Waiting
I am waiting. Waiting to find out which way the tide will turn my little boat. Yes, I know, you think I meant which way the wind will tip my little PAIL, but my life is bigger than a pail. I think of it as a little boat, cast about on the waves. Sure,you can point TOWARDS west, and hope for the best, but the exact longitude and latitude is pretty hard... [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...]
Damn, its time for True Confessions week
I didn’t tell you this when it happened a few weeks ago. I was in shock, trying to adapt. I was scrambling, I was numb. I decided I was invincible, it couldn’t happen to ME. But it did. And the stares, and the whispers.The fake sympathy, the transparent, crushing RELIEF that is wasn’t Them this time, it was Her. Yes, my hours were... [Read more...]
This hippie gives these two thumbs up!
#1-Crystal Stick mineral body deodorant- I have struggled with strong sweat since I was little girl. I used to get terrible water blisters on my feet, rashes on my thighs, and pimples anywhere else, especially my upper back. At various places I’ve worked, when I was experimenting with hippie deodorants (with no aluminum) I was asked several times... [Read more...]
Musings #1
If a conversation is like a room, and you fill it with you own furniture, how can anyone else get it to visit? Much less move in? Photo credit to- http://www.athensinfoguide.com/photoalbum/monastiraki/images/010_jpg.jpg Read More →
