October 2010
18 posts
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
“It’s been quite of a while since I could experience your brightness / Now...”
– Aautomatism
“…and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their...”
– Max Erhmann’s Desiderata
“An earthquake tremor: Fountain, birds and grass were shaken by my thinking of...”
– Elizabeth Jennings
THE LAST FAREWELL TO MY WIFE
The last farewell to my wife
Ancient peoples developed and ritualised mourning practices to express the shared grief of family and friends, and together show not fear or distaste for death, but respect for the dead one; and to give comfort to the living who will miss the deceased. I recall the ritual mourning when my maternal grandmother died some 75 years ago. For five nights the family would...
“If ex-lovers remains as friends, it could only mean either of the two...”
– Laura M. 