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That would be “a no.”

ExperiencesApril 12, 2022292Views 0Likes 0Comments

I did something today I've never done before: I walked out of a movie theater. I wasn’t even midway through the movie, and I shoulda walked out much, much earlier but I kept hoping, believing … in mild shock I mean how is it possible for a movie in JK Rowling's world of magic, i.e.,…

Meeting a most treasured friend … through ayahuasca

ExperiencesMarch 5, 2022314Views 0Likes 0Comments

There was a time in my life when I found myself in the company of a group of modern-day hippies – Well, truth be told, I’ve been around a lot of modern-day hippies much of my life, and might, to some, be one myself, but this particular group of particular modern-day hippies also had a…

Insta-delivery

SynchronicitiesFebruary 8, 2022299Views 0Likes 0Comments

This just happened. I thought to myself, “I’m really looking forward to dying some of my wool clothes and see how the colors work out.” (I’ve been on a bit of a kick with dying my leather and suede shoes this year and thought I’d give dying some of my wool clothes a shot.) Then,…

My spidey-sense

SynchronicitiesJanuary 31, 2022302Views 0Likes 0Comments

My spidey-senses/intuition/knowing has been surging of late. Late last night I was in bed and talking out loud to myself about something. (I do talk to myself here and there, though less so while trying to fall asleep.) I was thinking about a subject and a person related to project long completed. After talking about it…

Eh, just a bunch of bunk, right?

SynchronicitiesJanuary 29, 2022265Views 0Likes 0Comments

For those of you who think Mercury in Retrograde is a bunch of bunk, take a look at this: When Mercury is retrograde, oftentimes people from the past pop back into your life for a hello. OK, people from your past pop into your life when Mercury isn’t retrograde. I get that. Of course. And all…

It’s a miracle!

NatureJanuary 22, 2022338Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s deep in winter and my hands are soft and smooth. My cuticles? Them too. No dry, cracked skin. No flaking itchy skin. No hard, dry cuticles that creep up each year as winter comes on. (I know I'm not alone in experiencing this winter-hands phenomenon.) a little bit of this I have, dear friends,…

But how? And who? Or what?

NatureJanuary 14, 2022282Views 0Likes 0Comments

I wondered, a couple weeks back, how “the birds” emptied my bird feeder in one fell swoop. In less than 24 hours. Went from full to not full. I was pretty sure it wasn’t the squirrels who’d done so, given the design of the feeder and lack of squirrel access to it. Then again, squirrels. Need…

A meeting of the sages

SynchronicitiesDecember 18, 2021274Views 0Likes 0Comments

What mysteries of life unfold in my kitchen on this fall winter night. I decided to go get my mail. It’s 2:43 a.m. Whatever. So I get my mail, see a package and open it. In it was something I ordered (duh, no surprises there), but the sender has also included something else: a smidge…

Writer, director, actor

Other WritingDecember 5, 2021358Views 0Likes 0Comments

Oh, oh, oh. There was a time, there was a moment, when my life focus was local-local-local. I created a local blog hub with hundreds of local bloggers listed; held monthly parties for bloggers and their readers; made spreadsheets of local hashtags to use for social media; and truly--truly--tried to juice up and liven up…

Who doesn’t love Santa?

Other WritingNovember 16, 2021416Views 0Likes 0Comments

When gathering a large group of folk dressed in Santa-inspired attire, leading them on a suburban walkabout for many hours and trying to coordinate arrivals and meetups for a multi-hour, multi-location event, one needs good communication, details galore, links a plenty ... and some cute images, too. And, that, folks, is how this super-helpful document for…

Hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo

NatureOctober 22, 2021360Views 0Likes 0Comments

I saw two owls in two days: one Friday night and one Saturday evening! And I saw them in completely different locations. I occasionally hear owls (especially the bard owls), but this past weekend, I actually saw them! Two owls, two nights in a row. Hoo, hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo hoo-hoo, hoo hoo-hoo. Photo source.

Perhaps she’ll make it

NatureOctober 19, 2021330Views 0Likes 0Comments

This past mid-October, I’ve had a daily afternoon visitor: this rib-cage showing, adult female deer who — and I’ve witnessed it — is still nursing two larger fawn. There’s an oak tree in my backyard and acorns galore on the ground. That’s what brings her and her fawn to fatten up in these months before winter…