Random Acts of the Universe
Ten Things My Father Taught ME
I just read a really lovely, wonderful post about a great dad, and a great daughter. It was very sweet, and I was wistful, and a bit envious reading it. What would it have been like to have had a father for more than my first three years of life? Even better, a dad who [...]
Sun Screened
Walking through this high desert the sun is cleansing me and I jump, run, skip a woman in love, in awe This moment always is- was- will be in me When the clouds are unending the rain forgets to cease cold winds blow anew I close my eyes , seeing then which becomes my true [...]
Probably Won’t be Read.
Hello. I want you to try to understand what it’s like to hear someone you love in misery, and not know what to do to help. I want you to put yourself in the place of a parent, who’s job it is to try to help their child, solve the problem, make everything better. You [...]
The Secret Language of Cats- Pawing mirrors and Dog Water. Response Request.
“”Hey, how cute! What’s the kitty doing there, pawing the mirror?, I asked my husband. “Oh, that’s just Spicy. She’s been doing that forever. I don’t know why. Just being a funny cat, I guess”. That’s what I thought. For years I believed it was just a strange mirror fetish. Today, though, I have a [...]
Smashing! Underworld in 3D at IMAX! A Review and Rave
I became a fan of the Underworld series almost immediately. I had seen all three of them and was excited to see the fourth, in 3D, at the IMAX theater in downtown Portland. I enjoy the werewolf and vampire genres, and had also been a fan of the Van Helsig movies. Normally repulsed by violence [...]
The Gift of Air: When “as easy as breathing” isn’t.
My mom has COPD. Lung issues such as this, directly linked to smoking, seem to be prevalent in my mother’s mother’s side of the family. Not content to learn from the the mistakes of others ,each generation of women have been smokers, myself included. I do not currently smoke, but I have a collective eight [...]
Zombies Among Us
I know what you are; what you have become. Your addiction is not unique in its appearance. Half your teeth are gone. Your face is riddled with strange reddish, purplish splotches. Your hair is thinning, unhealthy, unkempt. Your body is skinny in an unnatural way- a way that didn’t come from any fitness quest. Your [...]
Why the Presidential Race Bores Me Silly
1) I guess I have lost my belief that one person can make a great contribution to our collective goals as a country when he/she is continually bombarded by resistance from those in his own ranks. 2) I am annoyed with the general public which shoot down every president at every turn for anything that [...]
What I Love
I love my kids! I will never stop believing in all they are and what they can be. I love my husband. He amazes me daily with his thoughtfulness, generosity, easy-going nature, complete lack of judgmental attitude, and very loving heart. He is also fun to be around, and always makes me feel loved and [...]
