Lack of Nostalgia
posted 26 days ago | 11 comments
It occurred to me today that I have an astonishing lack of nostalgia for my past. I wonder why that is.
I have the memories, and they are just dandy. And I have a somewhat unsettling patchwork of holes in those memories, too. I was just talking ...
I have the memories, and they are just dandy. And I have a somewhat unsettling patchwork of holes in those memories, too. I was just talking ...
Sick
posted about 1 month ago | 10 comments
I am sick. I have rhinitis, sinitus, and what is mundanely called a head cold. Head cold. Pffft. Surely we can have a much better, more important-sounding medical title for this ailment. I am on death's door, I am quite sure of that, so calling it...
The Future
posted about 1 month ago | 10 comments
I am renouncing my Buddha-like devotion to the Buddhist principle of being In The Moment, of being in the Now. Why, you may ask, because surely being in the Now is of prime importance in living a Zen life.
Because my Now right now is boring. I am...
Because my Now right now is boring. I am...
The Great Mojo Search
posted about 1 month ago | 11 comments
I guess all of you who read my blog and my group posts know that my almost-ex was in a bad motorcycle accident in the beginning of May. He suffered a fair amount of physical damage, and although he was wearing his helmet, he suffered brain damage ...
The Paper Mache Life
posted about 1 month ago | 7 comments
Everybody knows what paper mache is. You take a form of some kind, a cereal box, a balloon, some chicken wire, maybe those carboard tubes from the toilet paper rolls, and you mix up a paste of some water and flour, and using strips of newspaper, c...
The Ultimate Sadness
posted 2 months ago | 11 comments
The ultimate sadness. I read this expression someone offered about the death of a spouse. Is it? Can we qualify and categorize our bereavements? Stack them up in piles of gradually decreasing pain? So much alloted to a spouse, a bit less for an el...
Mind and Brain - Tis A Puzzlement
posted 5 months ago | 5 comments
My almost-ex was in a serious motorcycle accident in the beginning of May. My contact info was in his wallet, so the police contacted me. They told me he ws fine, and I had to go collect him at a hospital about an hour from my home.
I arrived at...
I arrived at...
Death and Dying
posted 9 months ago | 10 comments
Another friend has died, carried off by cancer and despair.
Once again, it is time for sympathy, comfort, condolences and consolation. But there is none, is there? No condolences can console, no sympathy can comfort. We are each alone in our grie...
Once again, it is time for sympathy, comfort, condolences and consolation. But there is none, is there? No condolences can console, no sympathy can comfort. We are each alone in our grie...
Another Birthday, Another Notch in the Calendar
posted 10 months ago | 6 comments
Sun rising, revealing a clear blue sky today, on this, my 29th anniversary of my 37th birthday, Mozart playing on the internet radio. Going to be a good day.
I used to get somewhat introspective on birthdays. I saw them as a time to take stock an...
I used to get somewhat introspective on birthdays. I saw them as a time to take stock an...
America, The Beautiful - In Mexico
posted 10 months ago, updated 11 minutes later | 4 comments
I had a brunch date today, this historic Inauguration Day, and I insisted we eat in a restaurant which had a TV so I could watch the inauguration. No big probem, they pretty much all have TVs. We agreed on a place, and when we entered, met three o...
