"The Unbearable Truth... Fear Eats The Soul"

Saturday, August 22, 2026

"The Truth About The Things You Remember..."

In what now seems like a lifetime ago, when I was with Sears I used to listen to this song 3 or 4 times a day, 5 days a week. This was the on hold music the credit call center used. It was never a good sign when you were placed on hold... 9 out of 10 times the agent would come back on the line and say, "I'm sorry, we don't any options for your customer."

"The Look Of Love..."

"The Poet's Corner..."

Surprised By Joy

William Wordsworth

Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind

I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom

But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb,

That spot which no vicissitude can find?

Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind—

But how could I forget thee? Through what power,

Even for the least division of an hour,

Have I been so beguiled as to be blind

To my most grievous loss?—That thought's return

Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore,

Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,

Knowing my heart's best treasure was no more;

That neither present time, nor years unborn

Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

"Selfie Love..."

"Selfie Love" - those beautiful, grainy, out-of-focus self-pics that capture the truth of true love..."

"The Truth About Love..."

In The Beginning...

It felt just like this

"I am always remembering...

And my greatest fear is that I may not live long enough to forget."

"The Dreams Of Men Still Young..."

"The Artist's Corner..."

Serbian artist, Nebojsa Zdravkovic is a master of appropriating light with a brilliant use of color via a classic impressionistic style. His works convey a delightful but moody sense of realism with a curious innocent sensuality which is at the same time not overly sexualized.

Nebojsa is a creative artist of powerful temperament, noted for his precise drawing skills and dynamic and expressive color range. His paintings are strikingly original. The execution of his work is on a level that elevates it far above his chosen genre of male eroticism to the heights of truly fine art. He paints mainly from life. He is captivated by the play of light on his subjects and their settings, and this is evidenced in the energetic colors he uses to create his effects.

Born in Belgrade in 1959, he trained in the best art schools and graduated with a Masters Degree. He is now a member of the Association of Serbian Fine Artists. He was granted a scholarship by the Spanish government for post-graduate studies in Madrid. He has won many prizes for his work in his own country and abroad.

His work has been exhibited in many group shows, and he has had several solo exhibitions in London, Paris, Belgrade, Athens and Cyprus.

This post originally appeared in this blog in July 2009

"I Am Always Remembering..."

It was around this time of the morning exactly 20 years ago today when I first read what had come from out of the ethereal mist as I had restlessly slept in the night... Seemingly, it was an innocent message that at the time I thought offered me a reason to hope. Little did I know that what would soon be viewed as the beginning of all my dreams coming true, would instead after the course of less than three short years turn out to be the sum of all my fears...

And yet, after vainly trying to move on to what has in reality only been a similitude of life's dreams, every single day for twenty years has begun with "I love you, Stephen" silently spoken from lips that are now pale and chapped having long since lost the last blush of youth they held on that morning when I first read this.

"In The Beginning..."

Tuesday August 22, 2006 - 12:56 am EDT

Chris Stone has sent you a message

Tampa, Florida US

Sent To: Christopher

Hey Christopher

I was reading through your 360 Page and found it to be interesting. I added yours to mine in hopes to maybe have some dialogue at some point in the future.

"I am always remembering...

And my greatest fear is that I may not live long enough to forget."