Poetry Poems from a Younger Me (17) 2 Aug 20139 Sep 2013 Like a blade of grass amidst meadows ~ i ~ so unnoticed yet so full of life -me, @17Continue reading "Poems from a Younger Me (17)"
Humble Trophies First Blog Award! 24 Jul 201326 Apr 2014 I feel a bit like Sally Field accepting her Oscar, "You like me," or Donald Duck given a gift, "Aw, shucks!," or maybe even the dad from A Christmas Story…
Reflections A Delicate Strength 15 Jul 20139 Sep 2013 Rocky Mountain National ParkAbove the tree line, frigid wind, snow and ice sever all but the most adapted life forms. In this harsh environment, against all expectation, alpine wildflowers paint…
Attempts at Humor… Making Fun 3 Jul 20139 Sep 2013 Humor. Humor has always been kind of a funny thing to me. I like laughing, that's for sure. I enjoy reading and hearing funny people. Then I try to be funny. That…
Freedom vs Fear Independence Day in the USA 3 Jul 20133 Jul 2013 Happy Independence Day! Click on Independence Day and it will take you to a site where you can read a brief history of our highly prized national holiday, July 4,…
Motivations… Life, Death and Grains of Sand 2 Jul 201326 Apr 2014 We never know how long we have. We don't know how long we have with the ones we love. Continue reading "Life, Death and Grains of Sand"
Uncategorized Native American Ten Commandments 27 Jun 20138 Jul 2013 (Please note: Sincere gratitude to those who note how the misspelling of rhythm in #9 throws off the rhythm for those of us who are sensitive to typo's. I repost…
Reflections Deeply Rooted 25 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 There's something about one's heritage that runs deep. Be it genetic memory, collective unconscious, morphic fields, or some other forthcoming mechanism, I believe we encounter intangibles like values, interests and talents…
Uncategorized MWF Seeks True Unbiased Journalism 24 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 What happened to real news reporting? When I was a kid I didn't want news. When dad would come home and switch off my beloved fake family, The Brady Bunch,…
Reflections Song for the Unsung 23 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 This weekend we took a quick trip to visit Randy's mama, Louise, as she recovers from hip surgery in a small town in western South Carolina. After spending the day…
Motivations… Leaders, Followers and Fancy Footwork 15 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 Do you aspire to leadership? Are you a leader? Are you a follower? Do you hope to be a follower? Leadership is highly valued in our society. Following--not so much.…
Reflections Attention, please! 2 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 Both in my work as a pediatric occupational therapist and in my personal life, the issue of attention surfaces daily. I attend to all aspects of the children I work…
Motivations What does it mean? What does it matter? 27 May 201326 Apr 2014 What does it mean to live heart to heart in a shielded world? What does it matter? Today I passed the television as it played to an empty room. Katie…
Motivations Birth of a Blog: Heart to Heart 24 May 201326 Apr 2014 Somewhere around my fiftieth birthday I started thinking seriously about what I could still achieve in the fifteen to twenty years I had left in the work force, and hoping…