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Today is officially Barbie’s 50th birthday and I spent the morning reading about how the West, namely, the United States, is the culprit for branding skinny and the world has responded with eating disorders, anorexia, bulemia, diets, and body hatred. Barbie’s body and lack of anatomy have been the subject of much vehement discussion about just this topic, but I think she has been vilified for no reason. I played with Barbies endlessly when I…
I try to describe my work days as having a feeling of accomplishment, but mostly what I gage as success is a moving target. I love interviewing and speaking to clients and of course, like some people, loathe administrative tasks. But one thing I overheard yesterday afternoon while I was ass up in my garden were two people riding by on their bicycles and one said to the other, “It’s just the same endless routine…
In the groggy clarity of having woken up to the L-word series being over, the garden planted for 2009, things gotten off my chest to my mom, and facing a brand new week on the first day of the rest of my life, I woke to a blog link from Marc Pagani, whose house we celebrated Obama’s inauguration at. It was a nice way to start again.
I replanted the Kaffir lime tree into the backyard and then planted an herb garden along the side of the house – basil, tarragon, oregano, sage, borage, cilantro, and creole tomatoes. Then I added some foxgloves to the garden in front and planted Love in the Mist and Camomile in back. The day was really outstanding and again it felt good to get my hands in the mud. Only I wanted to ride my bike,…
Mom: Sorry to keep having the same recurrent argument with you and I don’t like fighting or being estranged so I want to put an end to this dance. But I want you to know that I’m just frustrated. The way I see things is you are getting to a period in your life where the next years are about trying to strike a balance between feeling safe (physically, emotionally, financially) and staying healthy and…
Yahoo’s word of the day is so lame most of the time – are they pandering to people with a 20 word vocabulary or what? My favorite words I’ve learned from other word of the day lists are coprophagia, toady, moot (I guarantee you everyone gets this wrong), and many others. Today, Yahoo’s Word of the Day is durable. Unless they are making a joke of the fact that nothing in life is durable, it’s…
Michelle was telling us how her teacher is a wordsmith and how even when you take the words with the most weighted meanings and look at their etymology there is usually a neutral definition. Like for instance, evil is when something is done to excess.
I don’t know if it is me but most of the people I know are on antidepressants and even though I don’t believe in them, I’ve been suggesting to my mother that she should get on them too. The problem is that most of the people I know who are depressed are also addicted to pot, alcohol or Vicodin – all depressants! It’s crazy – if they gave up the addiction that they think is…
Finally, a good cup of tea! I spoke with David at New Mexico Tea Company about my caffeine intolerance and he suggested the Puerh. I love this tea and came back from China with many little bird’s nest of Puerh that a friend gave me. Her father had a tea store in Shanghai. Finally, this morning, I steeped a perfect cup and sat down to enjoy it. Wow – what a difference good tea makes…
Watching the sky outside my office with big rectangular clouds obscuring the baby blue sky, I’m convinced that like a snake, I’ve recently shed some skin. Some part of me feels like the last two weeks have been torturous in ways I couldn’t get my mind around. And suddenly today, I feel like the answers are much clearer – like, oh yeah, I’m doing that again and right, I haven’t done some of this and…