When I wrote about being at Ground Zero I was still seething at the way I had been treated, especially by my son, but also my boarder… I had given them a great deal of say in running this household and it proved to be too much… I wrote […]
Read more →Life has a way of exploding or crashing when we least expect it to… shocked, we are suddenly surrounded by debris, in chaos, our sense of direction and purpose lost in the shattered pieces of our lives… Perhaps the unexpected drama comes from an earthquake, a flood, a terrible […]
Read more →For no particular reason, the face of a beautiful black woman appeared in my mind the other day… I have always been awed by the great beauty that appears in the world's indigenous peoples… the differences fascinate me….perhaps because I am just plain old wrinkled vanilla… the woman I saw […]
Read more →These days, most folks welcome Fridays, the beginning of the week-end. "TGIF" day (Thank God Its Friday) can mean cheap drinks and free food in some bars that serve the 9-5 working crowd. We get excited about Fridays, that is, except for one particular Friday, Friday the […]
Read more →You are what you think…. you get what you focus on…. It can be a real challenge to maintain an upbeat, optimistic attitude when the focus of the people and the environment around you is caught up in fear. I had been away from the office for […]
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