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Flashbacks, futures

June 27, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

The hotel room The popcorn ceiling, valance curtains, brightly colored abstract images in gilt frames hanging over each double bed. Six hangers on a pole by the door, with its emergency exit and checkout instructions posted beneath a tiny keyhole. There is olive carpeting with a small pattern, striped wallpaper in the beige bathroom with […]

Filed Under: Morning Musing, Parenting, Travel Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, dailyplate, dailyplateofcrazy, empty nest, flashbacks, life at crossroads, musing, planning futures, Travel, travel on business

Blog Not, Lest Ye Be Blogged

March 10, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

It’s been a week for writing, for reading and writing, for tapping and typing and I can’t turn it off even when my fingers aren’t on a keyboard. Is it useful? Useless? Avoidance Therapy? I even took an hour to actually enjoy the web, buzzing with all manner of pleasurable and intriguing vibes. I read about […]

Filed Under: Language, Lifestyle Tagged With: mirrors, musing, observation, poetry, writing from life

If you could turn back time, would you?

February 24, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

Would you turn back the clock if you could? Groundhog Day was on TV the other night. I only caught the end of it (I’ve seen it, um… over and over), but it made me consider what it would be like to re-frame a particular day. To “tweak” it. Perhaps a pivotal day, or perhaps […]

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing Tagged With: big little wolf, biglittlewolf, Butterfly Effect, Chaos Theory, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, does life give you a do-over, groundhog day, Health, living with regret, looking forward, musing, time travel, turn back time, what if, whatever life dishes out, woman's roles

Boost your brain (with pleasure)

February 9, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 17 Comments

Unanticipated pleasure Last evening, for three hours, I hovered in the pleasure zone, my brain and body exquisitely in sync. This was delight the likes of which I haven’t felt in six months, or perhaps as long as a year. The kind of pleasure, intense and pervasive, that obliterates worry and fatigue as all the […]

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Female2Female Exercise

February 3, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Fill in the blanks? Random thoughts?  Oooo baby, yeah!! Give this Female2Female word-image-thought blog challenge a twirl. I found it on the lovely April’s blog post today. Just copy the bolded words, and complete the sentence or thought with whatever comes to mind first. Then link up over at Female2Female. It’s fun! Female2Female Random meme […]

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The Fairness Doctrine

February 1, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 18 Comments

Life isn’t fair On a rainy afternoon three years ago, my elder son and I were in a car accident. He was driving. My son was unhurt as was the other driver, but I sustained minor injuries and the car was totaled. I was without regular employment at the time, and therefore without disability insurance […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting Tagged With: fair play, fairness doctrine, life isn't fair, musing, Parenting, parenting teens, psychology and parenting, real women real life, whatever life dishes out, women's issues

Jetsons Jukebox (Why We Shouldn’t Imagine the Future)

January 31, 2010 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Jetsons? Jukebox? Parents and teens, whatever the century?

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting, Technology Tagged With: 21st century, health and well-being, memories, musing, parenting and technology

Letter to the new decade

December 31, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

Dear 2010, and the nine years that follow: I am bracing myself. I step over the threshold to meet you with awareness of my own fragility, shadows hovering, and a crystal ball that seems to be on the fritz. My machinery is in disrepair and I am past due for a talented handy man. I […]

Filed Under: Culture, Dreams, Language, Lifestyle, Love, Other Stuff, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: 2010, big little wolf, biglittlewolf, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, Dear 2010 and the nine years that follow, Health, I do not make resolutions, Letter to a new decade, musing, new year's resolutions 2010, psychology, stream of consciousness, welcoming 2010 big little wolf, welcoming the new year, writing

Light in the morning

December 21, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

When not awakened by the alarm, when no requirement to rush out into the kitchen, when no schedule slips into my morning brain as the eyes open, when I lay unmoving in my bed even for a few minutes – before hunger, before pain begins, before worries – I am aware of the light in […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff Tagged With: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, appreciation, big little wolf, biglittlewolf, brittany murphy, daily plate of crazy, dailyplateofcrazy, finding balance, light in the morning, musing, Parenting, perspective, psychology, quiet time

Yes, no, and finding balance

December 20, 2009 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

I have a bad habit. The fact is – I have many, but this particular bad habit is quite literally detrimental to my health. No, it isn’t smoking or drinking. It isn’t substance abuse of any sort. It’s simpler than that, and so much more complicated. I don’t pay enough attention to me. Too busy […]

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