I'm reading "Lolita" (Nabokov) right now and will probably be sharing many excerpts along the way.  For tonight, this:

"There are two kinds of visual memory: one when you skillfully recreate an image in the laboratory of your mind, with your eyes open ... and one when you instantly evoke, with shut eyes, on the dark innerside of your eyelids, the objective, absolutely optical replica of a beloved face, a little ghost in natural colors."





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The full moon last night (or at least I am chalking it up to the full moon)  stirred up a lot of memories and ghosts from my past.  It was actually really interesting to watch each one float by and note the emotional reaction (or lack thereof) that each triggered.  For the first time in a while, and maybe ever, some things that had once truly perturbed me were released with little to no effort.  It was really refreshing and I continue to be so grateful for where I am right now.

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We went over part I of the Ramayana today.  So awesome.









aapadaam apahartaaram daataaram sarvasaMpadaam.h .
lokaabhiraamam shriiraamam bhuuyo bhuuyo namaamyaham.h ..





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Just a lazy Sunday night...my fave kind of Sunday night.  Going to snuggle up and continue reading.  Love to you all!