Sometimes it is too late
to save the hope
that went to fate-
down the inconsolable slope

Maybe goodbye is right
to close the book
so firmly tight
upon chapters hurt took.

written by lauren6
21:55, 01/09/06

I think I'm alone now.

Sisters of Mercy
Walk Away

And in the summer when the clouds show through
I might go the same way too if
You and I could talk together
Well what am I supposed to do with
You and I would walk together
Then with always close around and
Now you gaze toward the doorway
When the weather comes falling down
And when the rain comes down
Would you choose to walk or stay
Would you choose to walk
Would you choose to stay
Would you
Walk walk walk walk walk away
Away
Would you choose to walk away

And when the rain comes down
Would you choose to walk or stay
Would you choose to walk
Would you choose to stay
Would you
Walk walk walk walk walk away
Away
Would you choose to walk away

Though when the day is nearly
Through I might see the same way too if
You would name the things
That bring you down on me so I could say it's
Not quite true if you don't really
Know or understand the circumstance
Behind then I might clear your
Mind and you won't have to go so

And when the rain comes down
Would you choose to walk or stay
Would you choose to walk
Would you choose to stay
Would you
Walk walk walk walk walk away
Away
Would you choose to walk away

Watch Walk Away video

Oh for this music once again
saving the day
of afternoon wellbeing totally absent
and a loneliness crawling
on all four corners
of my worldly escape
no destined arrival
nor imminent fate
simply this limboistic redemption
such is time's ligmentious magnitude
like a stream of consciousness
hovering over a limbus strath
oscillating hawkishly
resounding beside weeping willow
now within eyeshot
the land and waters osculation
an emotional point in time
the drawing of a writhe line
by nature's seasonal swain,
bespangling the silent grey-
day bedded in atrophy
an occasional funk-hole
now flooded by furtive September
not yet the time to remember.

written by lauren6
20:00 1/09/06

I'm not happy...no, not at all.

I came across this at hospital, and immediately loved it.
How true, how simplistic, how deep, how necessary, how healing, how very encouraging...it gives a stimulus to fight another day, and to keep living, in all hope, dreams, and reality.

This is lovely;

You are Everything To Somebody!

someone is very proud of you
someone is thinking of you
someone cares about you
someone misses you
someone wants to talk to you
someone wants to be with you
someone hopes you aren't in trouble
someone is thankful for the support you have provided
someone wants to hold your hand
someone hopes everything turns out all right
someone wants you to be happy
someone wants you to find them
someone is celebrating your successes
someone wants to give you a gift
someone thinks you ARE a gift
someone hopes you are not too cold, or too hot
someone wants to hug you
someone loves you
someone wants to lavish you with small gifts
someone admires your strength
someone is thinking of you and smiling
someone wants to be your shoulder to cry on
someone wants to go out with you and have a lot of fun
someone thinks the world of you
someone wants to protect you
someone would do anything for you
someone wants to be forgiven
someone is grateful for your forgiveness
someone wants to laugh with you about old times
someone remembers you and wishes you were there
someone is praising God for you
someone needs to know that your love is unconditional
somebody values your advice
someone wants to tell you how much they care
someone wants to stay up watching old movies with you
someone wants to share their dreams with you
someone wants to hold you in their arms
someone wants YOU to hold them in your arms
someone treasures your spirit
someone wishes they could STOP time because of you
someone praises God for your friendship and love
someone can't wait to see you
someone wishes that things didn't have to change
someone loves you for who you are
someone loves the way you make them feel
someone wants to be with you
someone is hoping they can grow old with you
someone hears a song that reminds them of you
someone wants you to know they are there for you
someone is glad that you're their friend
someone wants to be your friend
someone stayed up all night thinking about you
someone is alive because of you
someone is remorseful after losing your friendship
someone is wishing that you would notice them
someone wants to get to know you better
someone believes that you are their soul mate
someone wants to be near you
someone misses your guidance and advice
someone values your guidance and advice
someone has faith in you
someone trusts you
someone needs you to send them this letter
someone needs your support
someone needs you to have faith in them
someone needs you to let them be your friend
someone will cry when they read this

Grape crops set to be best ever

East Anglian wine growers are gearing up for a bumper harvest this autumn.

Good weather last year and so far this year means that growers expect yields of up to double last year's, and even more in some cases.

The news comes as English wine enjoys a higher profile and better reviews than ever before.

Jubilant growers include Jonathan Craft, who grows eight acres of vines at Wissett, near Halesworth. He said: "It is going to be at least twice the yield of last year. Last year we had 7,000 tonnes and this year we are hoping for 15,000 or so.

"The harvest this year depends largely on the end of last year's season and we had a good end of year so we had good buds developing for this year's crop.

"We had a good start to the year. Grapes flower at the end of June, early July and that is when we had the beautiful weather. August has been a bit too wet though."

Mike Smith, who runs Tas Valley Vineyard at Forncett St Peter, near Long Stratton, said: "It is going to be a good one, definitely. Last year we had a disaster and lost our whole crop with a late frost in May. The year before we had about 6,000 tonnes and this year we are expecting 7,000 tonnes."

Lisa Gillis, of Thelnetham Vineyard, near Diss, said: "It does seem to be huge. We are expecting a very good harvest. Last year we got three tonnes and this year I wouldn't be surprised if we got four or five tonnes."

The major challenge between now and the October harvest is keeping mildew and botrytis off the grapes - and praying for sun to ripen them.

Growing grapes may seem like a lucrative career path compared with arable farming - vines can bring in £1500 or more an acre. But it is not all easy money, say growers.

Mr Craft said: "I often have this conversation with my farming neighbours and if I tell them what the crop is worth per acre, then they are interested, but if you tell them all the investment you have to make first, then they are not so keen. You have to wait four to five years to get a meaningful crop and first you have to buy the vines and posts and wires and do all the maintenance."

Mrs Gillis said that by the time the grapes are turned into wine, it is difficult to make money.

She said: "It is not profitable. It is the taxes mainly. You pay £1.25 on every bottle in duty and then there is the VAT on top of that. But you can sell grapes to the bigger companies and I know they are always on the look-out for grapes."

Mr Smith said: "It is a good idea for farmers looking to diversify. The big companies down in Kent are always looking for contract growers. I would say you can make £1,500 an acre if you are growing as a cash crop."

But strangely enough, the secret of good wine is not necessarily growing and making it yourself. Most growers send their grapes away to be turned into wine, and say the two skills are very different.

Mrs Gillis said: "It is a whole new skill. We just haven't got the time. We have thought about it but we put all our effort into growing them in the first place."

Mr Craft said: "I had a revelation on the road to Damascus which made me realise you need absolutely top quality grapes to make good wine, and that is what I am concentrating on.

"Without good quality fruit it doesn't matter how much you spend making the wine.

"I did make my own wine years ago but I was always split between the two. There can be conflicts between the vineyard and winery."

From EDP

saude~~

That long road; such a familiar journey
a dissever of life's pangs and pines
of medical non-feasance
revalorising acceleration entunes
alone and facilitative in convalescence

of wine gustation comes lamentation
evening horizon's oregenic call
flatlands reincarnate relent demands
and festal commands
we are one, when I am alone

an open road ahead, unfettered
-tonight nemine contradicente
heating revs over miles of mildness
no turning-in when turning-out
this hedonistic drive is tameless.

written by lauren6
19h50
31/08/06