Serenity… a life's expedition

It’s late, far too late for me to write anything that makes a lot of sense. I get up early – sometimes *very* early, like 3:30 AM – so that I can work without interruption for a time while everything is quiet. Which, of course, means that by this time of night I am not [...]

So, almost as soon as I sat down after giving the kids their dinner plates howls of outrage started piercing the air. Now, I am not the best cook but usually nothing I put before them produces *that* reaction. On my way to see what was wrong I was able to make out some of [...]

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About every other month an older Mexican lady wanders door to door in my neighborhood selling whatever she has on hand – fresh picked fruit, tamales,  whatever. As far as I can tell she doesn’t speak a word of English, though she understands some, and her Spanish is way too fast for me to follow, [...]

“What we want is not music for the people, but bread for the people, rest for the people, immunity from robbery and scorn for the people, hope for them, enjoyment, equal respect and consideration, life and aspiration, instead of drudgery and despair. When we get that I imagine the people will make tolerable music for [...]

Of all the wonderful patterns nature has… I think this is one the best. via [updated title and category]

“Without strategic vision, our decisions become more haphazard and we can lose belief in what we’re doing with our life’s energies. Buffeted as we are every day by life’s tragi-comedy horror show, like those butterflies being blown into bushes and buildings, it can be hard not to give in to frustration and despair. Strategic vision points [...]

For someone who plans on writing novels, I have an odd problem; fear of fiction. Or, I guess, fear of writing fiction, because I quite like reading it. When I was very young I wrote stories all the time, and sometimes even illustrated them. The older I grew, though, the less I wrote and the [...]

Timeless. Ageless. Forever Lena. 1917-2010

I started classes again this week, after a two week holiday break. So far (for the semester) so good. I have, right now, a 4.0 average and I don’t see that changing much as time goes on. Well, until I hit algebra, that is, maybe. The work is pretty easy as this is the first [...]