Day: May 4, 2010

I’d love to have a conversation with a male that doesn’t begin with my asking, “Do you want to go out?” promptly followed by, “Please don’t pee on me.” When I was growing up, I never had an AKA-registered puppy.  Most were mixed breeds, strays. More often than not, our dogs came  from  town…by way…

I’m in awe. I see how it all fits. Not that I have all the pieces yet, and not that the con- tent of  each piece is as of yet discernible, but they are taking form, and I’m in awe. I see now how it all fits. Just a glimpse, but I see. The years…

Why do some people concoct such total bullshit lies rather than admit an innocent mistake? When I make up stories, I call it a novel. After twenty years of excellent service, I seem to have gotten into a pissing contest with a courier over a missed delivery. We’ve had an  arrangement for the past twelve…

Men always wonder why women go to the bathroom in packs. You know how it is: a mixed-sex group at dinner and one woman excuses herself and the others quickly follow. And the men always wonder why. You silly men. The answer’s simple. To talk about  you. Yep. The men are left to chatter incessantly…

While dropping  by  Books-A-Million  for  a  couple  of books on quantum physics and plasma waves (yes, a little light reading), I saw an interesting book on the remainder table. A remainder table is the one most authors don’t want to see their books on because they’re not selling—and if they sell on the remainder table,…

There’s a lightness in the air that I can’t explain. But it feels good. Something’s shifted…again. Something’s changed. Maybe it’s that I’ve let go of something I didn’t know I was carrying or maybe  something   that’s  had  me  by  the  ankles  has  been wrenched free. I don’t know.  But for the first time in…

Wow. This must definitely be a growth phase for me. Seems for so very many months, I was shedding old stuff and now I’m going back  and picking up all the things I’ve denied myself for years and years and adding them to my life or adding them back into my life if I’d left…

She was a former High Priestess, they told me. I didn’t understand how a High Priestess could become “former.” What happened?  Did she turn her back on her spirituality? Did she lose it? I didn’t understand.   Sometimes I think of this woman I met last year and get a tightness in my throat. According…

I made a decision today. Something I’ve been drawn to for years. Something I’ve dabbled in since the girls were tiny and had trouble sleeping. Something I experimented with that got me through the constant pain of a back injury. Something I really wanted to study professionally when I was married but didn’t dare. Something…

Being alone has never really been a big problem for me, but  then  I’m technically  an  introvert.  I  draw  strength  from within, not from without. It doesn’t mean I don’t like people; I just don’t need them like others sometimes do. In fact, I tend to overdose if I’m constantly with other people. I need…

When I was a teen, I used to sit on my front doorstep, out of  earshot of my parents, and compose songs on my six- string. I wasn’t very good on the guitar, but I could play a few chords and strum enough to have some music to put my lyrics to. I don’t remember…

What a shock! Today, I got a glimpse of my former self, say about three years ago, and how much I’ve changed. Now I understand how it was that I used to be so stressed out every minute  of  every  day  and  how  the  unusually  high  stress  has melted away in the past year. Not…