Archive for the ‘ Life in General ’ Category

On the Move

I realize it has been a while since I posted. I hope you like the new look. Things have been pretty busy around here. The business has been doing well since the fall, so things are looking better since the recession ended. The big news is that we are moving. Yup – we are getting [ READ MORE ]

Secret Nights and Beauty

We just finished our (pretend) Christmas (we don’t celebrate, but we get a tree and do stuff with family), and we have been settling in to the new apartment. Basically, we live a 20-second walk away from lake Ontario, in an area of Toronto called “The Beach”. It is really beautiful here, and we have [ READ MORE ]

What People Think of Me is None of my Business

I first read this quote about Ashley Judd, believe it or not, and I think there is a lot of truth to it. I don’t really know about her career or about her as a person, but I can imagine that as a star with addiction problems, she must have more than her share of [ READ MORE ]

Dangerous Driving

It has been a wonderful but stressful time lately. I was sitting down to write down my personal goals the other day, and I got stumped. I realized that many of my goals had been attained and put down my pen. As I sit here with my purring cat on my lap, with the man [ READ MORE ]

I’m On the Run from the Killer B’s

B for Belief. B for Belonging. The B's that lead to most of the killing in the world. If you don't Belong among us, then you're our inferior, our enemy, or both. And you can't Belong among us if you don't Believe what we Believe. Maybe not even then, but it certainly helps. Our religion, our party, our tribe, our town, our school, our race. Believe. Belong. Behave. Or Be Damned.

Tom Robbins

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