Today, while I was updating a woefully out-of-date profile on WordPress/Gravatar I re-affirmed a most basic part of myself. I am in awe of life. Old enough to know better. I wander in awe amid the complexity, order, and nuance of life. The ripples of small acts amplify my belief in goodness. I try to […]
Prayer Wheel or Whirlwind?
No matter how I answer the question that is the title of this post, I am dizzy. I knew this month, March, would be busy due to my decision to feature other women’s writings about women all month long on the Women’s Legacy Project. This took a bit of planning, procedure development, and a whole […]
Clouds of Late Fifties Funk
I have been in a funk and giving myself a pity party for the last several weeks. First I realized my magical year was ending as my 58th birthday rolled around a couple weeks ago. Born in 1957 my 57th year was to be magical or golden according to contemporary mythology I chose to embrace. […]
Assessing the Mess
Time escalates at an alarming rate as I pass through life. I am already planning on responding to Nablopomo comments and such during lunch tomorrow so I can have the evening to clean the house before I have laser eye surgery on Tuesday. I don’t know how I used to do the 8-5, raise a […]
On What Would Have Been 100 Years
Today is my mother’s 100th birthday. She is no longer living, but still, today is her birthday. I think of the last time she and I had cake. It was on my 50th birthday, just a bit over one month before she died. It was chocolate. I bought it for myself. I was alone in […]
Hospice Miracles and Malpractice – Part 2
Part 2 I have been writing about my emotional roller coaster ride for which I was ticketed by my disabled brother’s hospitalization, surgery, infections, and transfer into a hospice program followed by his apparent strengthening and process of recovery. You can read the first part of this series here. I am mainly writing this second part of a […]