http://friendfinder.com/blog/Ari_fairy/?pid=p9814 [B][COLOR seagreen]Welcome to Ari-Wood. Step right up and see the sights. To your left, you will see the delicate fragility of fairy land. On the right, watch out for the fiery dragons. For your safety, we recommend you stay on the path and don't stray into the netherworlds of risk and chance. Alternatively, perhaps you like the benefits that go along with taking that chance..........All rights to the poetry and stories in Ari-Wood belong exclusively to the author.[/COLOR][/B]That which is not mine,That which is not good,That which is not altruistic....Is requested to leave.[COLOR seagreen][B]The stories and poems encased in this crystal blog are written from my own imagination and in no way are intended to be viewed as written to any specific person unless I specifically state that it is.[/B][/COLOR]My heart is a book which you leaf through as simply as the pages of this blog..Antiqued an wornThe words bleed From a hidden placeDeep within my chaptersWhere only one can seeAnd whispering spirits tarryFrayed are my edgesYet my gliding Remains beautifulNot a mere ornamentBut a testament to the toolingWhich has geared my lifeSown tightly is my bindingI have weathered the yearsI shine with wisdom an characterLike no other bookYet my cover bares the marksOf ordinary useTurn my pages lightlyAnd you shall readMy hued memoriesOf dreams and dreaminessOf times and timelessnessOf lives and livelinessUpon my inner pagesAre scribbledAchromatic dreamsMy loveMy hopesMy lifeYou are such a treasured bookAll my love, Sister of my heart(Written by a special sister of my heart...MsAlchemy2...a special gift...I wanted to share.) http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_99022.html?pid=p9814 Laughter rolls off your lips as you turn within the arms of one who lights your world with love and laughter. You look into his eyes and see the pleasure which fulfills your soul and then the flash o Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:13:03 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_99022.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98937.html?pid=p9814 I just want to say....I hope you all have a week that rocks as much as my day did....spiders and ducks notwithstanding.Life is great and wonderful....and I love the whole wide world.HUGS FOR EVERYONE! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:35:55 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98937.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98918.html?pid=p9814 I conquered the ducks. First there was the dryer duck. Ok...duct....whatever...it was just ducky. My dryer wasn't drying clothes. I was finding water on the floor in the basement and it was drippi Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:57:42 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98918.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98892.html?pid=p9814 In the beginning, there was nothing. The nothingness contained no sound, no light, no thing. But in the space between breaths, a tiny ember glowed secretively in the center of the nothingness. It b Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:18:42 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98892.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98855.html?pid=p9814 It started yesterday when I was taking a bath. The cat came in the bathroom and kept batting at the lavender bubbles around me...so guess where he ended up? Ok....in the bathtub getting his own bath Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:40:03 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98855.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98784.html?pid=p9814 I broke the lawn mower today. How do you break a lawn mower? I'm a bit...disconcerted and disappointed in myself. It was too hot to mow the lawn Thursday night, but I was a little....frustrated...s Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:34:21 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98784.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98721.html?pid=p9814 Today is a celebration of freedom. Although it is a remembrance of all that has gone before to bring freedom to us as a nation, it should also serve as a memory of all we have done to find our person Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:14:08 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98721.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98717.html?pid=p9814 In the fullness of time...the only thing that matters is what we do or don't bring to the world. Our personal wishes are so much dust in the wind and what we dreamed of....is only residual raindrops Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:53:18 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98717.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98315.html?pid=p9814 I am rarely late for anything....except making it to Kelly's house before she leaves two dozen agitated messages on my cell and house phones. Today....I was on a roll. I can't really blame anyone bu Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:22:18 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98315.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98310.html?pid=p9814 It was the year 1911 and two unsuspectingly innocent young people were expecting a happy arrival. They hoped only that the little bundle of sunshine would have 10 fingers and 10 toes. They dreamed of Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:03:21 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98310.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98085.html?pid=p9814 I'm taking a medicine that enhances the....dimensions of my dream world. Basically....every dream I have is more vivid, more intense, they last longer and delve deeper...and they feel more real to me Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:24:21 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_98085.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97992.html?pid=p9814 We'd like to interrupt your blogging pleasure with a message from our sponsors.....The Letter CC is for cookieCome have a few with me......Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C.....Cookies will be serv Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:26:18 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97992.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97918.html?pid=p9814 Did I wake you as I left your arms and, gathering a blanket, wrapped it round me? Did you wonder where I went so soon after having found that place where everything and nothing converge and all that Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:50:39 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97918.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97837.html?pid=p9814 I had a lot of time to think today. Sometimes letting me think is a very dangerous thing. I spent a fair bit of time at Kelly's playhouse hugging on a new best friend of mine....and Kelly...and then Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:25:06 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97837.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97723.html?pid=p9814 We had breakfast with Certs this morning...and it was a laughter-filled meal. He's a really down to earth guy with a terrific sense of humor. He says Kelly isn't quite like the person she presents i Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:59:36 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97723.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97666.html?pid=p9814 So here we are in sunny Pueblo. Did I mention it's hot? And we aren't talking James' chili...which was only moderately warm compared to the temperatures today. Ok James....simmer down...Kelly was j Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:12:02 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97666.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97582.html?pid=p9814 It's been a really long month...so far....and I really need a break from work. So, a secretly planned trip to Colorado seemed like just the ticket. Well...secretly planned with the Colorado trouble Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:21:55 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97582.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97208.html?pid=p9814 “I am afraid to believe that what I have hungered for so long can come to pass, least of all in such a manner. More likely is it that I have slid into the deep end of the river and drowned in my own Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:51:07 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97208.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97205.html?pid=p9814 “That is an untruth. You have always believed in me…in us.”Head shaking, she refused to acknowledge the words spoken.“Would you lie so obviously?”“I would lie if it would remove you from my presence. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:23:19 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97205.html?pid=p9814 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97200.html?pid=p9814 “This is the place where destinies entwine; in the shadows between the light.” It was only a whisper but she turned hoping chance would reveal the truth. A hand brushed tenderly across her cheek and Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:47:42 -0800 http://friendfinder.com/blog/3930/post_97200.html?pid=p9814