Vassago

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Without man and his potential for moral progress,

the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness,

a thing in vain,

and have no final purpose

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Thoughts without content are empty,

intuitions without concepts are blind

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.

That is the nature of living creatures

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain

that no reasonable man could doubt it?

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Oxygen is the human body's fuel.

It powers our brains, organs, and bodily tissues.

Without a proper supply, our bodies can't function.

Our brains, hearts, and kidneys can only tolerate a lack of oxygen for a limited time before their cells begin to die:

about five minutes for the brain,

about thirty for the heart and kidneys.

When a patient loses oxygen, doctors know the clock is ticking.

When a patient codes or loses their airway, a doctor's first priority is to get oxygen flowing.

a limited time before damage sets in, so spring into action.

But in life, time limits aren't as clear.

It can be hard to gauge whether it's better to hurry up or take things slow.

We don't always know how much time we have before the clock runs out on opportunity.

Often, we can't even be sure if our time's passed.

All we can do is cease the present.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:30:00 +0000

We suffer more

in Imagination

than we do

in Reality

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Fallen leaves

lying on the grass in the November sun

bring more happiness

than the daffodils

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

November always seems to be

the Norway of the year

November

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars,

the last of four months to have a length of 30 days

and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days.

November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC.

November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar.

The Western zodiac signs for November are Scorpio (October 23 – November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

November's birthstone is the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine.

Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum

In the Imperial period, the deity who often represents November in Roman art is Isis. The festival of Isis, which began October 28, continued through November 3. The Isia is first recorded on the menologia rustica, which date to the reign of either Caligula (36–39 AD) or Claudius (41–54).

Blodmonath was the Anglo-Saxon month of November. It means 'blood month' or 'month of sacrifice'. During the festival of Blodmonath, people made offerings to the gods by sacrificing their animals.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

This is the month of nuts and nutty thoughts

that November whose name sounds so bleak and cheerless

perhaps its harvest of thought

is worth more than all the other crops of the year

November Rain - Song by Guns N' Roses

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

When I look into your eyesI can see a love restrainedBut darlin' when I hold youDon't you know I feel the same?

Nothin' lasts foreverAnd we both know hearts can changeAnd it's hard to hold a candleIn the cold November rain

We've been through this such a long long timeJust tryin' to kill the pain, ooh yeahLove is always coming, love is always goingNo one's really sure who's lettin' go todayWalking away

If we could take the time to lay it on the lineI could rest my head just knowin' that you were mineAll mineSo if you want to love me then darlin' don't refrainOr I'll just end up walkin' in the cold November rain

Do you need some time on your own?Do you need some time all alone?Ooh, everybody needs some time on their ownOoh, don't you know you need some time all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heartWhen even friends seem out to harm youBut if you could heal a broken heartWouldn't time be out to charm you?Oh, oh, oh

Sometimes I need some time on my ownSometimes I need some time all aloneOoh, everybody needs some time on their ownOoh, don't you know you need some time all alone

And when your fears subsideAnd shadows still remain, oh yeahI know that you can love me when there's no one left to blameSo never mind the darkness, we still can find a way'Cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody?Don't ya think that you need someone?Everybody needs somebodyYou're not the only oneYou're not the only one

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The thinnest yellow light of November

is more warming and exhilarating

than any wine they tell of

The mite which November contributes

becomes equal in value

to the bounty of July

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Peering from some high window,

at the gold of November sunset

and feeling that if day has to become night,

this is a beautiful way

November

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:22:00 +0000

November

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:18:00 +0000

November

The Centaur, Sagittarius, am I, 
Born of Ixion's and the cloud's embrace; 
With sounding hoofs across the earth I fly, 
A steed Thessalian with a human face.
 
Sharp winds the arrows are with which I chase 
The leaves, half dead already with affright; 
I shroud myself in gloom; and to the race 
Of mortals bring nor comfort nor delight.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000

November

The noons are more laconic

and the sunsets sterner

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:49:00 +0000

November is chill, frosted mornings

with a silver sun rising behind the trees,

red cardinals at the feeders,

and squirrels running scallops along the tops of the gray stone walls

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:30:00 +0000

In November you begin to know how long the winter will be

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:30:00 +0000

November is auspicious in so many parts of the country:

the rice harvest is already in,

the weather starts to cool,

and the festive glow which precedes Christmas

has began to brighten the landscape

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000

We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither;

but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops

— which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000

October is its sunset sky;

November the later twilight

Witches of Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Words and Pictures The Witches of Halloween

Words and Pictures The Witches of Halloween 1

Happy Samhain

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Samhain is observed from sunset on October 31st to sunset on November 1st.

It is the celebration that is the origin of Halloween.

Samhain was first observed by Celtic Pagans.

Samhain marked the Celtic New Year, the end of summer, and the end of the harvest season

October 31 became known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, and contained much of the traditional pagan practices before being adopted in 19th-century America through Irish immigrants bringing their traditions across the ocean

For the Celts, who lived during the Iron Age in what is now Ireland, Scotland, the U.K. and other parts of Northern Europe, Samhain (meaning literally, in modern Irish, “summer's end”) marked the end of summer and kicked off the Celtic new year

According to the later Dindsenchas and the Annals of the Four Masters—which were written by Christian monks—Samhain in ancient Ireland was associated with a god or idol called Crom Cruach.

Samhain, also known as the origin of Halloween, was a powerful and special demon of Hell and was one of the 66 Seals. He could only rise when summoned by two powerful witches through three blood sacrifices over three days, with the last sacrifice day on the final harvest, Halloween.

If we define it as a celebration of the pre-Christianization or kind of the Mexican Day of the Dead or the Irish Samhain, the Viking did have that kind of celebration. The Vikings themselves had the celebrations called the Blóts

In addition to being a time to honor family members, friends and pets who have passed away, Samhain is the final harvest holiday and marks the end—and therefore beginning—of a new cycle on the Wheel. Most Wiccans believe in reincarnation and view death as simply another stage of life.

The name Halloween comes from a Scottish shortening of All Hallows' Eve

In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor saints. Soon after, All Saints Day came to incorporate some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before All Saints Day was known as All Hallows Eve, and later, Halloween.

Many Christians believe that participating in Halloween is a form of involvement in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness, which is forbidden in Scripture: Ephesians 5:7-15. Don't participate in the things these people do. For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord

On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future.

Samhain was known in Ireland as the “Lord of Darkness”. The Druid religion was practiced by ancient Celtic tribes that populated Ireland and parts of Europe. This religion worshipped Samhain, the Lord of Darkness. Some writings also speak of Samhain as the “Lord of the Dead”

All Hallows Eve eventually became Halloween. “Although All Saints Day is actually on November 1, the Celts began their festivals at sunset, so the holiday began on the evening before (Oct. 31)

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Until pretty recently, doctors would slap a newborn on the back immediately after birth.

It's not that they wanted to make the baby cry. They needed the baby to cry. It meant the baby could breathe on her own.

Thankfully, we don't do that anymore. But we still hold our own breath until we hear that cry.

And it doesn't matter if you're the baby's doctor or mother. It's the most beautiful sound in the world. The first time, anyway.

The first minute in a baby's life is the most terrifying. In that minute, a million tiny air sacks have to perfectly open and fill with air.

It's a pretty traumatizing way of entering the real world.

In that minute, your whole world stops. It's as if time stands still. And if I'm being honest, that minute is pure hell.

But fortunately, most of the time, crying starts, the baby's okay, and the rest of us in the room can finally breathe again.

noreply@blogger.com (Vassago) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art,

but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?