Memories

Feeling this today..

The Call

Let You Love Me

Thanks K..

Spirit

Crystal Ship

we sing new stories

we sing new stories
(far from holy books)
by mountain peaks or
shining brooks
we breathe ourselves
between the pages
gone the cages of
un-holy systems
no more the victims of
another's vision
we have inner sight
brightly glowing with
an earthly light

we sing new heroes 

from all peoples for

all people 

by Earth and love the 

heavens shining in

our eyes 

our cries the 

howling winds 

our tears the oceans 

feel the motion of 

our bodies the 

living spin of stars 

so far from old 

beginnings 

within and with each other 

singing 

new stories

Current mood

Snowy afternoon

Just chillin..

Nautical Disaster

I'm sure most of you have a favourite.. here's one of mine.  Thank you so much Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip.  

Wind Song

I feel the light

Wildflowers and daydreams
start with a seed
so do the thoughts
spinning round in me

Beauty cycles again
mystery
where do I begin?

I feel the light
calling me
I feel the light
calling me

Ur-Pharaoh

In the Temple Pavilion

 

Ur-Pharaoh 

Sphinx

Temple pavilion with labyrinthian view

 

How many have seen your courts oh lord?

Without moving or speaking, into my mind these words:

"Only a few..."

Look up

 

The Beer Shall Flow Again

For St. Paddy's Day, and for the expats far from our Northern "Gelderland".






The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
In our Gelderland
To victory in the battle
To meat and merriment
Come, let’s drink now
To our Gelderland

Endured a thousand dark nights
Crawled through the deepest dales
Loneliness in our lives
Sneaked through nocturnal forests

The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
In our Gelderland
To victory in the battle
To meat and merriment
Come, let’s drink now
To our Gelderland

The coldest ice has been set foot on
The strongest flows, waded through
The greatest enemy, exterminated
The heaviest storm has been endured

The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
In our Gelderland
To victory in the battle
To meat and merriment
Come, let’s drink now
To our Gelderland

Far away from hearth and home
The country, so beloved by us
Yearning for our Gelderland
The sails are tight in the eastern wind

The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
In our Gelderland
To victory in the battle
To meat and merriment
Come, let’s drink now
To our Gelderland

Our destination is the horizon
We are chasing the sun
Longing for our place of birth
Now, the Rhine is leading us homeward

The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
The beer shall flow again
In our Gelderland
To victory in the battle
To meat and merriment
Come, let’s drink now
To our Gelderland

Ragnarök

Happy impending Ragnarök everybody!  It was nice knowing you. 
(My house for the afterparty)

Translation Wodan Heerst

Wodan knew where he would go, traveled through weather and wind
Past giant's mountain and shadow-filled valleys
To Mimir's spring, at the foot of Yggdrasil
Where Wodan came to get never ending wisdom
No other man would drink from the spring, so was fate
Only one prize/price* would reward the man
Wodan offered Mimir his eye, should he see better
What that is will yet come to us

Unending, your rage, your wisdom is great
Grant us your blessing, the enemy death
No fear of dying, your people fearless
The world will know that Wodan rules
Unending, your rage, your wisdom is great
Grant me your knowledge of life and death
Open my eyes, unshackle my spirit
And I will know that Wodan rules

Wodan hang in the tree, himself wounded with a spear
A sacrifice to receive the wisdom of the runes
Plagued by his hunger and thirst for nine nights long
So/in this way he made the runes his own
The runescript, the magic script, he gave to the people of Midgard
A gift to us who fight with his blessing
Now we carve the runes in our sword for victory in the battle
Valkyries we see riding through the heavens

From the heavens stare two ravens
They peer over our dark, flat land
And they see how Wodan's people awaken
With Wodan's blessing we go to battle
We reach for the sword, the spear and the seax
The enemy hears how our people yell a battlecry
From our throats sounds the songs
They sing of the Allfather's wisdom and power
And we see how the old god awakens
The cowardly enemy fears for our wrath
We fight for victory and otherwise death
And we see how Wodan lives in us

Source: Lyrics Translate

Mozart Clarinet Concerto part I, Martin Fröst

Hold You In My Arms

Don't let go

Compatriots
Tell me of love
And I'll sing to you of loss..