Category: Personal
Loyalty is an archaic concept?
In one of our weekly meetings with my boss, I told him I was not too happy with some of the decisions being made by the higher ups. There was one particular action I didn't like because it felt an upfront to people and…
By bedivere
Monologues & Peace
Deleted an erstwhile post on Bobby Darin and his famous song "18 Yellow Roses" because it verged upon things too personal. And I am not here to discuss anything personal except for that which I consider to be an ode to…
Istirahat yang Cukup
Gue kena maag dan ada gejala vertigo yang bikin gue drop selama dua hari. Mungkin terdengar biasa, tetapi bagi gue pribadi, dan bagi orang di usia produktif -entah bekerja ataupun kuliah- sangat mengganggu. Gue terpaksa…
By ufal
Hello to you :)
Welcome to your new Blog! We're really excited to see what you do with it. This private post is here to show you what your posts will look like and to give you a few tips on getting started. Feel free to edit it, delete…
By pissedoffdad
An Ode To Peace
An Ode to Peace seemed like an appropriate tagline for my blog. I usually write about peace. Violence seldom features in my writings. If it does at all feature, then it is simply there to highlight the effervescent and…
A tale about a prose poem
The following is a true story, originally posted on my This World., This Life blog. I want to share thus piece of my work with the Vivaldi Community as well.…
By travellinbob
The Importance of Being Original
Picked up "Waves" by Virginia Woolf from the library at work today. She has always been a favorite writer. Maybe because her voice is extremely original. The first time I read "Mrs. Dalloway" or "Orlando" I was rather…
Becoming Calm...
Calmness wasn't really a choice in the days of yore. It came naturally, like the change of seasons or like the waxing and waning of the moon. Slowly with modern life tumbling in and completely eclipsing the ancient one,…
The Axy icon and Me
The axolotl icon Is there anything harder than choosing a profile picture to succinctly represent your entire existence to the world at large? Well at least I struggle with it. Especially when my actual pictures are not…
By tecpiltic
Winter Sunrise Silhouetted Pines
Winter sky that indicates a snowy day in my Midwest hometown in Illinois - USA. Photo: 'Winter Sunrise Through Silhouetted Pines' - Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella.…
By fjcasella
All the birds
November In the misty light of a November afternoon the planet spins slowly towards another day, leaving the sun's light behind. Colours vanish into the ethereal blue of twilight, there is nothing in sight except the…
By toomuchrose
Retelling the future, chapter 1: The end of the PC
Introduction Coming back to Vivaldi.net has led to me reconnecting to this Vivaldi blog, originally on My.Opera,com beginning 18 years ago. Two months after Facebook, a website that has turned out rather more…
By jaxroam