wowza........i mean....WOWZAAAAAA. i'm honored, and had to finish wiping away tears before i could get at the keyboard to post some gratitude.
thankyou my Mofo friends.
i actually had a good chapter all typed in when my computer kicked me offline....so it was all dumped (hence the tears-- heh heh heh)
i had a terrific day, great weather (78 degrees, nice breeze, beautiful clouds, lots of construction workers within view....heh heh).
the magnolia trees all bloomed over night. i love how sudden spring can happen. and i have a nice mellow evening ahead of me. i did a great job exhausting my little girl....spent most of the day outside. we roasted marshmallows in a stone firepit in a wooded park, and took a great run.
thanks matt....the poem is awesome and impressive as usual. and i'm honored to be thought of along with the magical raven.
isn't raven lore fascinating? have you heard the indian story of how the raven lived on the planet when there was only darkness. they had heard of an old man who had a light.....inside a box, inside a box, inside a box, inside a box, inside a box. they found the old man and tricked him into showing them the light. the raven stole it and when the old man took chase, the raven flew up and tossed the light high into the sky where it remains today as our sun.
cool as hell, hunh?
thanks chris, thanks spud, thanks sadie, thanks thmilin, thanks lbj, thanks mercurdius, thanks toose for the great poem and stories, and thanks holden.
and ofcourse, thanks brodie for the numerous birthday wish posts, and S.C. ......and have i forgotten anybody? hope not. it's all appreciated and it's been an even better birthday because of MoFo.