Posts Tagged With: history
So THAT Explains It…
“I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and poems I had written, knowing that too much truth can ruin a thing. And if that meant she wasn’t entirely mine, what of it? I would be the one she [...]
Do You Doubt The Force?
This time of year is often one of memory, introspection and reflection. My head is always busy with the above, but recently more than usual, what with the seasonal dichotomy I always battle around the holidays. I play six degrees of separation in my mind a lot, one subject segueing into a completely opposite one [...]
Before We Met
We Live Without Romance We live without romance, Strong and unfettered, Women alone. We care for each other, For children and parents; We make our homes Lovely and warm for ourselves. But at night, there is longing In warm lovely spaces; In places kept secret, aching and hidden, Desire creeps forward And knocks at [...]
Happy 4th!
As you go about your Independence Day celebrations, please take a moment to say thank you to the man who seldom gets recognized as the driving force behind America’s break from England. John Adams never sat down on the subject of independence and freedom, as illustrated here: Have a great day, everyone!
30 DOTB – Day 22 – Something I Wish I Hadn’t Done
I’m not big on regrets. I was raised by an optimist who always looked forward and a pessimist who let regret overpower his life. I know which one I choose to pattern myself after. Most of the things I’ve done in my life that I might have wished I hadn’t done while I was in [...]
30 DOTB – Day 7 – Someone Who Made Your Life Worth Living
Growing up and moving to a different house, different school, different state for most of my childhood, I never had many friends. Sometimes, I was lonely and wanted more than anything to be able to join those groups of kids I saw playing kickball or tag or just running around being happy together. But I [...]
30 DTOB – Day 4 – Someone I Need to Forgive
I think this list of 30 subjects was probably written by someone a lot younger than this granny. I think when you reach a certain age, you are more “into” forgiveness and not wasting all your energy on holding grudges, etc. I found out a long time ago that holding onto wounds and slights only [...]
Sometimes (DOTB resumes tomorrow)
Sometimes, you meet someone. It’s an innocuous beginning. You think because of gender or age or social circumstances or education or employment level, oh, that was nice but what on earth could I ever have in common to speak to this person about now that we’ve been introduced? Maybe you’re even a little intimidated, thinking [...]
Day 1 – What I Hate About Me (30 Days of Truth and Blogging)
So begins the month–how auspicious; something I hate about myself. I could wimp out right here and simply say my upper arms and be done with it, but I think the idea was to go a bit deeper. First of all, I have to qualify this title. I really don’t HATE anything about myself but [...]
Winner – week of 04/30/12!
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