The Man of My Dreams
A song from the past floats into my head as I’m falling asleep. I’m a teenager, listening to one of the first albums I bought with my own money. Barbra Streisand: A Star is Born. It’s the end of the...
View ArticleI Promised My Mother-in-law
I promised to dedicate a post to my mother-in-law for her birthday, which was the 16th. The last time I saw her alive was on her birthday in the year 2001. She died sometime the following week, alone...
View ArticleGoing With the Flow
Change and the movement of life – flow and motion - energy passing through places and phases. Here I sit in an old house with the shades drawn and the ceiling fans going fast, aware that the heat...
View ArticleJustifying Decisions
There’s something I do sometimes that drives Steve nuts. I know it, and I’m trying to stop, but it seems to be a deeply ingrained habit. He asks me to make a simple decision about something, and the...
View ArticleOutside of the Box
System, structure, dogma, convention, party line, category, pigeon-hole. There are all kinds of ways to get living beings corralled into something that some authority will find manageable. And then...
View ArticleMy Best Friend’s Birthday
Yup, today is Steve’s birthday. He is beginning to get comfortable saying that he is “in his late 40s”. We are still working on being transparent with ourselves and each other, genuine, authentic....
View ArticlePeace on Earth
Yesterday was a very sad day for me. I was following up on a news article I read a few weeks ago about indigenous Americans purchasing sacred land in the Black Hills. I was happy that they had raised...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
When Steve asked me on Sunday if I’d made New Year’s resolutions yet, I grumbled at him, “I don’t jump on that bandwagon.” I had a sore throat that turned into a head cold and was definitely sending...
View ArticleReckoning Love
“What’s in a love letter, anyway?” he asked. I was in a mood. A little pouty and weepy, my inner 4-year-old whining, “I just don’t feel special!” God, why does this keep happening every month? It’s...
View ArticleExamining Entitlement – the “Feed and Frustrate Formula”
I am working on finding The Middle Way in my life and on communicating what I can of that journey to anyone who might find that helpful…with my own children in mind as always. The other day, I came up...
View ArticleI’m still alive
Hebba-lubbo, frebbends! (Does anyone remember the PBS show Zoom? Ubby-Dubby language? Anyone? Beuller?) Are you wondering where I’ve been? Why I went AWOL? Have you missed me? *looking up,...
View ArticleAdvent Day #8 – Imagination
The countdown of free gifts continues – Imagine! Imagine That! December 8, 2011 by scillagrace Do animals have imagination? Do they think in concepts or toss ideas around? Or is that strictly a human...
View ArticleAdvent Day #18 – Honesty
Honestly! December 18, 2011 by scillagrace Where is there dignity unless there is Honesty? — Cicero Today I’m parading Honesty around the block, free for the taking – a gift for December. Does it...
View ArticleAdvent Day #21 – Passion
Don’t Curb Your Enthusiasm December 21, 2011 by scillagrace Happy Winter Solstice, everybody in the Northern Hemisphere! As the sun hits the lowest spot on the southern horizon, it seems to stop in a...
View ArticleAdvent Day #23 – Peace
Peace On Earth December 23, 2011 by scillagrace It is Day #23 in the December countdown. Today’s gift is Peace. Ahh, peace. Take a deep breath. Relax the muscles around your skull; feel your ears...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Joy
“Joy to the world! All the boys and girls! Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea! Joy to you and me!” I had to wait until after my holiday celebration with my kids to post this contribution. I...
View ArticleA Cup of Kindness
Today is my mother’s birthday. She is 79. She is one of the most positive, enthusiastic, intelligent, and wise women I have ever known. She continues to inspire me. A week ago, she moved from her...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
Winter illumination Weekly Photo Challenge My New Year’s resolutions have been made and clearly stated. First, “Stop shaming myself”. (read my post “A Cup of Kindness” for more) Second, “Stop...
View ArticleRelationships: Why U R Doin’ It Wrong
Steve brought me a book we’d sold. “There are a few light pencil marks in the quiz section. Could you please erase them before we ship this out?” I glanced at the cover. Getting To “I Do”: The Secret...
View ArticleSpecial Sauce
“You are my friend; you are special. You are my friend; you’re special to me. There’s no one else who is like you; like you, my friend, I like you.” Fred Rogers Once in a lunar cycle, I am visited by...
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