consider this entry as : creative draino - no. The LJ laxative after too much self consciousness? - nuh-uh. A journalling diuretic - nope ( Read more... )

Twenty men crossing a bridge ( Read more... )

People glow and radiat and generally ooze all the good things a various moments, some people, adrenaline junkies mostly, reach this state often, others not so much. My boy has a post performance glow that kills me, and today as Bo-benny finished walking the 5K at Tenney, she was so gorgeous with pink cheeks and sparkly eyes that I jsut wanted to ( Read more... )

Writing, even typing an email, or jotting down a reminder note in a pocket (indeed, “reminder”) notebook is a very private, almost selfish and indulgent activity for me. When my computer crashes and I need to write an assigned paper in a public computer cluster, it is a battle of wits for me to remain seated. I wear headphones and big sweatshirts ( Read more... )

READ THESE OUTLOUD, AND ENJOY AS I HAVE ( Read more... )

Aaron Ralston is on the front page of USA Today. You. go put down 75cents. Read it, then buy his book and read that too.

I stepped outside tonight with 'Bob' and Becks to go get ice-cream (mmmm---wipes drool from chin) and I noticed the sky was REALLY dark. I looked up. Then I stopped. Looked up harder. Turned around in circles while looking up and around the night sky. No Moon. To say I got shivers would be a massive understatement. "I lost the moon" I said (as ( Read more... )

1. To quote a quote that I, a while ago, quoted : "It's not the letting go that hurts, it's the holding on ( Read more... )

To that list of books I posted the other day I should add "Until we have faces: a myth retold" by C.S. Lewis, it is a version of the tale of Cupid and Venus (Roman) or Eros and Psyche (Greek). It is also the inspiration for the early folk tale of Beauty and the Beast ( Read more... )

What would be the opposite of CENTRIFUGAL ( Read more... )