Holding Myself Hostage
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Ode to Bonnie Parker, originally uploaded by nhungsta.
Sunday morning I had a dream of myself at 10. I am rollerskating through the neighborhood and wearing this filmy pink nightgown that my grandmother had given me [...]
Let’s talk
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
This aphorism has always irritated me. Maybe it’s my wee, little intellect, but I love talking about people.
People are so complex, messy, fleshy, and juicy. I look at humanity and I find us brilliant, wonderful, curious. We are lovely in both our bigness and [...]
Purpose with a side of joy, please
Ebullient: overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited
Last night, Michael and I watched the first episode of Heroes. I had never seen it, but the series has been highly recommended by people whose taste in TV matches mine enough to justify a sampling.
I love Hiro’s ebullient dance through the sea of cubicles when he is [...]
Spring Cleaning
The contractor is finally and completely done. Today is a day of moving furniture back in place, unpacking, and figuring out what to do with the stuff we’ve been ignoring since we moved.
That, and laundry.
And changing the cat boxes.
Rather than piss and moan about it, I’m grounding, centering, and using my body and this work [...]
Living the Life
In many ways, I am living the life I want. In some ways, not so much.
When I turned 18 and graduated from high school, I moved away from most of my family and every other person I knew to start fresh in a more liberal, open environment. Oklahoma is a great place to live and [...]
Both Sides Now?
Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stoney for too many years. Try something different. Surrender. ~Rumi
I spent this weekend living a past experience from the other side.
Much like hosting a surprise birthday party for a dear friend after having enjoyed being the [...]
Authority, Betrayal, and Art
I have always had a love/hate relationship with authority. Tell me that I can’t do something, and I am very likely to do just that because you have no authority over me. However, people with authority (like the police, my boss, teachers, and my mom) tend to scare me a bit. I worry about how [...]
House and Hair Remodeling
Michael and I are living in the chaos of contractors. Furniture has been piled in the center of rooms. Plastic is draped over everything. Drop clothes cover the floors. We are having the old 1963 wallpaper removed, the plaster walls repaired, and everything painted in bold, bold, BOLD colors.
The cats are loving it — that [...]
Yes, there’s a conference for that.
Tonight I am heading over to Ballston to attend the National Capital Region’s Pagan Leadership Conference. Every year someone asks me why I continue to go. Sometimes the agenda is not something I am interested in. Sometimes the town hall session becomes unbearable. Sometimes there is someone that I really don’t want to interact with [...]
Drawing What Makes Us Unconfortable
I’m linking this post to the one right before. I think they make sense together, but what do I know.
This last weekend, I participated in a workshop, Awakening Creativity Through Spiritual Practice, taught by Sylvan at Reflections Mystery School. You know you’re in trouble when your response to a trance is, “Whoa! Deep! F**k!” The big [...]
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