Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

The dead have been stomping around again (well, as much as they can stomp, what with being a bit insubstantial and all) and causing a hoopla, lately. Luckily, I am the only one who can hear them – and even I don’t exactly hear them so much as I feel their impatience, and worry, and [...]

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I read a lot. Books, the backs of cereal boxes, warning labels on cans, everything.  In fact, when I was young and had nothing else to read I would  read the dictionary just because I loved to learn new words and spout them out in conversation. My understanding of the words was somewhat complete – [...]

Especially not these ones. Aren’t they beautiful? My daughter never much liked dolls, especially Barbie dolls, and neither did my only granddaughter (my youngest grandson will sometimes play with them for a few minutes, then usually winds up shoving them head-first into the trashcan) so I never had a reason to buy any. And really, [...]

“… all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.” – John Burroughs [photo via]

I used to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get myself “organized”. I tried this site, or that software, and yet another “sure-fire” method, but in the end I always wound up as scatter-brained (and scatter-projects) as ever. Finally, though, I’ve hit on the perfect combination of tools, apps and software for my [...]

Reclaiming the lucidity of our hearts by Sass Rogando Sasot (transcript; she speaks at about 3:00): Burned at stake. Strangled and hanged. Raped and shot and stabbed to death. Throats slashed. Left to bleed to death. These are just some of the ways transgender people were killed in different parts of the world, in different [...]

If you are participating in this weeks writing prompt thingy, here’s a thread for you to post your piece, or a link to it. I will post mine later today (probably at one minute to midnight again, lol.) If you are not participating in this particular thing but still have something of your creation or [...]

I need to spend this weekend cleaning house and doing a bunch of neglected stuff. Since I always need a distraction, even from my distractions, I’m also going to be seeking out and gathering together resources. History stuff, writing, anything else that catches my fancy, and filling in some pages here and at thebookoflouis.com (which [...]

‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if…’; And then do it.” – Duane Michals [image from here]