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Lately I’ve been falling in love with Marge Piercy’s poems all over again… An excerpt from “The nuisance” I am an inconvenient woman. I’d be more useful as a pencil sharpener or a cash register. I do not love you the way I love Mother Jones or the surf coming in or my pussycats [...]
One of the by-products of my recent-ish divorce is that I just barely got my own health insurance policy. It’s the first time that I’ve had insurance on my own (not as the result of being a dependent of someone else), and seems a pretty big step for me in being financially and legally independent. [...]
Gameboy's play was voted "Best Overall" by his fellow UniHigh students #proudparent # Having an awesome appetizer made by @sugar_bird http://t.co/x8DXkbGR # Spring has sprung in my neighborhood :) http://t.co/YfuI91hX # Elly-kitty loves it when I sing loudly while doing housework. #thatwhatcatsarefor #shegetsextratunaforhermusicalappreciation :) # Working my way through Happy Hour @ The Novel Cafe [...]
When I was active in the LDS church and trying to make sense of the challenges of my life, one talk by an Apostle resonated with me particularly deeply. It was by Hugh B. Brown and used a metaphor of a currant bush that was pruned so it might produce better fruit. In that talk [...]
Such a beautiful tune for such a beautiful day… Did you find what you were after? The pain and laughter brought you to your knees But if the sun sets you free, sets you free You’ll be free, free indeed…
My kids love to hear the story of when I had scurvy in college–perhaps because it’s a story that doesn’t seem to jive so well with the health-conscious mother than they know now (or maybe, because they see it as a story of my experimentation and learning)…(or maybe it’s just funny for them to think [...]
Loving the acoustic rendition of this song (I do love me some piano), and the refrain…celebrating the warmth and brightness of my life. Tonight We are young So let’s the set the world on fire We can burn brighter Than the sun Carry me home tonight Just carry me home tonight Carry me home tonight [...]
Tomorrow: the Past Tense seminar @TheHuntington at noon with David Adams, speaking on History & the SW Borderlands http://t.co/FL2qMQOL # The evening wears on… @ The Dresden Room http://t.co/svrspvSk # Cosmopolitan @ Cafe Figaro http://t.co/7FJM93PM # Just posted a photo http://t.co/RhH7R3Ng # Just posted a photo @ Griffith Observatory http://t.co/SedTba18 # Such a gorgeous day [...]
For a good long time (most of the life of this blog), I wrote a lot of super-gooey happy stuff about my spouse and my kids and and my canoeing and my schooling and just about everything else wonderful I could think to write about. Of course there’ve been some hard times, but the balance [...]
I’ve posted this poem before, but it seemed apropos for today, too :) If they come in the night by Marge Piercy Long ago on a night of danger and vigil a friend said, Why are you happy? He explained (we lay together on a hard cold floor) what prison meant because he had done [...]
For the past few weeks I’ve been sitting in a chair at a computer for so many hours a day that my body started rebelling. I knew I couldn’t keep it up–it was getting too hard to stay in the same position for so many hours straight. So I decided maybe it was time to [...]
Since it’s almost V-Day, I’ve got romance on the brain… Last year around this time, my friends helped me to create a list of criteria for a future partner. It was a fun exercise to see what they hoped for me, to add a few of my own desires, and to comment when I think [...]
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