I'm taking a Native carving class. It's supposed to be a way to get seniors in high school in touch with their heritage and promote the state university ( Read more... )

It's been a fairly weird month and there's still three more days. Hopefully, those three days won't be too bad. *knocks on wood ( Read more... )

My grandfather had a heart attack on Thursday and quadruple bypass surgery. He's still in critical condition, and I'm concerned. Past concerned. Worried. Majorly.

Okay, so I'm not what you would call a movie person. I don't typically take kindly to being told to sit down, shut up, and focus without fidgeting. Yes, this behavior has continued past the age of three. Yes, I know it's bad, but I just can't get involved in something if I can't multitask. Even watching something on DVD may take an entire afternoon ( Read more... )

Life changes. It's inevitable. Just as the seasons change, winter to spring, spring to summer, summer to fall, and fall back into winter, so does life. As the seasons change, humans change. No one stays the same forever. Some traits are pretty permanent. Others are malleable. Blood means that family is always somehow connected; memories mean that ( Read more... )

Some years ago, I was adopted into my best friend's (I've been known to refer to her as my sister and vice versa) family; I am the "youngest child" and most of the family doesn't contest it. Please keep this in mind ( Read more... )

Big sister told me point-blank today that I'm in an abusive relationship. Well, I'm in two sort-of-but-not-really-relationships, more or less. It was originally a weird thought: I'm in a no-strings, no-commitment, you tease, me I tease you thing with one person; with the other, he wants something and I sure as hell don't. He's engaged...and not to ( Read more... )

I grew up in one of those freaky families where the women are submissive and worth less than the men. Most people don't get my need to be independent, but it's an act of rebellion ( Read more... )

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines ( Read more... )

...Has never done pot. I know this because I walked into the family room, smelled a weird smell, raised an eyebrow and sarcastically quipped, "Gee Dad, are you doing pot ( Read more... )