. Treat it well as it goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated." ~ Neera VermaAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-85446560818042427032011-01-23T08:15:00.001-08:002011-01-23T08:15:45.928-08:00Love"Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms, without the aid of the seasons." ~ Kahlil GibranAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-69988017345765754662011-01-23T08:08:00.000-08:002011-01-23T08:14:24.337-08:00Clematis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4zkamvfFfsH-jrzPNxXLomN0zHW-1-HFqBNsA9TxOV7_JOja-EQFIrVddb4zpWSU2n-v9qHwLlXm3mnyqcY292q0_pj7jbhqHCrRdCA8V6-o-9ncnm9NSj-xL1AwdpezHKPlVg/s1600/DSC_0650.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4zkamvfFfsH-jrzPNxXLomN0zHW-1-HFqBNsA9TxOV7_JOja-EQFIrVddb4zpWSU2n-v9qHwLlXm3mnyqcY292q0_pj7jbhqHCrRdCA8V6-o-9ncnm9NSj-xL1AwdpezHKPlVg/s400/DSC_0650.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565415421808402402" /></a>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-990225545537553142010-12-09T16:01:00.001-08:002010-12-09T16:01:44.369-08:00Touch, Squeeze and Kiss"I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss."<br /><br />~ CherAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-9910363061230321112010-11-30T07:07:00.000-08:002010-11-30T07:08:25.829-08:00Accept New Challenges"Think for yourself, not the way you've been told to think. Accept new challenges." ~ Deepak ChopraAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24632804.post-85482863287582242010-10-15T07:21:00.000-07:002010-10-15T07:24:22.728-07:00The room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkguOP65xGP9G8LDeUuPxNhb8R2BNI1EDB0TwCBpCKTA8qmWWvISMOof-58KL98CaIffR2VgaFFlfdG8aDMCT6iOxicyptSz7Fu1qBuCKtZs0WLjb1OHbWGhVx6cwI5JuQEhpjw/s1600/DSC_6511.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkguOP65xGP9G8LDeUuPxNhb8R2BNI1EDB0TwCBpCKTA8qmWWvISMOof-58KL98CaIffR2VgaFFlfdG8aDMCT6iOxicyptSz7Fu1qBuCKtZs0WLjb1OHbWGhVx6cwI5JuQEhpjw/s400/DSC_6511.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528278081229928178" /></a>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0