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100 Words Challenge
For tomorrow, or tonight, or heck, why not right now? Post here or on yer own blog, exactly 100 words on “Fragility”. I’ll be back with mine. To inspire you: “…when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have… Continue Reading 100 Words Challenge
100 Words on Moral
This one is a quickie. I’m about to watch the VeeP debates and I’m all set with my nachos, chai, and an ice cold beer. This is a spectator sport. Isn’t it? So let’s roll out the submissions. Lessa slid in past the deadline, but I forgive her because she… Continue Reading 100 Words on Moral
Photo Album
It is 1976 and my white hair falls well below my shoulders, skimming the floor and picking up dust when I lean under the bed to pull out the photo album. I run the pads of my fingertips over the front of the album, across the face of the foal… Continue Reading Photo Album
Future
What is the “future”? From Wikipedia.org: “In a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the timeline that has yet to occur, i.e. the place in space-time where lie all events that still have not occurred. In this sense the future is opposed to the past (the… Continue Reading Future
Favorite Quote
From The Pillowbook: “We two remake our world by naming it together, knowing what words mean for us and for the others for whom current coin is cold speech – but we say, the tree, the pool, and see the fire in air, the sun, our sun, anybody’s sun, the… Continue Reading Favorite Quote
Post Holiday Etsy
I know we’re almost in February, and that oft dreaded holiday is just around the next bend, but I’m still basking in the pile of gifts I and my children got for Christmas. That put me off shopping for a while. Sorry I’ve been negligent in my Etsy duties. I… Continue Reading Post Holiday Etsy
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Things That are Elegant
“There is nothing more awkward or crude than a person absorbed in self-importance. And there is nothing more graceful and elegant than someone who is not.” — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche “Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets… Continue Reading Things That are Elegant
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Let’s Not Have a Repeat of 1968
I lifted this speech from Sid’s blog (thanks num-num) and Sid lifted it from I don’t know where. It’s sad that great leaders and great visionaries have been saying these things forever, and we just don’t listen. Maybe it’s because they all get assassinated before we get a chance to?… Continue Reading Let’s Not Have a Repeat of 1968
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Why?
Lately my blog has taken a decided and sudden turn toward feminist issues. Let me explain. Some recent exposure to men who objectify women without batting an eyelash and as long as it’s not anyone they know, and “no one is getting hurt”, has compelled me to look for the… Continue Reading Why?
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