I wrote my first draft for this post on a yellow pad. Sometimes I like to write on a yellow pad with long and broad stokes; much like a painter would enjoy a large canvas.Telling this story needs broad strokes; I need to find room between the lines to identify my emotions. All my identifying [...]
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Recently, after a minor fender bender, I put my car into a body. I chose not to have a rental; thinking I would spend time at home doing things around the house and save gas. After spending three and a half days at home: cooking, eating, sleeping, watching Animal Planet, the news, movies, working on [...]
Share on FacebookThe more I read about pet food; the more I learn about human food and how the two are connected; which in turn brings me to the power and politics behind what we eat! Does this sound a little far fetched? I so wish I could make this story more apealing…everyone needs to know what [...]
Share on FacebookDEFINING WILDNESS AND HOWLING IN THE WILDERNESS One evening, I went on a tiny journey with my canine Pieper: We ‘howled’ together and I watched as Pieper transformed. Her eyes got this untamed wildness in them. How exciting to see and hear the wildness in her. I felt pretty wild myself and wonder about this [...]
Share on FacebookFinding Our Space in Time I’m watching ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ for the second or third time. The timelessness of the film brings thoughts of my mother and our life together. As I watch the film, I’m hoping my mother and dad had laughter…strong and loud; just as Robert and Francisca did during the [...]
Share on FacebookAnimals Left Behind In April 2007, there were 147,708 U.S. foreclosure filings–default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac, an online foreclosure marketplace based in Irvine, California. Today nearly 2.2 million Americans may lose their homes. As these families struggle to survive and find rentals and housing they are faced with options [...]
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