The universe is such a small place if you are the center of it.

Looking out over Tampa Bay on my morning commute, I occasionally see "something" moving just beneath the water's surface. I can see a lot of activity, and once in a while a fin or tail or some other body part peeks out of the water, taunting me with a hint of what they are without giving themselves completely away. I would love to stop the car and ( Read more... )

For some reason our facilities department believes that our building should feel like a meat locker, so I'm typing this with fingers numb from cold.

It's gray, rainy and chilly outside today. I'm feeling a little like the day...rather gray and colorless. Work is okay, home is okay and life is okay, but okay is not enough. I need to put my thinking ( Read more... )

You would think that, at thirty-eight years of age, I would have sense enough not to trust too much, too soon. Apparently I have yet to learn this lesson.

Poll To Believe or Not To Believe...That Is The Question

The song says "You Always Hurt the One You Love", and that lyric is so true. Other people don't care, but your loved ones do, and that's why thoughtless actions hurt them so much. I've given this subject a lot of thought lately. I cannot keep other people from hurting me, but, knowing what hurts me, and taking care not to repeat those actions with ( Read more... )

Recently the local new stations and newspapers have featured several stories about the tent cities cropping up around the downtown redevelopment district.

On one hand, I have a lot of compassion for the homeless men and women setting up their tents in the city. They need to live somewhere, and obviously they cannot afford to live in regular housing ( Read more... )

I overslept this morning and was running around frantically trying to get out of the house. I finally got my s**t together and my youngest herded out the door. While I buckled her into her booster seat, I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep breath...and heard the wind blowing through the trees, the tinkle of a distant wind chime, smelled ( Read more... )

There is a song by the group Nickelback called "Savin' Me". The video that goes with it is a real eye-opener. If you haven't heard the song or seen the video, you can do so here: http://www.nickelback.com/ (click on the Eyes and Ears tab, select List for a list of videos and click on "Savin Me" to watch it).

The basic premise of the video is that a ( Read more... )

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I've been feeling a little blue the last few days...time to remind myself of what's really important and stop wallowing ( Read more... )