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I beg your pardon…

I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine there’s gotta be a little rain sometime When you take you gotta give so live and let live or let go I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden (Lynn Anderson – 1970 – songwriter: Joe South)Continue reading “I beg your pardon…”

I’m not OK, but that’s OK

Today has been…productive? Maybe. Therapy session this morning was surprisingly illuminating (not that illumination is a total anomaly). Somehow, we got onto the subject of some things I’ve been writing about here, and found ourselves on the topic of developmental issues of childhood, issues like attachment. I had never explored this issue before, and theContinue reading “I’m not OK, but that’s OK”

Wasted

Is time wasted when you have no measure? Is a lesson wasted without a student? Is beauty wasted without the beholder? Is talent wasted without an audience? Time keeps going, lessons keep teaching, beauty keeps flowering, talent keeps making itself known. We keep finding reasons to be humbled by the effortless effort of the UniverseContinue reading “Wasted”

X marks the spot

“Woe to that land that’s governed by a child.” (Richard III, act 2, sc.3, l.11.) “I feel like I’m waiting on something that’s not going to happen.” (Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander) “I hate that I’m still hoping.” (unknown) I was searching for quotes about the insurrection of January 6th, about government, about politics,Continue reading “X marks the spot”

Rage

Some days I feel like this…smoldering under the surface, molten deep down. Waiting. Maintaining. Isolating. Waiting for what, i wonder. Waiting to escape the confines of the cauldron, waiting to erupt, waiting to experience the world? I don’t know. I wish I did. All I know is that inches from that bubbling foundry of allContinue reading “Rage”

Here we go, yo

It’s a dank and chilly day here. I have a heat pump in my apartment, so when the heat is on at a reasonable temperature (at least for me), it blows cool air. Feels like the air conditioner is on. If I turn up the thermostat, the air blows warm, but candles begin to meltContinue reading “Here we go, yo”

Really sad news

I won’t be able to sleep tonight for worrying about this guy. Tempted to make a Whole Foods run and drive up to his detention center with a care package. Not. Not talkin’ so big and bad now, is he? Being that nuts must make for some long days.

Rebels with a cause

Still reflecting on the events in D.C. on the Epiphany (Catholic roots are showing – sue me). January 6th, at least in Catholic tradition, is the day when three kings from the East (the Orient) made their way to visit the newly born Jesus Christ, still in the humble manger outside Bethlehem. They made anContinue reading “Rebels with a cause”

Look away, Dixieland!

Just gotta say…of all the images floating around from the January 6th debacle in at the U.S. Capitol, the one that brought up the most visceral response for me was… Sickening. The symbols and icons parading around with these zombies were not lost on the Jewish community, either. Take a look at this, from JewishContinue reading “Look away, Dixieland!”

The beat goes on

When i wake up these days, i stumble to worship at the altar of the porcelain goddess. (There is some meditation involved in this ritual, and once or twice I have fallen asleep, but I digress). After this exercise, I travel the inestimably long path to the kitchen, where the blessed elixir of life awaits.Continue reading “The beat goes on”