I love fresh starts. And do-overs. I think most people do. There’s the fresh start of 1 November, Winter Solstice, 1 January, Spring Equinox, my birthday….you get the idea. This 1 January, I am applying my Fresh Start medicine to specific things, like new covers for books that have been out for a while, breathing [...]
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Someone last week insisted that she was going to wish people a “Merry Christmas” and not a “Happy Holiday” and that she didn’t wish them a happy holiday at all–ONLY a Merry Christmas. Wow, that’s the Christmas spirit? How sad. If you don’t know what to wish people and don’t have the time or inclination [...]
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An old friend was back in town for a few weeks and we spent two whole days together doing girl stuff–movies, shopping, lunching…and talking about relationships. We were talking about some very specific difficult days that are long past for both of us now but how we see them now from such a distance.
She reminded [...]
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Photo by Lorna Tedder, copyright 2011.
Of course, people re-arrange rooms when a relationship breaks up or a child leaves home…or a relationship solidifies into shared space or a new addition is welcomed into the family! Spaces fill up with energy, usually the energy of the person who occupied it or with the energy of events [...]
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What they don’t tell you about the Empty Nest Syndrome is that there are generally two ways it plays out.
Most often, I see the kids trying to leave home and start new lives for themselves while their parents become very controlling. By the time the kids leave, the kids can’t wait to get away and [...]
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Sparklers on the Fairy Tree, a fav of neighborhood children. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder.
The Dark Night of the Soul is a rather ominous term for something that happens in some lives, but not all. I believe that some people actually make it through their entire existence on the planet without encountering anything as dark [...]
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When Maggie Shayne asked in her weekly blog, “What will you be when you grow up?” I laughed at her answers, partly because we have a lot of similarities. Maybe that’s why we’ve always gotten along so well, though. Many people who know me only as a [...]
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My IT girl— and that’s IT as in Internet Technology, not as in Poor Little Rich Girl idiot Paris Hilton—sent me a terrific quote today. It just seems to fit this particular day rather well.
“When one door closes, another door opens; but [...]
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Mercury’s in retrograde again. That comes too often, doesn’t it? Revisits and relooks and problems with communication, transportation, and computers.
Some things have shifted around this past week. It reminds me of throwing groceries in the back of the car and getting home [...]
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I’m troubled about something but really have no one I can discuss it with. Or at least, no one I feel comfortable discussing it with. I tried in earnest but discovered I was talking to absolutely the wrong person. It made me [...]
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You cannot imagine how much email I get everyday. Filters do little to no good or I lose sales.
Part of the problem is that one of my private email addresses has been spread all over the planet by a handful of people [...]
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I’m having a moment of doubt, and I’m not sure what the origin is. What I’m worried the origin is is money. That’s why I have to be absolutely sure before I make any decisions.
I’ve completed the first phase of my training [...]
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Pensacola Guy, a cute mid-30-something I dated once in the early spring of this year, has suddenly remembered my number after disappearing, mainly due to his work and some trips abroad. He’s back in town as of this past week and wants [...]
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I never know whether to chuckle or give the kid a hug, but Shannon has a new job for the summer. And it’s most definitely a new perspective, and not just for her.
Her original plan was to take college classes this summer [...]
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At first, I had to wonder if I’d said something to offend the Guardians of the West and the Element of Water. Maybe forgotten to dismiss them in ritual or something.
First there was the slow leak in the toilet that eventually was [...]
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When a loved one dies, we are often crushed by the realization that life goes on without them. It’s no different when someone is “dead” to us, whatever the reason may be. It’s just not as obvious because we assume they still [...]
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The moment I opened my eyes, I knew—with a growing sense of dread—that I had overslept. Somehow I managed to be showered and out the door in 10 minutes, knowing I’d still be a good 5 minutes late for work, and already [...]
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The washing machine repairman held up the hose and shook his head. “This shouldn’t have come off night before last,” he said. “This should have come off a long time ago.” He indicated the condition of the hose and the clamp that [...]
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It’s been a series of coincidences that just kept me from having to have major, major repairs to the house. At least several thousand after insurance, if insurance covered any of it at all. The coincidences make it almost pleasant when I [...]
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Going back to bed now.
The dreams over the past few days have been really odd—like the being sentenced to be strangled with rope and choked to death with crystalline rocks and me knowing that even though my end was coming, my big [...]
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree .
I saw “Mr. Brooks” tonight. Loved the movie. Always great to see women in their 40’s in meaty roles, though at times, Demi Moore felt a bit stiff. At times I thought the movie was a bit bizarre with his conscience or [...]
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This is an observation made by the divorce lawyer for the guy I was seeing—and no, I had nothing to do with his divorce.
In criminal court, you see the worst of society at their very best. They’re dressed up and paraded around [...]
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Maybe it’s because I, for some reason, equate intimidating with domineering and I know they’re not the same but that that quirk is from something in my childhood. I’m also a relatively quiet person, which I don’t equate to intimidating, perhaps because [...]
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I have profound children!
At dinner tonight—just Aislinn and me this time—we were talking about how some people fret over having too much drama in their lives and how we frequently encounter people who are in the murk in a bad way. Shannon [...]
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I want a relationship where the communication is deep and the walls are few. That’s always the problem in a relationship, isn’t it? Lack of communication? The other person’s communication?
We pride ourselves on being able to communicate. On telling the other person [...]
