Turkeys cruelly bred and slaughtered for a lie ( Read more... )

Long winter ( Read more... )

X-Files: a poster that says "I Want To Believe". I have applied that to so many areas of my life. I WANT to believe in so many things. Like anything, it takes practice to turn intention into reality. My intense desire to believe we are all connected, that we, at heart, have the same capacity for compassion ... this has belief has been damaged. I'm ( Read more... )

“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning ( Read more... )

Animals and girls and women gathered in the Forest ( Read more... )

On the big screen, there he was, the larger-than-life Hero. Harsh, unrelenting, violent and always rescuing the victims (except in one movie ( Read more... )

My grandmother, aged 98, is now moved in with my Mommy, aged 71. It has been almost two weeks, and some discoveries are rather shocking. Medications prescribed that contradict each other and say specifically "do not use with..." but the do-not-use meds are given at the exact same time. Her pain level is high, and we hope that Hospice will consent ( Read more... )

I dreamt that I could fly ....
It was beautiful to be free from the heaviness of Me,
and so hard to come back into this body.

Let it go.
<3

My story .... only matters to me.
This, maybe, could be ... liberating?
Mmmmm.
<3

Yesterday, the major depressive disorder struck hard. Each breath required focus, and each activity required careful navigation. My judgment could have been better, but I think everyone survived. A huge thanks to L, who enveloped me with her tender heart and listened so attentively to the pain. She gave me shelter against my own storm ( Read more... )