Coming Soon

Dear friends,

I have been surprised by two developments this Spring semester 2010 that have greatly added to my regular teaching responsibilities. As such I have been quite behind in my own main blog Rattus Scribus, and criminally negligent of Rattus' Tales, let alone visiting and commenting on the blogs of dear friends. But I am nearly done with a fully developed short story that I will be posting on Rattus Scribus and Rattus' Tales, and possibly also on a blog called Nowhere begun by our dear friend The Duchess. My short story will give readers an in depth look at Rattus Scribus and the circumstances of his first encounter with Spinoza, a hedgehog who subsequently becomes a life long friend. A highlight is that my wife Anita of Castles Crowns and Cottages (and other blogs) will be contributing her wonderfully humorous drawings to accompany the story.

Your devoted scribe,

Rattus

Never Want to Wake From You.

Happy Anniversary, Anita.
Lyrics and music by Ruben Rivera (aka, Rattus Scribus). (Sightly revised from my original composition of March, 1997)

"Long ago..." the story goes

He met a princess in a world of dreams

With hair like night, and starry eyes
The heart of legends they sing far and wide

And in between she won her lover's soul
After all these years, I love her so

If you're my dream
I never want to wake from you
If you're my, my dream
I never want to wake from you

In dreams where anything comes true
I can do anything I want to
Live in the sea

Or fly with wings

Or make a carousel from Saturn's rings

But not one of these compares with you
and the love I feel when I sing you to you:

If you're my dream
I never want to wake from you
If you're my, my dream
I never want to wake from you

If growing up

and waking means

that life is real

and love the dream

I'd rather stay asleep with you

and show to all the world what love can do

For love can make this world a fantasy
like heaven where we're meant to be

If you're my dream

I never want to wake from you
If you're my, my dream
I never want to wake from you

Happy Anniversary, my Anita
March 6, 2010

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Photo credits:
#1 Castle, unknown
#2 Summer Dreams, by Dameon and Meagan
#3 Anita, Mancester-by-the-Sea, MN, 2008, by R. Rivera
#4 "Robin & Marian," Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn Columbia Pictures, 1976.
#5 Polar bear cub, unknown

#6 Manatees, unknown

#7 Flying dog, unknown

#8 Saturn, Cassini space craft

#9 Carousel, unknown

#10 Panda, unknown

#11 Sleeping dog, unknown

#12 Old dog cartoon, unknown

#13 Dog eat dog cartoon, unknown

#14 Enchanted Beloved, Andrew Annenberg

#15 Earth, BBC WorldWide, 2009

#16 Adventures of Robin Hood, Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland, Warner Bros, 1938

#17 Bunny Heaven, by angrymikko

#18 Sleeping Rabbit, by Kelly Dyson