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It has been a long while. No specific reason for this absence other than being overwhelmed by the mundane. A bad excuse but that is the only one there is. I feel a little older and not a great deal different, and that is the way I love life to be. There had been times that I had been wanting to sit here and write you all that had fascinated me or made me burst out with loud laughter but somehow

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Every morn I decide to repent at night For embracing the joys of heart and sight Yet every night, what seems right With all my might, embrace delight. Translated From Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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I believe "the book" is always better than "the film", only because the reader is often the best director a story can get. Perhaps that is why I enjoy the voyeurism that one experiences when reading other people's blogs. Some bloggers can write and describe a normal routine event in visiting their local milongas with such care and affection, and in such wonderful details that it becomes

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No overtaking on the RIGHT HAND SIDE! Most leaders can not see or guess who is going to overtake them to their right simply because it is a natural blind spot. This becomes a much more serious issue for many of us who dance close-embrace. This common-sense and simple rule of "NO OVERTAKING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE" frees us from wishing we had the use of either "X-Ray vision" or "Reading (those

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Staring is rude, gazing is OK, watching is certainly encouraged. "Bizarre" ... but it is not really. Think about it, well at least later, if you want to, and "No!" you don't have to! - Just stay there and watch!... and watch a little longer! ...and then do some more! whatever you do, just make sure you don't stare...it is said to be rude. *******************************************************

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I cried out aloud – it was through the widest of windows - "Please don't walk on the grass! Don't trample those! Please do let them be!" Time ...just before another moon rise, cutting through the clouds Once more... the young blossoms greeting the dark... Why do blossoms come of age so early? Why would they not want to slow down? Some never learn, Some make friends with every breeze. What is

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It is difficult but I will try what I can and speak of another controversial issue, namely "Who is teaching whom?!" The other day, in a very amusing conversation with some friends we were informed that somebody who is to be known here as "The Character", has set up shop and is now teaching dancing tango. This individual who keeps insisting that "he dances with his heart" unfortunately has

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Diana Krall - Temptation (lisabon video) It is the temptations that we keep asking about and the question still remains; "Can she resit?!"

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He said he'd gone fishing. This made her laugh. He'd never been before despite the fact that he had always talked about it. He said it again " I could not join you dancing last night because I'd gone fishing!" It was only the other week, last Saturday night in fact when they had danced in her place, in her sitting room just after their meal together. Naked. Together, past midnight, delicious. He

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And this I know: whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath-consume me quite, One Flash of It within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright. From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated by Edward FitzGerald (Fifth Edition)

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When a mind thinks only of worshiping the messenger, it is impossible to discuss the truth of the message in hands. Instead, let us just dance or listen to some silence or go and find some ordinary, everyday activities in life! MilongaCat.

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It was Jasmine. The aroma from the scented candles burning, the sounds of love cries by the bandoneon, and the gentle lighting that led the way into that milonga's dance hall, these reassured her. She felt they all said "Welcome!", her smile was a testimony to her feeling: most at ease as she reached the reception. She was able to find herself again," inside". It was good to see the familiar

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Madonna - Buenos Aires (remix)

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The Jubilee tube line was as busy as ever, even at around 9 in the evening all seats were occupied. The train driver's voice burst in with much the same information again. The public announcement system was annoyingly loud, crackling and intermittent. "....Due to an incident at....this train has to wait here ....the control signal....we will...moving shortly....soon as....the London Underground

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Y los años van sin poder soltar And the years go by without releasing los recuerdos del ayer the yesterday's memories así mirándolos pasar y volver seeing them going and comming back los recuerdos del ayer the yesterday's memories A través de la esencia Through the essence de mil jazmines se filtra todo tu calor of thousands jasmines all your warm slips through Los pétalos de tus labios The

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When standing on a fault-line of time, how certain could one be not to be touched through and within by the vibes and the vibrations through one's body and mind, at millions of miles per hour, nearing the speed of light? Can one hear one's own screams in one's mind? How spectacular! Those moments could be as deadly as they would be when one's reality is shaken into only rays and beams! Keep in

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"We write to heighten our awareness of life…we write to taste life twice, in the moment and in introspection…we write to be able to transcend our life, to reach beyond it… to teach ourselves to speak with others, to record the journey into the labyrinth…to expand our world when feeling strangled, constricted, lonely… When I don't write I feel my world shrinking. I feel I lose my fire, my color."

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This "tag-ing" business seems to have taken the blog world by storm and thanks to two friends La Tanguera and m i l e s I was also tagged. I honor their requests. The rules are: 1. Post the rules on your blog 2. Link to the person(s) who tagged you: La Tanguera and m i l e s 3. Share seven random and/or weird things about yourself. 4. Tag seven people at the end of your post and

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It is Time! Another page is turned. One more chapter is played out. Who knows where this story, any of our stories will be taking us to next, personally I can only say that I am thrilled that our stories continue. I am also feeling certain that we will remain fascinated and overwhelmed by disbelief at many things that we will meet at every turn till 2008 is over too. In looking back, there are

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He sits down at the table and writes “with this poem you won’t take power” he says “with these verses you won’t make the Revolution” he says “nor with thousands of verses will you make the Revolution” he says What’s more: those verses won’t make peons teachers woodcutters live better eat better or him himself eat live better nor will they make a girl fall in love with him they won’t earn him

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I had a lovely Christmas gift last week. My true gift was in what she told me as she gave me her gift-wrapped present. She said "This is for you; you make me feel the most beautiful dancer!" That was an incredibly touching comment. It let me know that I had a part in making someone feel so very special. The true pleasure of dancing is about how we feel and make others feel. I do believe that

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My skin stretches further and further. I can't ever remember my skin being this thin. I am fearful; I watch my pulse, it rises and falls, and it is like the rhythms and sounds that one hears and sees on the surface of a hot spring lake. With every beat, the question never leaves me alone: " Would my skin burst now, this time?" "Should I wish it to stop? " - I know I can - if only I command it,

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I loved how sweet her breath tasted. Amongst all the figures and many shadows in which the mirror reflected it was her smiling during our dances which were framed for me to take away in my memories of us dancing. I had turned her gently round; round one corner and then again round into another, and that was when I noticed her smiles for the very first time, she looked happy and content. I could

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women "This is a call to action on behalf of countless women around the world whose daily lives are marred by violence and abuse. Gender-based violence is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace. " Kofi Annan Only when I

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Machista [macho-ist] values that influence legislations in Latin America can give some of us reasons for pondering why "Sexual Harassments" is seen as a NORMAL "Macho" act by a small but still significant minority in Tango community outside Latin America. In 14 Latin American countries a man may legally rape his wife or fiancée, and in some of these countries including Argentina and Chile-a

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