http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness I am order. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:06:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my mind's eye, I still see Nick (Chanthayut) as he was when I first met him.  Very smooth nut brown skin, black hair in a bowl cut, the hint of a moustache on his upper lip.  He stood there in the hall and asked me, "Do you ave styrofoam ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/06/17/nick/ Small, clawed feet soft, scrabbling, scratching. Wild, eldritch eyes dancing, darting, dilated. Long, sinuous tail lithe, lashing, languid. Pounce. http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/06/09/play/ Wishing to see him to be seen by him- if only he were the mirror I face each morning. -Izumi Shikibu http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/06/05/14/ There were two warring tribes in the Andes, one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains.  The mountain people invaded the lowlanders one day, and as part of their plundering of the people, they kidnapped a baby of one of the lowlander families and took ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/29/the-mountain/ by Emily Perl Kingsley I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel like.  It's like this: When you're going to have a baby, ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/24/welcome-to-holland/ Dear Stewbie, You know I feel really stupid writing this. Because.. you're dead. But I think I should. I never really let myself dwell on it before. Certainly not when it happened. I just couldn't deal. (And I couldn't deal with not dealing. God, ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/16/better-late-than/ Pressure on my chest A cold silver cross on my neck The power of a god that which gives me chills I worship the sensations Violence in my prayers I take his body into mine Blessed release Will I truly be saved? Or does the path to Hell look and feel like Heaven? http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/15/intensity/ faithful blue sky lucid in eternity would that I were as constant. A culture of solitude individual internet wish that I were as accessible. faithful blue sky desirous of a world where we still discover each other through touch. http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/15/482-nanometres/ I fear for you. The world is a cruel place. The good guys don't always win. And most of what you will do will never be appreciated by anyone. How will you be able to chuckle at stupid jokes after spending all day finding the corpse of a barely 15-year-old prostitute who died because ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/05/08/the-future/ How can you live knowing and feeling your life you could give to something of meaning? Lemmings off a cliff you all run together to a contemptible dream. As birds of a feather you could have had clouds, why trade honor and glory for security's shroud? Is it all really worth it, this world you strive after; so fleeting, so shallow, earning nothing but ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/pythoness/2008/04/23/the-crossroads/