“There is nothing I could care less about than what people think I am.”
Ben Harper
I think that it is human nature to want to live up to the expectations of others, especially if the “other” is a person we care about. Observing this in others, but only having experienced this from my point of view, [...]

This morning on my way into the office the wind was so fierce that it was quite tricky to keep my poor li’l rattletrap in its’ own lane. I was just five minutes away from my building but still considering having a bath, putting my robe over my jammies and curling up under the [...]

January started off with such fervor and enthusiasm, looking forward to an amazing year and being so completely grateful for the wonderful things in my life.
Well, I don’t know what happened, but in the last two weeks I have come down with a mad case of the crankies. It lasts through the day, from [...]

He: “How come everyone is an idiot except me and you?”
She: “And I’m not even sure about you.”

I have always found dreams and dreaming very interesting. Sleep, in general, is a great hobby of mine, and dreaming is a fantastic product of the sleeping. Kimberley and I took a dream course last year at the Transformational Arts College and I logged and tried to interpret my dreams for a couple of weeks [...]

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’” Emerson
We spent a chunk of Sunday pulling up the carpet at the top of our stairs. Not exactly noteworthy, but something I have been refusing to do for the last year. Why [...]

Thank you, 2007, for:
Knitting. 2 pairs of socks, 4 scarves, 2 blankets, and 3 Christmas stockings. Working the stitches feels like prayer beads
The increased closeness, honesty, and love of my family
A new job to restore confidence and rekindle the love of learning
Christmas 2007 Air Hockey Tournament
All aspects of my health, physical and emotional
Teaching that, like [...]

Happy 2008! Hold on to your hats, it’s going to be a wild one.
A New Year. The first order of business is to sit quietly and reflect. Express gratitude for my blessed life.