Day: May 13, 2010

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. I wonder what he’s doing now or where he is. I haven’t thought of him in years. I’m not even sure I’d remember what he looked like, except that he had brown hair, green eyes, and was very muscular.   He was an engineer…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. Although book sales in general are way down, the romance genre still holds the lion’s share of the market, and of course, there’s the usual hullabaloo over “image” that’s been going on for the past 20 years of writers trying to get rid of…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. Over the past couple of years, I’ve noted that my meditations include “metaphysical houses,” which are representative “structures” of the inner workings of a person, community, partnership, or situation. I didn’t set out to visit such places but rather, I just landed there and…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. I’ve been trying to connect with the child who’s following me but haven’t been very successful. So far, he’s appeared on the edge of my Meditative Forest, a little wary of the man who seems to have taken up residence in this private place…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. While reading up on the latest in the Allen Lee case and why he said the things he did about his teacher’s method of teaching inspiring school shootings (as someone with an English degree, I understand his point, however ill-timed or misconstrued), I suddenly…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. The power to “disturb” is a mighty and wonderful thing, because if you have the power to disturb, you have the power to persuade, to draw out certain emotions, to affect change. That’s also why some people are so terrified of it.   I’m…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. Yep, he found my journal. Spent the day researching me. Read various posts from 2 pages and doesn’t understand: 1. My sense of humor 2. My spirituality 3. My being a mom 4. My books 5. My musical tastes 6. My worldview 7. My…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. I’ve come to terms with the fact that my best asset to any organization is my ability to generate ideas. I have tons of ideas. Wild ideas. Crazy ideas. Creative ideas. Never-done-before ideas. Legal but can-you-really-do-that ideas. Subversive ideas. Analytically supported ideas. “Effin’ Brilliant”…

Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree and Rising. This is important for reasons I cannot yet fathom, except that I’m looking for what is real.   We’re so sure of what reality is. We gaze at the night sky, at what’s not visible in the glare of harsh light, and congratulate ourselves…

Oh, good grief. Men play such petty little games. They want to go out and then they don’t want to go out and then they might want to go out but they’re not sure. What? Do you think I’m sitting here painting my toenails and reading Cosmo waiting for you to make up your mind…