Happy Holiday to my fellow adventurers, and a quote

[spice-is-nice]

I'm headed out of the country for 3 weeks to visit family living abroad, and I just wanted to express how much I enjoy the dialogs here in Another Realm. Particular tip of the hat to Elizabeth Whispers for being trail boss for this diverse group. I am so impressed that we can all talk openly about an incredible variety of things, many of which can only be discussed here or 1:1 with other habitues from time to time--and with incredibly little belittling or flaming of what anyone says.

For me the key aspect of kinky play is play. We get to have adventures, and dress up, and explore, and pretend, and make new friends, and have fascinating conversations and learn even more about our marvelous bodies and minds. What could be cooler than that?

One of my favorite quotes is from Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet most famous for his love poetry, but he also said this:

"A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.” Or in the original Spanish: "El niño que no juega no es niño, pero el hombre que no juega perdió para siempre al niño que vivía en él y que le hará mucha falta."

My child is still alive and well within me. I hope that is true of all of you as well.

Very best wishes,
Spice

[yourslave]

Very well said and I agree complete.

Thanks Elizabeth and everyone else who makes this so exciting and interesting.

[DallasRain]

ditto! well said!!

[joe bloe]

I always liked a poem by Pablo Neruda that was on the back of a Jackson Browne album called "The Pretender"


Brown and Agile Child


By Pablo Neruda Tr. Kenneth Rexroth

Brown and agile child, the sun which forms the fruit
And ripens the grain and twists the seaweed
Has made your happy body and your luminous eyes
And given your mouth the smile of water.
A black and anguished sun is entangled in the twigs
Of your black mane when you hold out your arms.
You play in the sun as in a tidal river
And it leaves two dark pools in your eyes.
Brown and agile child, nothing draws me to you,
Everything pulls away from me here in the noon.
You are the delirious youth of bee,
The drunkedness of the wave, the power of the heat.
My somber heart seeks you always
I love your happy body, your rich, soft voice.
Dusky butterfly, sweet and sure
Like the wheatfield, the sun, the poppy, and the water.

[KatelynDesire]

:Toast: "To unleashing the inner freak, and new experiences in 2012"
-Lets do this-

[Ms. Athena]

Playtime is something everyone needs in their life. From a small child to a aging adult, we all need to take the time to enjoy life to its fullest........

[ElisabethWhispers]

Wow. I just read this topic and I'm smiling ear to ear! And I love the poetry of Neruda. I actually have his "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" by my bed.

I hope that your trip is going well, spice-is-nice!!! I almost envy you being out of the country but my holiday has been very good for me and so for that, I'm grateful.

It's also good for others to see how people in the fetish world are often a cut above ... in real life.

That may be an awful generalization but there it is. And the proof is in the good behavior that we are always seeing in this forum. The forum itself doesn't even require moderating hardly at all.

The occasional ad, which isn't allowed, and the even rarer outburst ... but while reading this topic, my heart feels glad to be a part of it.

I'm very proud of the people here and the others who have contributed to making this forum what it is today.

Happy holidays everyone! And a special thanks to spice-is-nice for starting such a refreshing topic!

Sincerely,
Elisabeth

[The Big Kahuna]

Originally Posted by ElisabethWhispers

Wow. I just read this topic and I'm smiling ear to ear! And I love the poetry of Neruda. I actually have his "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" by my bed.

I hope that your trip is going well, spice-is-nice!!! I almost envy you being out of the country but my holiday has been very good for me and so for that, I'm grateful.

It's also good for others to see how people in the fetish world are often a cut above ... in real life.

That may be an awful generalization but there it is. And the proof is in the good behavior that we are always seeing in this forum. The forum itself doesn't even require moderating hardly at all.

The occasional ad, which isn't allowed, and the even rarer outburst ... but while reading this topic, my heart feels glad to be a part of it.

I'm very proud of the people here and the others who have contributed to making this forum what it is today.

Happy holidays everyone! And a special thanks to spice-is-nice for starting such a refreshing topic!

Sincerely,
Elisabeth

By and large most people here have sophisticated tastes, so it goes with out saying they are generally open minded and follow the rules...except in the bedroom ( figuratively) where there should be none!