love poem love: jack gilbert

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the great fires | jack gilbert

love is apart from all things.
desire and excitement are nothing beside it.
it is not the body that finds love.
what leads us there is the body.
what is not love provokes it.
what is not love quenches it.
love lays hold of everything we know.
the passions which are called love
also change everything to a newness
at first. passion is clearly the path
but does not bring us to love.
it opens the castle of our spirit
so that we might find the love which is
a mystery hidden there.
love is one of many great fires.
passion is a fire made of many woods,
each of which gives off its special odor
so we can know the many kinds
that are not love. passion is the paper
and twigs that kindle the flames
but cannot sustain them. desire perishes
because it tries to be love.
love is eaten away by appetite.
love does not last, but it is different
from the passions that do not last.
love lasts by not lasting.
isaiah said each man walks in his own fire
for his sins. love allows us to walk
in the sweet music of our particular heart.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. ~Lord Dunsany

have you tried 

Bulleit Rye Bourbon yet?

-if not-

give it a try

show it some love

it's my new favorite flavor

The Whisky Water Trick from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

Cell Phone Free Dining

Have you ever been out and about

and witnessed an entire table on their phones

*or worse*

been guilty of playing with your phone when your out with friends

you have to try the new cell phone game 

going around the blog-o-sphere

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We've been playing a new game

where you put your phones face down 

on top of each other

and the first person to check their phone

(for something other than an incoming call)

has to pick up the check

There are more instructions

*Here*

The boyfriend and I are both guilty of being addicted to our phones

~we play scrabble with each other atleast~

amazingly 

This strategy works!

How to get your boyfriend to do whatever you want

Two Words:

1. Lobster 

2. Thermidor 

(via my iphone)

The local supermarket had a heck of a deal on whole lobsters
so I broke out my 
French Classical Education
my pots and pans
and made the boyfriends newest favorite meal
{he hasn't stopped talking about it}

Here's the
 Lobster Thermidor History
and Julia Child's Recipe 

**Vintage Boston Terrier Photo**

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Love Love Love

100 books in a year: Update 4

So as far as getting 100 books read...

I better get my glasses on 

and get to work

 because

I read a whopping 

 *One*

book in the month of December

it was a very good book

and long

-but length doesn't gain me any bonus points-

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Check out the website
for 
11/22/63
you get to choose what decade you look at it in
I really enjoyed this novel
it had adventure, romance, and Stephen King
it is long though
and hard to put down

P.S. Thanks dad! it was an awesome read! 

~Hair Aware~

For the new year 

I am resolving to be more creative with my hair

*thank goodness for Pinterest* 

A Cup of Jo

and
  Lauren Conrad's Beauty Department

they all have such easy to follow hair tutorials

I've mastered the Chestnut bun and the fishtail braid

(my fishtail is only successful if I braid away from a mirror)

here's some of my favorite tutorials and links

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