Thorns and Roses
Well then. Another week has come and gone and here I sit with the task if weighing it out, sorting through, deciding what to put in the stew pot. Friday Afternoon Update number what? Wow. Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking, into the future, as Steve Miller pointed out some 33 years ago. [...]
From the monthly archives:
May 2009
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So it’s Memorial day here in the states, one of those days when most people are firing up the grill, taking in a street fair, going to pay respects at a cemetery, or some combination of all of the above. And for me it’s a day to get up, scribble on 3 pages of unlined [...]
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Monkeys and Chickens
Oh boy. What a week! Packed to the gills despite the complete absence of monkeys and chickens! Although it started out close enough to monkey territory with the 3rd annual (so it seems!) Jungle Birthday Party for Rowan. This year it was a Roar party–Get Your Roar On as it were, so that [...]
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Caesura
There’s a term in poetry the caesura. A space between words to indicate a short pause a lull. Not quite a holiday. More like a day off. Or something like that. That’s what I feel like for today. After all the hustle and bustle of the past 2 weeks, preparing for Rowan’s 4th [...]
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There’s a shiny new bike in the kitchen. There’s an easel in the corner of the play space. Rowan is sleeping and when he wakes up he’ll discover these 4th birthday presents. One of them will take him far, miles and miles of adventures on the sidewalks and in the parks. One of them will [...]
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Dead Heart
It’s been a long long week. I’ve been breaking my all my own rules and been busy busy busy. Up early and out ‘til late. On Monday I didn’t see Rowan at all, except sleeping in his bed at the start and finish. Tuesday I woke him up and put him to bed. Thursday [...]
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Cry Baby Cry
Woke up this morning with tears streaming down my face and I have absolutely no idea why. I had been dreaming–an interesting little gathering of people broken up into two groups, one of which was very serious and one of which moved from hilarious to trivial often enough that I would find it [...]
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The Moon is a Magnet
Full Willow Moon tonight, the moon of habits and patterns, and if the past two weeks are any indication, this one may have pulled me over some deep chasms…We’ll see what the next two weeks bring!
Back up. It’s Friday, and that means an Update, a tradition I inherited from @havi, which has [...]
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I Ain’t no Doctor
an occasional column by Charles Faris, hhc
Hey there Non-Doc. I’m reading about this Spring Cleaning thing and I’m a little confused. What’s the difference between a Spring Cleaning and a detox? And how is this different from the kit cleanses I see t the health food stores?–Tempted and Confused
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Monday morning birdsong
When the music came on this morning and gave me that gentle nudge to wake up and begin my day, there was another sort of music already filling the air—those dang birds! Up already, singing about Universe knows what. So full of life, I thought. Up so early, on their own, with no [...]
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