Day: May 4, 2010

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. Two of my favorite shows, when I was a kid, were The Six Million Dollar Man and  The Bionic Woman. In  fact,  Lindsay Wagner’s  bionic  action-adventure  heroine  was  my  strongest Hollywood role model, which is why meeting her several years ago was such a…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. This is a tale of one of my first students after I received my Third Degree Elevation, one who was desperate for me to teach her The Craft. Witchcraft, that is. I never did. I had taken a vow: I swear I will not…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. My married friends—and many of my single ones—can’t understand  why I’m not out there, bedding a different man every night.  I’m free to do so if I choose. Or why I haven’t moved some 20-something boy-toy lieutenant into my home so I can have…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. I love my doctor. Oh, not that way. Besides, I don’t go for teddybear types, no matter how sweet. Good surprises are really nice every now and then, and today  was  one of them. I’d gone to Dr. Z, fully expecting to leave with…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. I’m disgusted. I’m tired of being an idealist. I’m tired of believing in people. I’m tired of being disappointed.   But on the up side, hey, my intuition’s dead-on. I think I liked it better when I couldn’t tell that people were lying to…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. I’ve always  had  this  weird  thing  for  dates.  Calendar dates, that is. If the General singles me out and asks me what he said five seconds ago, well, hell if I know. He’ll probably think I was sitting there thinking about  sex instead of…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. Super Bowl, Schmuper Bowl. A bunch of guys running around  in tight pants and acting like gorillas. Give ‘em some swords and let’s have some real fun. I’d totally forgotten about the Super Bowl until I decided to indulge myself, get out of the…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. I  finally  went  to  see  Brokeback Mountain,  then  came home, talked to a counselor of mine a while on the phone, and stayed  up  until  5:30  a.m.  before  meditating  to  make  myself sleep. And still, the movie  had me grinding my teeth in my…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. I wrote a sentence today that shocked me as soon as it came off my fingertips. I probably stared at the computer screen for another five minutes, thinking of the implications. While arguing today with the roofer over whose responsibility it  is to fix…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Separation. For such a crazy week, today turned out pretty good in that  ordinary, mundane sort of way. Though I knew when I wrote shave my legs on my to-do list, I was already too busy. As for Groundhog Day, I’d waited to see if…