VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

God I feel as though I’m never going to get to blog again!!!!

Myself and The Boy are ambling aimlessly around the apartment, lost and vulnerable without the Internet God.

*sob*

Eircom (our net provider) is SERIOUSLY pissing us around and it’s totally NOT cool!!!!

I’m dying to catch up on all your blogs, and I refuse to start blogging properly until I have the time to catch up on all your posts and be able to check them every day!

Pray for me.

In the meantime, please entertain yourselves with Katy Perry’s Cabaret-insprired performance at last night’s EMAs…

Our apartment agent is a bit of a sap and made us waste all of last week tracking down one internet/tv company, only for us to find out today that she was talking through her arse and that company doesn’t provide for our apartment block.

And I’m not in work this week.

So internet access is at an all-time low.

I’ll be back blogging as soon as I can!!!!

Just counting down the minutes until I’m back in the blogosphere *sigh*

Hello Darlings!!

Just a quick post to say I had every intention of returning this week, but alas, life had different plans pour moi!!!

At work, we were blessed, I supposed, to win a new contract which has doubled my work load and left me with little time to catch up on blogging. And at home ….well ‘home’ has changed since I last spoke to you all and as of Saturday, I now live in a beautifully big two-bed apartment with my one and only, The Boy.

Despite that perfection, our apartment is currently void of internet and our new neighbours have craftily secured their connections with super secret passwords ….so much for sharing!!!!!

So hopefully we’ll have that sorted by the end of the week and I shall return to the blogosphere next Monday at the latest!!!

I’m really looking forward to returning …I’ve missed you all so much and God, I really hope you guys haven’t forgotten me!!!!!

Talk soon!!!!

….Blau Von T!

Congrats Darling!!!

Don’t forget to send on your address or I’ll have to keep it for myself.

Actually ….do forget!

K guys ….see you all in a few weeks! Miss you already!

Hermia

oxox

I’m taking a break from blogging.

Probably for two or three weeks.

I’m letting you know that it’s just a break in case you think,

(A) I’m a terribly infrequent blogger, or

(B) I  must have left forever.

It’s neither.

I just need some breathing space.

Lot of stuff going on right now and this is just an added pressure.

So rather than do a half-assed job, I’m making a clean break so I can regroup and the likes.

Gather my thoughts and find some inspiration.

I’ll post the winner of the competition 2moro and then I’ll be gone.

But when I come back, I should have some nice, new material to natter about!

Love you all and thanks for your support.

Keep me updated on your lives!

See you all soon!

As I’m standing here and you hold my hand,
Pull me towards you, and we start to dance.
All around us, I see nobody.
Hearin’ silence, it’s just you and me

---click HERE to listen to Colbie Caillat's Falling for You

Also what the FRICK is up with Taylor Momsen these days!!!!?? She’s SIXTEEN!!!!!!!

Oh wait, I forgot …..she’s an ‘artist’ now ……she has a ‘band’ …..she’s way ‘mature’ for her age ……so yeah, you’re right, it’s TOTALLY ok for you to dress like a prostitute!

I bet Teen Vogue was so pleased….

Like a turning head
Like a second look
Like a burning leaf of an open book

Like a pounding sea
Like a messy crime
When your eyes first met with mine

Like a broken word
Like a tragic smile
Like a thousand steps or a single mile

Like a lonely chance
Like a savage glow
When you turned and said hello

click HERE to listen to Lisa Mitchell’s Incomplete Lullaby