Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Surviving Recession on Mar 1st, 2010
Need a dose of fabulosity? Get off the island.
Sometimes things happen. It’s serendipity. A fortuitous occurrence. Or as I like to think of it – unexpected good stuff. But it doesn’t happen often. And it rarely happens in isolation. You’ve got to reach out, in whatever way is possible.
Get off the island!
With teens in [...]
Posted in Dreams, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Feb 22nd, 2010
Recurring dreams? Recurring nightmares?
If our dreams allow us a smile when we wake, then they are good. If our dreams process a problem and offer options for its solution, then they are good. If our dreams provide escape, diversion, possibility and we can carry that positive energy forward into our working days, then they are [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Feb 17th, 2010
Good days and bad days
Having a good morning? Or afternoon? Not sure?
Is the boss driving you nuts? Your kids? Your parents? Your nosy neighbor? Maybe it’s your ex. Or the damn dog that keeps peeing on the rug, in the same spot, no matter how many times you walk him. Perhaps you’re sick of the [...]
Posted in Business, Culture, Parenting, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession on Feb 5th, 2010
It’s Friday. Where’s my paycheck?
I am a divorced, full-time parent, who also seeks work and has been doing so for more than a year, since the most recent layoffs – two, nearly simultaneously. I was working a corporate full-time contractor job (marketing writing) and a freelance journalism job. I managed both around parenting my boys. [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Jan 14th, 2010
So what is it with these women? We know they aren’t “real” real housewives, and we know reality TV edits heavily to give us a provocative view. It’s voyeurism + gossip, with a dash of envy and a dollop of disbelief. Most of us are weary of real impacts to our much “smaller” lives in [...]
Posted in Culture, Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Dec 23rd, 2009
Do you waste time? Do you feel guilty about it? Are you sure the time you consider wasted is – in fact – without use or value?
Keith, of Almighty Dad, mentioned something casually in a comment earlier this week, in reminding himself to be more present. He referred to time he wasted during the year, [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Dec 16th, 2009
I’m feeling war weary, though I won a battle recently – and to me it was gargantuan. Yep. Moving my site! It was also symbolic, because if I could win one battle, maybe I could win one more. And I have many battles ahead.
Battle fatigue and holiday headaches
I’m certainly not alone in having battles [...]
Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Dec 9th, 2009
There’s a mouse in my house. I’ve been fretting and whimpering about it for days, and he (or she) is growing more audacious with every passing hour. Yes, I was distressed last week as I heard something making noises in what I thought was a vent above the the stove. I imagined a squirrel or [...]
Posted in Language, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Dec 3rd, 2009
There are betrayals of flesh and blood. They are the worst betrayals.
I am not alright today. My sleeping is pocked and marred again and not by dreams. By insufficiency. The result is a veil that positions itself between my deepest thinking self and the formation of words, the processing of numbers and their sense [...]
Posted in Love, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Relationships, Sex, Surviving Recession on Nov 15th, 2009
You can’t always get what you want. It’s a simple sentiment, and most of us have found that it’s true. Of course that doesn’t change the fact that we want what we want – and some part of us thinks maybe, just maybe, it’s possible.
What’s impossible – for me – is to read or hear [...]
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