Free To Be ... All, A Personal Story of Release
2+ year enthusiastic Reader, first-time Diarist uncertain how to compose INTRO, this space used for apologies for ignorance and placement of first sentences for your determination of interest in...
View ArticleAnother Personal Story in Support of Choice
This essay stimulated by http://www.dailykos.com/... from Ivy regarding "the debate and vote of Kathleen Sebelius". I'm uncertain how to properly cite Ivy's diary, so please correct me if needed.In my...
View ArticleAccomplishments, Capitalism the Movie, Training Wheels and Transparency ......
Call me Pollyanna if you will; critique and criticism invited; kindness and good manners appreciated.Recent attendance at Mr. Moore’s latest movie with a small group of close friends evoked widely...
View ArticlePERSONAL: IS THERE ANYBODY...
It’s Friday after Thanksgiving. I am alone. By choice, of course, for my depressive self is going into Hermit mode as Fall appears in full costume and, although I live in the coastal redwoods – a...
View ArticleImpressions, Perceptions, Assumptions ... Truth (Personal Story)
Recent viewing of the Japanese film, Okuribito (aka Departures), led me to consider how easily and often our actions may be misinterpreted by others. Attempting not to spoil the plot, I will say only...
View ArticleDepression - Thoughts and One Personal Example
Compassionate Kossacks, my current state of mind is a good one so please do not interpret the following as a cry for help. I write this now from the other side of the veil, newly emerging into...
View ArticleI'm old. Must I always be afraid?
I've always been older than my chronological age. Always. Wish I could say that was true in wisdom, but it's more of a "feeling really ancient" thing. Today, of course, it is a physical reality.Some of...
View ArticleSoliciting Ideas for Civilized Behavior
Subtitled "A Personal Journey" (for those who may wish to avoid the Personal) or "Whatever Happened to Silence" (my rant), or perhaps, "Peaceful Solutions to Situations Which Appear to Invite...
View ArticleShots Fired In My Neighborhood
A long sad night ended in the wee hours this morning but it might have been ever so much worse.
View ArticleMindfully Meandering Through The Woods in Word Pictures
No photos, partly because I do not yet understand my reluctance to learn how to put them here, but mostly because pictures would not convey to you my personal experience of this reality. So, if you're...
View ArticleIndependent Spirit Awards
This is a nothing diary, admitted to up front and willing to take down upon requests if I deem necessary (reserving the rights to my own independence). There is so much Oscar "buzz" and though I...
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