Tag: transformation
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Comebacks
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. I finally got my hair cut. But that’s not the surprise. Yes, I’d meant to get it cut in March, but I was too swamped. While I took care of making appointments for everyone else, I didn’t get around to doing my own. Still, I…
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Gaze Upon the Darkness
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. “Gaze upon the darkness,” my lover in the meditation tells me, “to better see the stars.” He’s not my lover, not on any physical plane. Yet, it’s the kind of thing a lover would say, perhaps with a brief explanation of the anatomy of the…
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Blown Away
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree Curves. This note accompanied a mix CD, a gift from my daughter, and quite possibly the most touching thing I have ever read in my life. Or heard. I love the way the music goes from somber to…light and Disney and optimistic and so full of…
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Transitions & Mid-Life (Crisis) Transformations
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. All this pain is about my transition. This, I know. Doesn’t make it any easier, but at least I recognize it. Six months ago today, AngelSu told me that yes, some things in my life were being slowed down and prevented, ground to…
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I’ll Leave the Light On
Sometime past midnight, I am sitting at my computer, making some last-minute changes to “Dark Revelations” and focused completely on the work and nary a thought of anyone else or anything else. Just finishing the line edits and getting them back to my editor in New York. I get a flash of something that surprises…
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My Mom Has Sex Hair
My taste in clothes hasn’t changed, not really, since I was 19. I remember once in college, alone in my apartment with Roxy Music playing “Avalon” in the background, a glass of red wine in one hand, candles burning, and me barefoot and singing to the record and wearing a long burgundy velvet dress. And…
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Coming to Your “Self”
I came across this quote today. I’d forgotten it. Dante would have been about 35 at the time, so I guess maybe that was what he considered the middle of his life, but I think the quote applies to far more than impending middle age. We all have times when things are dark and we…
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The Best Way to Prepare for the Coming Apocalyse of 2012
I grew up in a small Southern Baptist church where the impending end of the world was prophesied every other year. I remember when the planets lined up in 1977 and that was supposed to be an End-Times sign. The Bible was repeatedly interpreted out of time and context to support whatever latest trend appeared…
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Exploring your own Mysteries
A couple of months ago, author Christopher Penczak led me to a wonderful insight–that regardless of our spirituality, we are all seeking the deeper mysteries. This explains why many Christians are seeking more occult knowledge and many pagans are committing to new paths, some attaining clergy status in multiple traditions or experimenting with some of…
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Life Purpose: Why Some People Just Don’t Get it
Life purpose. Some people just don’t get it. Then again, some people want everyone else’s life purpose to match theirs. This is really rather…normal. We live our lives by a certain theme and we cannot understand why someone else isn’t as passionate about that theme as we are. If you’re a long-time fan of my…
