Casting aside conscience and booting out morals for good measure Engaging in debauchery, decadence and Bohemian pleasure Living life to the “full” with nary a care for an ensuing sunrise Paying scant regard to the threat of paying a Faustian price Possessed by a Charlatan Spirit that to discretion cared two hoots As the very … Continue reading The Faustian Compact
Day: April 13, 2019
The Connection
(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) It was a path for both the intrepid and the ignorant. While the former walked with a clear knowledge, the latter had no knowledge about where walks led. While one was reckless in courage, the other couldn't distinguish between the two. Yet they both traversed, traipsed, trod, and trampled gamely. Unknown … Continue reading The Connection
The Bend
(PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot) Faded booklets advertising the Castle visit lay strewn in a haphazard manner at both the entrance and the exits. A damp and musty smell permeated the length and breadth of the structure. Rotting beams reluctantly hosted a magnificent symmetry of cobwebs into whose maze unsuspecting insects were being entangled. The … Continue reading The Bend
Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How To Find Hope – Johann Hari
Finding a typically ingenious yet deep way to describe her harrowing experience with bouts of manic depression, the indomitable late Carrie Fisher once said, “One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs … Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it’s out.” According to the World Health … Continue reading Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How To Find Hope – Johann Hari