Putting the "Delirious" and "Blue" in Delirious Blue

There's nothing like staying inside for days on end with stuff on your mind. It makes you crazy. It makes you both Delirious AND Blue. That's not a great start to the New Year, so I'm going to ramble about nonsense on my blog. That's what it's here for, isn't it?

So first, Nova Scotia Christmas pics!

Mmm, green grass!

Gramps and some boats

Lobster Boat. Tis the season... for roadside lobster stands. $5/lb!

I've never witnessed such a wind. We were leaning our weight against it and it was holding us up! Madness!

What next? The whole "delirious blue" thing made me realize that I've never (on this blog) explained where I got the name for my blog. It comes from the poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee Jr. The line is actually "delirious burning blue", but that seemed like excessive typing. Here ya go:

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, -- and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Okay, one last thing. If you're single? For the love of all things holy, try eHarmony. It has restored my faith that there are actually worthwhile single people out there. I've been on it less than a month and I've been matched with almost 200 eligible and educated men, and am talking to 30 of them. 30... 30 men who are MATURE, smart, single and who want a relationship... and who ask priceless questions like "how many children do you want?" and "do you want to go condo shopping with me?" Are you kidding? Marry me now!!!

Have a good night!

Love,

Gillian