Archive for July, 2008
Two words; Many thoughts.
This has been a thoughtful probe into the inner workings of your host’s mind. No, I have not been the victim of alien technology, nor a surgeon, but have been tagged, by the lovely CuriousC of Idea Jump. She instructs me to complete each two word phrase below, and create a new sentence about [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 20 so far )My blog as a work of art
I had a busy and emotional weekend (including in the blogging world) so I’ll post some lighter fare to start the week. I thought I’d save you all some time, by letting you read my entire blog all at once:
I learned of Wordle from Deirdra. It’s a lot of fun to play with.
I found this [...]
A year in the life of a blogger
So, it’s my bloggiversary today. I’ve had this blog for a year, now, and I am a changed person for it.
When I first started the blog, every time I posted, I quickly clicked on WordPress’ “Latest Posts” section to see my little avatar and title there. I found out you have to be fast, [...]
I like dirt!
Dirt, of the archaeological kind, not so much of the celebrity gossip kind. A few weeks ago I wrote about visiting the mountains of northern Arizona, and happening upon a more-than-thousand-year-old residential site recently discovered on land which had been inhabited by the same family for 130 years. The family never knew it was there!
Just [...]
Happiness in a pill? No, but…
I was astonished to read a mainstream media article about psilocybin mushrooms the other day. Astonished because the pendulum seems to be swinging back (from the over-reaction of the 60’s and 70’s, when many “recreational” drugs were made illegal) to an honest investigation of the qualities and benefits some drugs may have. The mushrooms have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Is Happiness Overrated?
“People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”-–Abraham Lincoln 1
A lot of things have been rolling around in my mind lately, and it took an excellent post by my friend thebeadden to bring them to the forefront. Her post, and the wonderful comments to it, discuss whether we can [...]
How I got the Music in me
I don’t know why I acquired an affinity for music so soon in my life. I’m sure every little child likes to sing songs and bang things together. Still, though, I had a father who taught me his native country’s folk songs when I barely knew how to talk. I was tri-lingual before I was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 11 so far )When a blogger passes on…
I was touched by the story of the 108 year old blogger, who passed away Saturday in Australia. The story says she took up blogging last year and was thrilled to have made friends all over the world. This is true for me, too, as I continue to blog. I don’t know if I’ll still [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 33 so far )Haiku error messages
Every now and then I receive some real gems amongst all that “fwd” email many of us get. I can’t speak to the truth of any of the following, but I did enjoy the poetry. After the somber tone of my last post, I felt a lightening of the spirit was in order. There are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 15 so far )Out of his imagination
When my father decided have me, he worked hard to convince my mother it was the right thing to do. “We have the one child already,” she said, with some trepidation, (my sister; her firstborn; the one she’d had years before, without him) as she knew his response: “I need; I want the one that’s [...]
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