by Susan on January 23, 2010
I went to see Avatar this week, and its message of balance was taken to heart. Not just in how we treat Mother Earth; I actually think the imbalances that we are seeing around the planet are a greater reflection of the imbalances that we find within ourselves.
While I think it’s pretty obvious that most [...]
by Susan on January 2, 2010
Part of making New Year’s resolutions is reevaluating the past and letting go of those dreams that don’t serve us any longer.
Mine started 17 years ago, when I met my perfect man. The thunderbolt hit, there were shooting stars (literally), the whole shebang.
I should say the dream started a few months before, when I had [...]
by Susan on December 31, 2009
So, it’s New Year’s Eve, and I am lying here on the pullout couch watching a repeat of the NBA game in which Brandon Jennings scored 55 points.
Not exactly the way I’d envisioned welcoming 2010.
The day before, I’d suffered a bout of diverticulitis. For those who don’t know, it’s a digestive disease, and an attack [...]
by Susan on December 29, 2009
My cat Dexter just pooped on my bed again.
He’s been doing it since we moved to the condo a few months ago. I’m at a loss, really. I’ve yelled, I’ve cried, I’ve scruffed him and hissed like mama cat. I bought him a ton of toys and a huge new cat tree, and had my [...]
by Susan on December 28, 2009
I just watched the Washington Redskins lose to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. They got wouped.
I feel their pain.
This year just thrashed me. All of the loss it brought has left me whipped and worn out. For months, I’ve been saying I can’t wait for 2009 to end but, now that it’s nearly [...]
by admin on December 19, 2009
Well, she’s kind of like an artist
Sittin’ on the floor
Never finishes, she abandons
Never shows a soul ….
Thought about, not understood
She’s achin’ to be
“Achin’ to Be”
Words by Paul Westerberg, Performed by The Replacements
Wow, can I relate. And not just because I relate to pretty much everything Paul Westerberg writes, being of the same era and a [...]