Whatever you do, don't drop that box....... |
In addition to three people and two cats, there also appear to dwell in the place where I live various spirits, some who seem harmless, even a bit shy, and some whom I really don't like-these are t...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:18:00 GMT |
"Silent friend of many distances...", a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke |
This poem, like "Say That the Gift Was Given", makes me weep from the sheer beauty of it. Enjoy.Silent friend of many distances, feelhow your breath enlarges all of space.Let your presence ring ou...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:22:00 GMT |
Confesssions of a would-be flower child: my obsession with the 60's..... |
Well, it's not really an obsession-I don't dress like a hippie (although I admit to sometimes having the urge to), and my decor isn't hippie-chic, aside from a coffee-table book entitled "The Six...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:36:00 GMT |
Get a room....!! |
It's not because I am against sex-hell, I'm all for it, under the right circumstances (or the right man...!) It's just that when I read a book, I tend to think of the characters as friends of mine....
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 22:48:00 GMT |
"Say That The Gift Was Given", a poem by Loren Eiseley |
This poem is, to me, so unbearably beautiful-it made me cry the first time I ever read it, and again the other day, 22 years later. My boyfriend, who is the most wonderful man in the world, went on...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 00:04:00 GMT |
The Sea Captain's Ring...A True Love Story |
When Leo (for those of you new to my page, my late boyfriend, who passed away in 2004 from colon cancer) and I first started dating, he was unemployed, something that gave me pause, because I ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 14:53:00 GMT |
"How To Stay Out of the Broom Closet and Still Get Ahead: A Guide for Working Witches" |
....Don't you wish someone had written that book?? I do, and I wish they'd walk up to me and hand me a copy...! In my last blog, I talked about an issue that has been weighing heavily on my mind as of...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 20:57:00 GMT |
Why my mother tells people I'm friends with a famous author... |
About six years ago, I wrote to Dean Koontz to tell him how one of his novels had inspired me to do something for my then-boyfriend Leo, who was dying of cancer. In his book "From the Corner of His...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 22:02:00 GMT |
Do I have to go into the broom closet to succeed at work (because I absolutely REFUSE!!)..?? |
Lately, I've been wondering whether my seeming inability to break out of the 6-year rut I've been in at work, otherwise known as my job, has anything at all to do with the fact that I am an openly ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 21:48:00 GMT |
Clayton's only rival for my attention..... |
Clayton sometimes resents the amount of time that I spend on MySpace, and has, on occasion, been known to get downright irritated about it, especially if it's a night that Ive worked late, and he's...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 21:04:00 GMT |
