Friends for a…what’s between season and lifetime?
Edit to text for August 2010-I thought this post went out back in April, and by some fluke, I see it didn't. So I'm posting it now.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few months back, a dead person came alive into my life. Maybe it would be easier on you if I called them "lost", or a "drifter". You know the person. You've heard the terms- Friends for a day; a season; a lifetime. This was someone who was in my life for a couple of years, pretty close, then whatwith one giant change, thingamabob, decision, choice, bugupthabutt what have you, he was gone. just evaporated. Drifted, as ...
The Art of Choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html I can hardly add anything to this video, as it is one of the most masterful, thoughtful, thorough, and provocative presentations on Choice I've ever seen.I can only say how relieved I am, how recognized I feel, about the increasing paralyzation that occurs when I have to continually, exhaustingly, and completely make choices not only that are right for me, but for my loved ones, and for society at large. Enjoy!
Meditations in Portland
I was in Portland, Or, recently to visit my best friend and new baby. Portland was so wonderful this trip. The atmosphere here feels, and pulls at me, much stronger than it has before.I’ve been saying it for years, that I knew I was going to move back here…you know, “someday”—“someday” (what is it about that word that we love so much?) but I keep forgetting to document how physically painful it is…to be in the mountains, to feel the rain on my face. To see the sincerity in the faces. Hear friendly voices. I’ve occasionally likened living in the Bay Area ...
It gets me through the nights..
you know those nights I'm talking about. Those long, looong, LONG nights, when your restless mind just won't let you keep your date with the Sandman. Or your restless heart won't even let your uneasy mind take over, just for a break. So, on those nights, I try a series of different tricks to help ease the jitter-bugs, soothe the savage beast within. Here's my list of favorites. Peter Murphy-If you haven't heard me wax exuberantly here about Peter Murphy, then you don't know me as well as you think. I adore his music, and listening to him can distract me long ...
Tom Robbins-how he warms my cockles so
Tom Robbins has been the guiding force of my literary imagination for as long as back as I can reme.....well, to be specific I was 19. I can't recall how I came by a copy of Another Roadside Attraction, but I did, and it blew my tiny mind, to put it mildly. It was then, and remains now, the oldest, most worn out, rattiest, cover duct-taped, edges gone book I own. But at least its signed by the author. :) What was it about his stories that shaped me over the years? The redhead worship? The strong female lead throughout all of ...
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I was in Portland, Or, recently to visit my best friend and new baby. Portland was...
It gets me through the nights..
you know those nights I’m talking about. Those long, looong, LONG nights, when...
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Friends for a…what’s between season and lifetime?
Edit to text for August 2010-I thought this post went out back in April, and by some fluke, I see it didn’t. So I’m posting it now.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few months back, a dead person came alive into my life. Maybe it would be easier on you if I called them “lost”, or a “drifter”. You know the person. You’ve... [Read more of this review]
The Art of Choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html I can hardly add anything to this video, as it is one of the most masterful, thoughtful, thorough, and provocative presentations on Choice I’ve ever seen.I can only say how relieved I am, how recognized I feel, about the increasing paralyzation that occurs when I have... [Read more of this review]
Gratitude & Manifestions
I landed at the Oakland airport, on a sunny day in 1997. My mom came to rescue me from a dead end situation in Seattle, and as we drove back to her place in Napa, we started talking about manifestion. and it’s link to the force of gratitude. From this one spark of conversation, came a new way of thinking that changed my life, forever. I tried... [Read more of this review]
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