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About Me

My daughters bring me more laughter and joy than anything else in the world. I'm liberal but old fashioned. I believe in kindness, compassion, forgiveness, generosity, and acceptance above all. I never want to stop learning. I don’t apologize for who I am or what I believe. I like cold coffee and warm soda and mixing ketchup in my mustard. I'm interested in most things old, including but not limited to photographs, music, books, handkerchiefs, boots, furniture, and folks. I am fairly simple, and make-up is not a daily essential. Variety is a necessity. I smell of everything before I eat it, and the way people smell often influences how I feel about them. Honesty is imperative, even when it isn't pretty. Charming and charismatic people kind of frighten me. Sometimes I say too much about the wrong things and not enough about the right things, but I prefer to listen. I love words and reading aloud. Outwardly calm, inner chaos. I'm a country girl stuck in the city. And I always wear my jeans twice before I wash them. SOMETIMES I SHARE TOO MUCH. I'm an open book. This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

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The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations. ---

My Blog

Shine


Posted by on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:14:00 GMT

work and worry

Hard work pays off... in a promotion.  In a very nice place to live.  In respect from my coworkers and my family.  In neatly dressed children.And still I want so desperately to get away, to move somep...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:22:00 GMT

To The States

To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, eve...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:23:00 GMT

she's my comedian

Me: "Amy, I think my coffee is ready.  Can you smell it?"Amy: "I will not accept coffee in my mouth.  I would like chocolate milk."Seriously.  The way she says things always cracks me up:)
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:47:00 GMT

doesn't get any better

The last video there is the song that made both of my girls insist I buy them harmonicas.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:23:00 GMT

funny

My kid (the tiniest one) says to me exasperatedly, "Mom, I get so tired of you when you're mad."... and then I can't be mad anymore:)
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:07:00 GMT

Pain and Perspective

I love the sting of a shower so hot you can hardly stand to be in it.  I love it because of how glorious the relief is when you then step out into the cool air.  Everything has its opposite, including...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:46:00 GMT

OK

I am ok.  I was ok.  I will be ok.  Better than ok.I can't stand when people allow their past or present circumstances to dictate their futures.  But sometimes I allow myself to slip into that pattern...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:55:00 GMT

my daughter says to me...

"It's not really a good song, mom, it's just catchy."I love this girl:)
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:26:00 GMT

great quote for the day

"Procrastination is like masturbation. It seems like a good idea at the time time, but in the end you're just fucking yourself."  -anonymous
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:21:00 GMT