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“I will put Chaos into fourteen lines” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Cary Briel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:35:34 +0000

I will put Chaos into fourteen lines
And keep him there; and let him thence escape
If he be lucky; let him twist, and ape
Flood, fire, and demon — his adroit designs
Will strain to nothing in the strict confines
Of this sweet order, where, in pious rape,
I hold his essence and amorphous shape,
Till he with Order mingles and combines.
Past are the hours, the years of our duress,
His arrogance, our awful servitude:
I have him. He is nothing more nor less
Than something simple not yet understood;
I shall not even force him to confess;
Or answer. I will only make him good.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

WordPress Development

Cary Briel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:31:37 +0000

Skaneateles Design specializes in simple or complex WordPress development. No project is too large or too small.

In particular, we are intimately familiar with WordPress internals. We are versed in the art of plugin development, theme development, using WordPress as a CMS, and integration of WordPress with other software and/or databases.

“If I were loved, as I desire to be” - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Cary Briel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:41:58 +0000

Posted by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

“If I were loved, as I desire to be” - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

If I were loved, as I desire to be,
What is there in the great sphere of the earth,
And range of evil between death and birth,
That I should fear,–if I were loved by thee?
All the inner, all the outer world of pain
Clear Love would pierce and cleave, if thou wert mine
As I have heard that, somewhere in the main,
Fresh-water springs come up through bitter brine.
‘T were joy, not fear, claspt hand-in-hand with thee,
To wait for death–mute–careless of all ills,
Apart upon a mountain, tho’ the surge
Of some new deluge from a thousand hills
Flung leagues of roaring foam into the gorge
Below us, as far on as eye could see.

“The Brook” - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Cary Briel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:10:36 +0000

Posted by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

“The Brook” - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.

By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorps, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.

Till last by Philip’s farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.

I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.

With many a curve my banks I fret
by many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.

I wind about, and in and out,
with here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling,

And here and there a foamy flake
Upon me, as I travel
With many a silver water-break
Above the golden gravel,

And draw them all along, and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.

I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers;
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.

I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows;
I make the netted sunbeam dance
Against my sandy shallows.

I murmur under moon and stars
In brambly wildernesses;
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;

And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.

“When I too long have looked upon your face” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Cary Briel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:06:05 +0000

Posted by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

“When I too long have looked upon your face” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

When I too long have looked upon your face,
Wherein for me a brightness unobscured
Save by the mists of brightness has its place,
And terrible beauty not to be endured,
I turn away reluctant from your light,
And stand irresolute, a mind undone,
A silly, dazzled thing deprived of sight
From having looked too long upon the sun.
Then is my daily life a narrow room
In which a little while, uncertainly,
Surrounded by impenetrable gloom,
Among familiar things grown strange to me
Making my way, I pause, and feel, and hark,
Till I become accustomed to the dark.

“As to some lovely temple, tenantless” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Cary Briel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:50:19 +0000

Posted by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

“As to some lovely temple, tenantless” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

As to some lovely temple, tenantless
Long since, that once was sweet with shivering brass,
Knowing well its altars ruined and the grass
Grown up between the stones, yet from excess
Of grief hard driven, or great loneliness,
The worshiper returns, and those who pass
Marvel him crying on a name that was,—
So is it now with me in my distress.
Your body was a temple to Delight;
Cold are its ashes whence the breath is fled,
Yet here one time your spirit was wont to move;
Here might I hope to find you day or night,
And here I come to look for you, my love,
Even now, foolishly, knowing you are dead.

“Loving you less than life, a little less” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Cary Briel — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:14:44 +0000

Posted by: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

“Loving you less than life, a little less” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Loving you less than life, a little less
Than bitter-sweet upon a broken wall
Or brush-wood smoke in autumn, I confess
I cannot swear I love you not at all.
For there is that about you in this light –
A yellow darkness, sinister of rain –
Which sturdily recalls my stubborn sight
To dwell on you, and dwell on you again.
And I am made aware of many a week
I shall consume, remembering in what way
Your brown hair grows about your brow and cheek,
And what divine absurdities you say:
Till all the world, and I, and surely you,
Will know I love you, whether or not I do.

Librarian at McCain town hall event ousted and ticketed by police for carrying “McCain = Bush” sign

Cary Briel — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:46:06 +0000

By: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

Read more about the following video at Huffington Post here.

Skaneateles Design launches MindBodySmile.com

Cary Briel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:49:57 +0000

By: Christine Briel, Skaneateles Design

Skaneateles Design worked closely with Dr. Robert Kiltz, a succesful IVF doctor in CNY, to launch a community wellness website. There are many contributors writing blog posts to the site on a daily basis. MindBodySmile is based on the WordPress framework version 2.5.1. This version is a breeze to use, if you are currently operating your website on the WordPress framework I strongly urge you to upgrade to 2.5.1.

If you have any interest in the mind-body-spirit connection, wellness and connecting with others then you should DEFINITELY check out MindBodySmile.com by Dr. Rob. It’s a great place to be

Time Warner (Road Runner) begins to meter Internet usage for some customers

Cary Briel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:47:51 +0000

By: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

Here’s one very large reason to shy away from using Time Warner (Road Runner) for Internet service. They’re beginning to do trials with some customers, metering Internet usage, and charging for overages ($1 per each additional gigabyte). Read about it here.

Take my word for it, get Verizon FiOS instead. We have it, and have never been disappointed. Always up, always fast, never metered.