"I don't like anything here at all," said Frodo, " step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air, and water all seem accursed. But so our path is laid ( Read more... )

“The average infant has minimal firsthand experiences with road kill, surgical dissections, slaughterhouses, or other graphic displays of animal interiors.”

( summary for the link shy )

https://dispatchesfromoutside.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-darkling-thrush/

We’re as sick as our secrets and the shame keeps us in isolation. And when we find that shared experience, we gather our strength and our hope. So for example, I’m a three-time survivor of rape, and about that I have no shame, because it was never my shame to begin with-it was the perpetrator’s shame. And only when I was a grown empowered ( Read more... )

Personal-responsibility is a moot point when your sphere of concern doesn't extend more than a meter.--Craig W.

“The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness. The mind's sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy. The dear, stupid body is easily satisfied as a spaniel. And, incredibly, the simple spaniel can lure the brawling mind to its dish. It is ( Read more... )

Shame is not a catalyst for change; it is a paralytic. Anyone who has ever carried extreme personal shame knows this. Shame doesn’t make you stronger, nor does it help you to grow, or to be healthy, or to be sane. It keeps you in one place, very, very still.

"We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in a mere continuation of economic progress, in an endless amassing of worldly goods. We cannot measure national spirit by the Dow Jones Average, nor national achievement by the Gross National Product. For the Gross National Product includes air pollution, and ambulances to clear ( Read more... )

B/c I went and posted a bunch of stuff I'd been sitting on, and I'm chilling for a few minutes in order to be able to sleep.

“If you're afraid of butter, as many people are nowadays, just put in cream!”

Julia Child

I'm convinced we would have gotten along fabulously.

Good night.

"Mustard is like sandwich candy."