I am not good at something I want to be better at.I am not good at seeing my dad in a wheelchair, in a long term facility, in a diaper in a room with silence. In that after -lunch- room everyone is either sleeping or picking their nose or moaning a terrible moan.People once elegant and … [Read more...]
life is short and so was the dress
Everyone always assumes that the creative girl loves costumes.I hate costumes. And I actually reserve no creativity for them. Firstly, comfort has to be there for me to have a good time- a costume with too much stuff can bring you down. One year I went as Paddington Bear in a costume so … [Read more...]
piss me off- don’t you know we can do anything
I was at a thing earlier this week, and a woman I have known for over 20 years although rarely see whose daughter is in my daughter's grade, remarked on how well my youngest was doing. She noted that she has consistently found her marks to be on the distinction list these last years. How does she do … [Read more...]
words for Wednesday- horseradish
"To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish"Perspective is everything. … [Read more...]
what do you want people to say about you when you die?
This is not supposed to sound dark or sad. In fact, it makes me excited and has become, over the last years, very important to me as a big motivator in my life.This is not to be confused with caring about what people say about you in that trivial , I am being judged, better- not- be -the- real -me … [Read more...]
happy
I went to a screening of a tremendous documentary called HAPPY, this past week.I have been drawn to the study of happiness for some time now, both because I am desperate to maintain and explode my own and extremely territorial over it. When someone or something tries to pull at my happiness I … [Read more...]
Words for wednesday -hit by a mack truck
"Being divorced is like being hit by a mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and the left" jean kerr 1960 … [Read more...]
forgotten wishes
Yesterday I found this in amongst my filesoooops. I forgot to mail it last December.No wonder I didn't get everything I asked for.Mailing it now.Stay tuned.Don't you believe in the 'ask'? … [Read more...]
being me
One of the greatest things about being yourself is that it is always right. It is always comfortable and so darn easy to remember. It comes without rehearsal or reservation.When I was a teenager there was the ME I was to parents and the ME I was everywhere else. The babysitter ME. The somewhat … [Read more...]
I think I am having a growth spurt
I can't stop eating.I am hungry all the time.Is it the cooler weather? The running I am doing?Am I going through a growth spurt?How come this is not attractive at our age? … [Read more...]
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