Mom called the other days to say there is a mourning dove who flew behind her washing machine and it has been coo’ing for days. I asked her if her neighbor could take a look and get the bird out. He did, but he didn’t see a bird. Mom called the other day and left a voicemail message and then I called her back and got her voicemail. Then she called right back, got my…
Yee ha to Iowa to provide a ruling allowing same-sex marriage – Boo to California!!! “We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective,” Justice Mark S. Cady wrote for the seven-member court, adding later, “We have a constitutional duty to ensure equal protection of the law.”
I spoke to my mom today who is still caught up in a quagmire of inertia about what to do. She now wants to recycle 80% of her magazines – the ones that are occupying about 70% of her living space – good sign. She started on Cymbalta a week ago and maybe this is the first sign of clarity. Meanwhile, we’re figuring out what to do in the event of an economic crisis around…
My last husband accused me of dreaming too small. Well, here’s my big dream: Buy this hotel and run the most awesome B&B in the city of my dreams. All it takes is about $2 million cash so I bought a Power Ball ticket today.
When was the last time you cleaned your cache? Well, it’s easy – go to Safari or whatever you use and click Empty Cache from the pulldown.
Ever notice how sometimes when you are being truly honest, open, and yourself that you are not in harmony with the world. What is it that causes these disturbances in the field – is it that you are marching to the beat of a different drum that creates the dissonance? Maybe asserting your will into a situation that offers you no flexibility – damn if you do, damn if you don’t – is something to…
Heard some good news today – that a friend who is trying to get pregnant, is. I was in yoga, trying to stretch out the tightness in my back that is only soothed by heavy duty maintenance and the instructor – not Michelle – was talking about finding the beauty within yourself. The friend who told me about our friend said, maybe it’s a good omen for you. Later, I was speaking to a friend…
I started keeping a relationship journal as I was ending my long marriage and beginning to see people randomly. It was helpful to know what had been my past mistakes and how to address them early on. And more importantly how to respond to red flags as they came up. Also to learn more about what I wanted in a relationship versus what I had tolerated before. I was writing in that journal recently exploring…
I spent a year seeing a nutrition specialist in San Francisco years ago. She was very helpful in identifying what I was doing wrong and how much my emotional state played in my eating choices. For one thing, I am hypoglycemic and so my habit of no fat and lots of fruits and carbs in the morning was sending me into a downward spiral by midmorning. Also, because I get dizzy, can’t focus, and irritable…
A friend thought I had included a poem by Mary Oliver in my blog and so she gave me one of her collections. But no, instead my friend introduced me to Mary Oliver. This is the first poem I read in the book and I read it at breakfast and we all welled up. Halleluiah Everyone should be born into this world happy and loving everything. But in truth it rarely works that way. For…