Second to the right, and straight on till morning

You know that place between sleep and awake,

the place where you can still remember dreaming?

That's where I'll always love you.

That's where I'll be waiting.

Tatuajes del alma

Como quisiera superar, las cosas que no he superado.
El aceptar que no se han superado, no es acaso parte del proceso?

Si tan solo eso fuera suficiente...

Mi más grande miedo es admitir que mi primer tatuaje fuiste tú.
Siento horror al pensar que jamás podre cicatrizar esas marcas que dejaste.

Y que nunca podre ser esa princesa valiente que una vez fui…

Passion

"Passion... It lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted,

unbidden, it will stir, open it's jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us. Passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have?

Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts more than we can bare.

If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace, but we would be hollow, empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead."

The Hogwarts Express ride

For us Harry Potter fans, today is a really magical day, today we take the Hogwarts Express, the most beautiful train in the world, and we embark to the wonderful world of magic and wizards and witches and house elves and brooms and parchments.

And because this is a big day for us, I search the usual Harry Potter fan sites to read what my fellow wizards and witches have to say. While reading the various comments I came across this post, and it touched me, because Harry Potter is not about crazy geeky people that don't know what's reality and what's not, people that like to dress in costumes and like to feel a part or something.

Harry Potter is about magic and love, is about friendship and hope, bravery and loyalty. And is timeless and ageless. I am proud to be a part of this sub-culture, and I consider every single one of the Harry Potter fans in the world as a brother or a sister, who understand me, and knows what Jo's world is really about.

I hope when you read it you can enjoy it as much as I did:

Howdy Pards,

Ah…twas twenty years ago today that the famous Harry Potter took his first ride on the Hogwarts Express.My how time flies when you are having fun…

I wonder whatever happened to that Chocolate Frog that jumped out the window? According to Ron they only have one good jump in them… kinda sad when you think about it.

Anyways, that means it was 20 years ago today that Hermione and Ron had their first trip on the Hogwarts Express as well… I still remember the look on Ron’s face when Harry pulled out a handful of coins…eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts as I recall…to pay the cart lady for a huge assortment of goodies. Remember?

Through the magic of books…and the movies…we can relive those wonderful times over and over. You see they are immortal now…they will live for all time in our hearts and memories.

We will carry those memories of that first Hogwarts Express ride…and so much more…with us all the years of our lives.

I was eleven once…let’s see…where’s my calculator when I need it? Oh yes, I was eleven way back in the year 1961. Now let’s see…that would have been…well, gosh, it was…50 years ago this year.

I don’t remember a thing that far back…except that I went to school that year…sixth grade I think it was…and Mr. Chumley was our teacher…a feller named Kennedy was President back in those days…and, while I know that I too loved chocolate just like Harry, I am pretty sure that no chocolate of mine ever leaped out of my hands… In fact, in all of my life no chocolate has ever escaped me…

We had Halloween…and Christmas…back then too. Wonderful things…holidays…

And, we had a school library too…yep…even way back then. And, truth is I used to love exploring it…no invisibility cloak required…of course, there was no “restricted section” either… Now, I did read back then,but, I have to admit that if someone had put a book the size of some of the Potter books in front of me…well…I would have been more than a little intimidated. And, I never would have believed that in the future I would have read all seven Harry Potter books…twice...and look forward to doing it again.

Time marches on I guess…look at Harry, Ron, and Hermione…all grown up…hard to believe it was 20 years ago when we first met them… But, as if we all had a time turner around our necks we, magically, can go backanytime we want…we can all board the Hogwarts Express once again and take that first journey to Hogwartswhenever we want… There is magic in that…magic more valuable than a vault full of Galleons at Gringotts if you ask me. And who do we have to thank for all this? Well, a nice lady named J.K. Rowling who dreamed it all up…on a train ride…and then gave that wonderful gift to all of us throughout the world.

If that isn’t real magic…then I don’t know what is…

Adios for now.

Talk to ya on down the trail.

Wild Ol’ Dan