My Take on Holiday Sadness A huge hurt builds inside me. My father died on Christmas Day 1986. It is a familiar, old hurt. This past year freshly layered that hurt with new hurts and loss. All four of my brothers have passed on. One in 1998, another in 2005. Mom died in […]
Long Time No Write
Hiatus. I have been in between. At times it seems I am somewhere between walls that are closing in on me. Have you ever felt like you are always busy but do not get anything accomplished? Or perhaps you feel preoccupied. Back on Track My bitching, and moaning, and feeling sorry for myself only lasted […]
Reflections
I always start out commenting on posts of participating bloggers, no matter the theme or topic, one or two a day, with the best of intentions… But then… I drop the ball on commenting.
Zoom
Only you can chronicle the changes you have seen, how the new technology was introduced into your community, and how it was accepted, and how it spread.
Yearn
Yearn is a great prompt! Plain and simple, and evocative. What have you yearned for in your life? A lost boyfriend in your teen years? A baby in your 30s when you really wanted to conceive? A holiday from long ago when you are home alone for that holiday, and your family is all gone? […]
Xenial in Xanadu
I have always held out hope that women will discover a way to keep violence, greed, and hate from growing in our hearts and society so far we haven’t done that. Peace and love seems to have a flip side of protect (in-group)and drive away out-group). It is the old oxytocin problem, loving mama bear becomes raging protective mama bear.