Hallelujah

Hallelujah, written by Leonard Cohen, sung by Rufus Wainwright
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing [...]

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The Scarlet Letter

Because that´s the way things are done.
How I hate that kind of reasoning. There are thousands, millions of unwritten rules for women that constitute a sort of iron law.
A code that no woman should break. Women behave this way. And if the woman is a mother the rules are stricter.
Those who break the rules are labelled [...]

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Internet friends

When I started to write in the Word Reference forums, I wasn´t looking for friendship. I never imagined friends could be made through the net.
The net is so anonymous, and it is so easy to disguise yourself  and make up a brand new personality. It is so easy to lie.
But  some of the people I [...]

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Cat on a hot tin sink

I love my cat.

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Damn dial up to hell and back

I tipped my name and password on my  keyboard and clicked enter.
Then the screen went blank. I went to the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea.
I returned with the tea and some biscuits. On the lower left corner of my screen there was a caption: loading.
I drank my tea and ate my biscuits, [...]

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Little Juliet and I, riding on a sledge.

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