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...]
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...]
standstill
How long? How long…a small eternity. A long minute. Who’s to say. It’s been almost 3 months to the day since I posted here last. Life has been a series of strenuous electric shocks to the heart..my dad passed away on May 4th, and I posted here that week, and just before his funeral. I’ve been putting my thoughts here, into the... [Read more...]
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?)... [Read more...]
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... [Read more...]
