I AM EAGER TO BE ON THE ROAD.I long to put the finishing touches on the repaired and refurbished Pal… to turn the key and hear his motor purr…. All this not just because I yearn to travel or because I can’t wait to start showing off… but more and mostly because there is a too-serious … Continue reading »
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Bright Future
ALZHEIMER’S – THROWING A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT HUFFINGTON POST 3/8/2012 – Vitamin D has been lauded in past research for its possible beneficial effect against the amyloid plaques that are key in Alzheimer’s disease, but a new study shows just how they may work in clearing the plaques. Research published in the Journal … Continue reading »
Out of Despair…
…Comes Mrs. Gravitas the Cat POEM-MrsGravitasTheCat Wisdom for now: You know what the voice of fear is saying. What about the voice of faith? (Debbie Ford) God is not a ‘thing’ to be believed in. God is not an entity out there, separate from us, to which we can accord faith or not as we … Continue reading »
Phenomenal
The Other Day Some Friends Dropped By At about 8 a.m. on Friday, March 16 — the day I set aside for un-procrastinating — I was about to list the phone calls I planned to make that morning, when Something told me to ditch the list-making and call the credit union. I had given up … Continue reading »
Me, Baring My Soul in Bad Prose
MESSAGE 3: MF to DF Dear One — I just came across this crusty e-mail. I should have read it at the time. Nov. and Dec. were not good months for me. I should say, rather, they amounted to a particularly difficult chapter in my Grownup School textbook. But I mastered the material and now … Continue reading »
Another Lesson from Grownup School
When one gets too comfortable in one’s philosophy, one develops Mental Bedsores Continue reading »
Good for Me
I Am Beautiful and Everybody Loves Me Evidently I am progressing into a new, winged phase of my life. Not sprouting feathers, exactly… no, the change is actually more entomological than avian. Do you know what happens to the caterpillar transitioning from sluggish, scaly, wormlike creeper to bright, free, elegant, pirouetting butterfly? Having knit itself inside a … Continue reading »
