I'm wondering....what does one do when they feel at the end of their rope? I'm thinking of someone I am very, very close to....I've known her all my life. She's a most complex, emotional and passionate person. When she's scared, feels misunderstood, is lost in hopelessness or cornered, she gets angry, an anger that certainly [...]
A little over 10 years ago I found myself in the new role of wife and step mom. Both proved to be challenging roles for me though I certainly gave it my ALL. The lessons learned were worth their weight in marbles, heavy, gold gilded marbles. I am grateful for ALL my life experiences. I'm [...]
Ever hear yourself talking or writing and a word from SOMEWHERE comes out of your mouth or on the page and you wonder 'where did THAT come from?' or you wonder, 'when did I learn that word?' but dang if it isn't 'right on'. Suddenly a lexicon of mystery words make themselves known. Today was [...]
I recently served as Mistress of Ceremonies for the Jeannette Rankin Foundation annual dinner, held in Athens, GA. I've known of this organization for a number of years and had the opportunity to interview its Executive Director, Sue Lawrence on my former tv show several years back. The Jeannette Rankin Foundation, based out of Athens, [...]
Knowing your heart. At the end of the day, we answer only to ourselves and perhaps our higher power. As I go to bed I review my day and assess, have I endeavored to be loving, purposeful, living my life 'on' purpose, doing what my soul is meant to do. Some days I [...]
Overall, (and remind me I said this), I'm having a love affair with life. And love affairs are interesting....they have their highs and their lows...but just as Jerry Seinfeld exclaims in one of his many (by me, beloved) episodes of the Seinfeld show, 'make up sex is the BEST sex.' I'm grooving on the metaphor. [...]
I spent a lovely weekend with some new and old friends eating, drinking, sharing ideologies and stretching what I know, what I believe, how I see the world and certainly my next steps. My dear friend, Sherry, fondly referred to as Louise to my Thelma, .....(our first adventure took us north in my little red [...]
Whenever I read Tom Robbins, I get a hankerin to hit the road...it's a must now and again....usually alone, though often with someone I know along route or at my destinations end, and on fine occasion, with a fellow traveller, but alone is fine too. It's what I call my 'expanding time' as I never [...]
I have a dear friend who lives in Maine; I've spoken of her before, the lovely and talented Karen Montanaro, wife of my beloved late teacher Tony Montanaro. She is a seeker like myself. Our conversations would drive most anyone mad as we stay up late into the night bug-eyed considering thoughts in the realms [...]
Well, I am the person who just wrote about the challenge of my constant distractions. Yes, I am, (a dreamer....), I love to create cool stuff, can spend hours and hours in contemplation or writing about all manner of things, (useful or not), concocting adventures for sure, and entertainments, certainly dinner soirees with [...]