we all have tales
“Take care and watch yourselves closely so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life, make them known to your children and your children’s children.” Moses Continue reading “legacy” »
chores are good
Somewhere between youth and growing old lies the land of ‘figure out,’ which was a cracked divide between what I wanted and consequences of my actions. Peaceful heart, loneliness, loss, confusing disappointments surface. Remembering rough alcoholism, two failed marriages with the third one cresting to shore, I can better understand how to deal with the divide. Continue reading “dealing with the divide” »
shape of my lavender labyrinth
Let’s focus on the positive. This is our special time to be spiritual beings having a human experience, and nobody gets away with ‘happy, happy, joy, joy’ all the time. We can be grateful we even get a piece of good times, considering the human race’s story. Continue reading “stay the course” »
forceful requires responsibility
Inferiority can be defined as pride in reverse. If I feel like I’m the worst person ever born, how is that any different than feeling like I’m the greatest? Both perspectives are not accurate, and both positions erode the soul. Continue reading “process” »
accept the motion
Dream of struggling in three rivers: Continue reading “ugly necessity” »
Lindy looks like this
I’m feeling something because it’s a happy new year 2018 and I visited my childhood friend, Lindy who was transferred to a Sunnyvale, California senior facility four months ago. She’s been a ward of California for over fifty years, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Continue reading “Lindy in Sunnyvale” »
this looks like my last grey cat
Those of us who struggle with emotions understand how difficult it is to endure unwanted feelings. Continue reading “sustain” »
what is going on?
I woke up at 3 a.m. wracked in floating fear. This is not normal behavior, so I practiced using tools to get out of fear, and managed to go back to sleep. Continue reading “managing fear” »
Mt. Tamalpais is home
Steve Miller’s Fly Like An Eagle came out when my husband and I were in our early twenties and didn’t know each other. I love that song, especially the lyric, “Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’ into the future.” Continue reading “thinking about lyrics” »
writing is worth it
November is National Novel Writing month. NANOWRIMO is a non-porfit inspirational site. If you go for the challenge, you enroll and keep track of your word count, with number 50K as a novel completion word count. Continue reading “choose a caliber” »