Born of Fire
Today I felt out of sorts. Not sure why, but I felt like I needed to get out and experience nature. The question was, where to go? I did a quick check of the East Bay Regional Parks, and chose the Huckleberry Botanical Regional Preserve. I could have chosen anywhere, but the little I read …
Today I had a great conversation with my daughter. We have been so busy, we haven't had one of these talks in weeks... no, months. This was one of those "A to Z" conversations, where we discussed everything from sell-out singers to stuph we did as a family. We also talked about creativity, which, due …
I finally has a brief spot of downtime waiting for the shuttle to whisk me away from the Red Rock resort in Las Vegas to the airport. While I continued to knock out some emails, I decided to do one of my favorite things: people-watch. I looked at people at the slot machines, focused on …
That's what they say, anyway. For a wordsmith, however I begin to wonder. I think that pictures prompt a thousand words. I see stories in every picture, emotion in every image, expression in each icon. In any case, I had the off-opportunity to take some pictures of nature today. Each tells its own story, and …
I took a big chance a week ago. Anniversaries are special times, and as such, putting all of your eggs in an unknown basket could turn out pretty bad. Lucky for me, it didn't. I heard about a Bed & Breakfast on Twitter from someone I was just getting to know, Gina Stark. I figured …
Not really :-). Just getting a well needed facelift. When I first started the blog, I knew that the format was only going to satisfy me for a short time. I didn't like the fact that the older format only had a fixed header, and just some of the text and layout was a bit …
My mom's favorite story of me is when I was very young. I would go into the kitchen, take all of the pots and pans out of the cupboard, climb inside and sit there. I would be there for hours, by myself, in the dark, just chilling out. Every once in a while, she would …
Ever since I was young, I have been intrigued by names. I like different sounding names, unique names, but more than anything, I like the meanings of names. My interest in names didn't start out all wonderful-like. It was more out of survival. My parents split when I was 6, and even though I know …
Tomorrow I mark another year. I don't know why, but I'm looking forward to this particular mark more than years past. How can you be excited about getting older? I know, weird isn't it? I shouldn't be surprised though. One of the things I appreciate about my mom is that she continually teaches me to appreciate …
This has been a challenging week for me. Trying to deal with life and all that, understand where I am, where I am going, a lot of pondering, burning through all kinds of brain power... The result - I came to the big realization, that I am not omniscient. Not even close. In fact, I …