[This was first posted on this blog on August 27, 2007.]
Last week my youngest daughter was leaving on a trip to New York and Washington, D.C. I was supposed to take her to the airport (about an hour and ten minutes from home) but I wasn’t feeling well. I called my older daughter at work [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Drop Dead Diva
Posted in TV, tagged appearances, comedy, Drop Dead Diva, humor, prejudices, stereotypes, televison, women on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently accepted a Comcast offer to try out their “digital starter” package. With this package I get a lot of channels that I had not seen previously. I have developed some favorites that will be tough to get rid of when my trial offer is over. Yup. I’m hooked.
One of these shows is called [...]
Journal Jar
Posted in writing, writing from a prompt, tagged friendship, gift, grief, Journal Jar, writing as therapy on August 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The other night I met up with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. Her mother just passed away and she has been having some problems processing her death and grieving. Before I met up with her, I made a journal jar for her. I am one who has always thought that journaling is [...]
Celebration
Posted in cycle of life, tagged death, family, future, Kennedy, politics, public service on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I watched the memorial service for Teddy Kennedy. Speaker after speaker told wonderful stories of Teddy’s love for life; of his generosity and genuine concern for everyone he met, whether a friend or a foe. In that room (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts) there was so much joy and so much [...]
Silver Lining?
Posted in family, tagged family, suicide, together on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One good thing that has come from the aftermath of my brother’s suicide last March is that the remaining family has gotten close again. I’ve been asked for friend connections on Face Book with many of my nieces and nephews and I have noticed that most of them are connecting with more and more of [...]
Life Lessons
Posted in memoir, tagged disappointment. lessons learned, family, family love, grandmother on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was in third grade, about eight years old. My grandmother on my dad’s side lived in Mexico and I rarely got to see her. I had only seen her about four times. I loved her. She was my dad’s mother and she was family. My dad had spoken about her [...]
Mendocino, Modesto, Or Some Place In California
Posted in memoir on August 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Over the weekend I discovered a few new to me blogs. One in particular mentioned music. Reading that post made me turn to blip.fm and to youtube.com to look for some music I hadn’t heard in a while. One thing led to another and another and well, you know, another. I ended up looking for [...]
How iTunes Defeated Me
Posted in life, tagged defeat, friends, iPod, music, persistence, technology on August 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I usually feel quite comfortable with most technological issues, using them at least. I’m not a know it all by any means but I’m a quick study and I can pick things up the first time through, okay maybe twice for some things. I’m usually the one that helps others to figure out both their [...]
Tomorrow…
Posted in Photo Post, life on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me.
~~Michel de Montaigne
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