Julie and Julia

Yesterday was Mike’s birthday.  He turned 51.  To celebrate, we drove to Portland, in the rain, checked into a hotel, ate BBQ pulled-pork sandwiches at the hotel for free, then watched Julie and Julia.   His pick.  But he was just being nice to me.  But he liked it!  And so did I.  Merryl Streep [...]

Going Home

After 60 days of being somewhere else, either a hotel room, a hospital room, a friend’s or relative’s house, I’m headed home.
For a little more than a week now, I’ve said “I’m heading home on Saturday.”  Or “I’m going home on the 19th.”  It wasn’t until I tried to write out the date, 9/19/09 that I [...]

Active Stillness

Carmel Market
Originally uploaded by dorkodog
I have recently reconnected with a long-time friend. For nearly 15 years, we had shared many of the same experiences through church, Middle School and High School, and then college. He was an important person in my life and I counted him a friend. I believe he [...]

Looking for quotes

Some mornings I go quote hunting.  It’s more like mushroom hunting or herb gathering that stalking deer.    I have no clear mission, no clear target, just a sense of wanting something to help me recognize my feelings and my thoughts; to give the body and substance.   I wander cross all kinds of quotes that are [...]

Get this thing out of me.

I think I have two brains.   The dominant one is rational, organized, thoughtful and funny (ROTF).   I think it goes on holiday at inappropriate times.  Or maybe it’s just that the ‘WTF’ brain clobbers it sometimes and takes over.  I know it goes to sleep earlier than I do which is a problem [...]