Contemplating what might be next...
posted over 2 years ago | 5 comments
For the last ? couple months -- I am not good at tracking time -- I have been having a variety of seemingly unrelated body symptoms. I have been both experiencing this and also the person watching what I am thinking, feeling, and doing. Yesterday....
After leaving my parents who are 89 and 87...
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 3 comments
I found these poems tonight by Danish poet, Tove Kitlevsen.
From 'The Pequin Book of Women Poets':
"She was born in Copenhagen, where her father worked as a fireman. The family was poor, and she was foced to leave school at the age of fourteen to...
From 'The Pequin Book of Women Poets':
"She was born in Copenhagen, where her father worked as a fireman. The family was poor, and she was foced to leave school at the age of fourteen to...
Haiku happens...
posted over 3 years ago, updated 10 minutes later | 1 comment
when you're not looking for it...just like love, being at the moment a rainbow appears or when a baby smiles at you unexpectedly. Just ordinary occurences in a life? Not when we are present for them. That how is it with haiku.
Today when I was w...
Today when I was w...
Self respect knows no considerations. Ghandi
posted over 3 years ago, updated 39 minutes later | 8 comments
I am saddened (but not surprised) by the turn of events in this election and that McCain's campaign has decided to take. Every day, I have more respect for Obama in that he continues to take the high road. He said in June of 2008, "What you won't ...
Hispanic Heritage Week
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
(Previously posted on Phenomenal Womens' Group)
I would like to honor my dear friend and one of the most phenomenal women I have known. And she was the most fun and best walking partner you could ever want. She died of a stroke on July 30, 2003. ...
I would like to honor my dear friend and one of the most phenomenal women I have known. And she was the most fun and best walking partner you could ever want. She died of a stroke on July 30, 2003. ...
Uncertainty
posted over 3 years ago, updated 9 minutes later | 3 comments
I've heard some say
perhaps this is all a dream.
What makes you think this is reality?
What if we are asleep sharing
this one strange dream?
Maybe you are all simply
characters of my dream.
When I finally sleep,
or what I call sleep,
it is as rea...
perhaps this is all a dream.
What makes you think this is reality?
What if we are asleep sharing
this one strange dream?
Maybe you are all simply
characters of my dream.
When I finally sleep,
or what I call sleep,
it is as rea...
Obama supporter's - How will the election be won?
posted over 3 years ago, updated 10 minutes later | 8 comments
Yes, we are many, however we might not be enough! On November 7, 2000, Bush won the Presidential election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. In 2004, Bush had 281 to Kerry's 251. We have just spent almost eight years with the consequences of...
Damming up the river
posted over 3 years ago, updated 42 minutes later | 2 comments
I thank MartiInMexico for helping me get back my perspective. view link
In Buddhism, we are taught that it is desire that causes suffering. I know this to be true. When I ca...
In Buddhism, we are taught that it is desire that causes suffering. I know this to be true. When I ca...
Obama Acceptance of the Democratic Nomination
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 day later | 3 comments
Transcript given to news media before the speech was given at the stadium in Denver, tonight 8/28/2008.
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To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to al...
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To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to al...
I Have a Dream - Dr. Martin Luther King
