|_|) I’m trusting “verbage” was just a typo & not an allusion to garbage..

Inasmuch as I am ultimately musing here, hoping to inspire in some way, I was glad to find a Muse. Gladder yet am I that you also enjoyed finding me. I too look forward to your deeper drinking & the insights that are sure to come. Happy Spring indeed!

muse-in-training |_|) “Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.” ~ Saint Bartholomew

Thanx; for the feedback & desired linkage. I’ll be redoing my blogrolls soon & can add you when I do. As for late, trust me , I understand!

Dorian |_|) “Some wish blessings, others pray for them. Some send blessings and they become one.” ~ Joyce C. Lock

Since I love the exploration of ideas you provide on your blog, it’s an honor to have been helpful to you. Not only does sharing affect what’s shared, be it the customs & traditions themselves or the message they’re being used to share, but adaptation aids longevity. Of course, the down side is that the origins can get lost along the way.

culture-seeker |_|) “It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.” ~ Henry James

Thanks for the link. I’m adding yours to my page tonight~

While everything has meaning, to be truly meaningful is always the hope so THANK YOU! It’s likely the quotes that lend some of that meaning but I can’t take much credit for their discovery as I’ve simply collected quotes for years..

Thanx too for the link reciprocity; I don’t point links out to linkees so as not to imply any expectation. Discovering mutual appreciation is the ideal thus I’m just thrilled you clicked on over & liked what you read.

Dorian |_|) “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ~ Voltaire

This year, Easter is all about family and ham. Nice but not as spiritually thrilling as the end of lent and the joy of the resurrection. I guess I won’t be indulging in that again, but your post today made me want to be aiming higher.

Thanks for that, and Happy Easter.

Remembering that the church-that shunned-you is a human construct may help you keep religion from impacting your faith. If only faith could more readily impact religion instead. The fact that I impacted you is spiritually thrilling which so appropriately goes back to what church was meant to be; fellowship. Here’s hoping your Easter was happy with all that wonderful family & ham..

yours in fellowship |_|) “Easter tells us that life is to be interpreted not simply in terms of things but in terms of ideals.” ~ Charles M. Crowe

Well said! I try to tell this to Jim on those rare occasions when I have a crying fit. It feels good to let it out, acknowledge it, and move on. Jim however, likes to shove these feelings down in a hole and pretend they don’t exist.

Happy Easter to you too!

Keep the catharsis comin’, René.. Maybe Jim will finally get fed up enough to start some of his own. It’s the ability to move on once something’s expressed that’s key. Hope your Easter was happy; I know your Palm Sunday was!

(|_|*expresso yourself*|_|) “Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

I like the attention you bring to “spring cleaning” for our minds…very fresh idea and well stated.

I think I will start with a light dusting, maybe label a few boxes…who knows what I might find, or how much space..?

We are our own best renewable resource & it is in that moment taken to [re]consider (a considerable moment?) that we’re able to start fresh. Thanx for the fresh feedback, Doug, I hope you clear away a cobweb or two!?

Dorian |_|) “Every spring is the only spring — a perpetual astonishment.” ~ Ellis Peters