Month: April 2010

  • Oh, Pure Joy!

    From http://xkcd.com/

  • The iPod Mood-Lifter Experiment

    What an inspired picture! Photo credit by Janesdead; creative commons license One of the quickest ways to lift a bad or negative mood is with music, but what happens if we expand on a mood-lifting song?  What happens if your music is uplifting for, say, 2 weeks or a month? By uplifting, I don’t mean…

  • The Ball’s in his Court?

    Photo credit by Isobel T; creative commons license. I’ve been divorced long enough that few people tell me what to do anymore, or how to do it, or –heaven forbid—how to play the game.  Maybe they grew tired of it.  Or maybe it was the less willing ear I give them now, accompanied by plenty…

  • Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged

    My office, across the bay.  Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder, all rights reserved. Bullies are everywhere at my office right now.  Bullies and manipulators.  Mean people. I’m not sure what’s caused this.  Maybe it’s the stress of an upcoming inspection.  I hate these IG inspections because they tend to be made into something more important…

  • Intersection of Paths, Too Late

    From the upcoming book, Passion to the Third Degree.  Originally published in 2007. I haven’t thought of that boy in years. I knew him in college, considered him a friend. I never had any romantic inclinations toward him, but I was vaguely aware that he certainly had them for me. I was either mostly oblivious…

  • 7 Steps to Stop Hating Your Job (Part I)

    Formerly my official photo. Bold power suit, conservative pearl earrings, and…an asymmetrical haircut in case no one knew I was a closet rebel. It took a long time to make peace with my job after I started hating it.  Hating it didn’t happen overnight, and getting back to a place where I was comfortable with…

  • Lessons of Worthlessness from the Lack of Being Heard

    Growing up, I spent a lot of time roaming the countryside around my home.  Back then, there were many trees in the fields–now taken by lightning–and many old barns around the farm–now taken by storms and rot.   The land itself has always been peaceful to me, and in my dreams and meditations, this is my…

  • Observations on Sex, Life, and Rock-n-Roll (but Mostly Sex)

    Outside my office window, 3 squirrels   aren’t natural?  Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved. From the upcoming book, Third Degree and Rising; originally published in 2007. Observations…. – Not all sex toys are dishwasher safe. – Thanks to the girls’ not keeping the puppy out of the laundry room, all my panties are…

  • The Psychic Sense of Smell

    Juxtaposition of light and dark:   Magnolia and wisteria.   Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder, all rights reserved. “I smell Granddaddy!” She was visibly upset.  She’d walked into a room in the house where I grew up, presumably after Grandma’s brownies or see where my mom was, and she’d smelled my dad’s scent heavy in the air. …

  • Meditation: Things I Need to Know

    From the upcoming book, Inside the Dream:  My Romance with Meditation (Article  originally published in 2007) My spirit guides don’t want me to be sad about my closed heart. I go into a meditation—what else can I do when I feel this sick?—to ease my aches and the colors comes vividly. Oddbally juxtapositions that make…