a friend of mine asked me last night (actually two friends, but it was the first one who provoked the thought process) how i was doing. she had, for fine and excellent reasons, missed an opportunity to talk with me awhile friday night, so slide the question amidst a conversation on an entirely different topic. my friends, they are sneaky like that ( Read more... )

this is a concept that's been dogging my heels lately, tagging along in conversations about relationship issues like a persistent pre-teen sibling, demanding attention and needing appeasement ( Read more... )

( sometimes, being a member of your own consciousness has its privileges. )