January 2013

  • Normal Wild Deer

    Yesterday on my mail route…On a back road, off of a 'main' back road, I stopped to bring a full tray of mail up to the passenger seat.  I had left the driver's door open, gone around to the back of… Continue reading

  • Harmony is in our Choices.

    ‎"Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune. When somehow we're able to strike the right cord to balance the expectations of our families and our responsibilities in the world on… Continue reading

  • Keeping me from my life.

    A comment on my last post, prompted me to remember these two quotes by Dr. Maya Angelou. "Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives."  "…surrender in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had… Continue reading

  • Art from the Inside Out.

    As I finished writing the last blog and it came to "Hating that my mother lied to me.." I realized later on today, that I hated me for believing it.  I hated me for being okay living as a mask… Continue reading

  • When I Say My Truth.

    I had a feeling yesterday that clicked firmly into place; how I see myself, and how others may, see me as well. I would rather be hated for speaking the truth, than to be liked for speaking lies. It is… Continue reading

  • Policing of Humanity.

    I went to see the movie "Lincoln" yesterday, and was surprised to see human nature of his time, how humanity wasn't separated from the issue of their time, and how it takes courage to say and fight for a new… Continue reading

  • Perfect for Me.

    In January, 2004…I had made a list of things I wanted in life, my future, a bucket list of sorts, but mostly it appears as it were dreams without substance. What I mean by that is they were things I… Continue reading

  • All that wasn’t true.

    I was left wondering about my family of origin and the way we are spinning as we go through life. Some are spinning towards their center and some are spinning away. What is easier, going against the spinning majority and… Continue reading

  • Content of Your Soul

    Anne Morrow Lindbergh, kept using the word "Centrifugal." When I first came upon it it twisted my tongue and it didn't make sense.  The second time I saw the word, it was like I knew it, but didn't know its… Continue reading

  • Feel Who You Are.

    "When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others."  Anne Morrow Lindbergh What struck me while reading this, is that while I… Continue reading