What ever you may wish to say
it's too late
once again
a mother's love is blind
sometimes 
but I always and ever still
wish on my stars
for you be an honest man
return to your being
an honorable person
the… Read full post »

Who would you be without your accomplishments (or failures), your degrees (or lack thereof), your bank accounts, your experiences, your title, your home, your status?      

I came across this written by a fellow member who will forever remain anonymous and posted it myself because I thought it was funny, clever, and it made me laugh...

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I probably will never post this:

OS to English Translation Guide

There are so many new people joining… Read full post »

_{^{Photo - Vanya}}

^{For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then, face to face. Now I know in part, but then shall I know, even as also I am known.}

_{~ 1 Corinthians 13:12}

The simple recognition… Read full post »

After the roller coaster riding this past week, upping and downing and upping and downing, I'm in the mood to turn on some e-z listening, crack open something wet and cold, and order chinese delivery.  I'd like Thai, but who does that?  No deliveries of food in Florida other than pizza… Read full post »

After reading Torman's post today I came back over to my own and banged out my response to the latest tempest in the OS teapot - maybe banged isn't exactly right, but here goes.

Torman says this...

 "Being single is pretty good. It's a nice sense of irresponsibility."

~ Michael Douglas

 _{^{My daughter, skipping solo across the Moeraki Boulders, NZ - 2010}}

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^{I was perusing Sunday afternoon and into the early evening, apparently in a contem}… Read full post »

^{A few thoughts after reading Aine Greaney's post today...}

Point of Information:  Colleen is a common English language name, and a generic term for Irish women or girls, from the Irish cailín. … Read full post »

_{Maori Tribesman}

Over the course of about a year I've watched the slow unrolling of a carpet of colorful ink furling down from under the edges of my hairdresser's shirtsleeves.  Blue, gold, red, pink, and many shades of green, as her body art represents the lushness… Read full post »

_{Due to an executive decision on the part of OS staff this week, many posts did not appear in the FPF (front page feed), which Emily stated was deliberately switched from a 4 hour feed to a 1 day feed (actually it was 'stuck' for more like a day and a}… Read full post »

I have a phone conversation with my 77 year old mother pretty much every day.  Lately, they have taken an interesting turn...

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Me:  What do you mean you've just renewed your Concealed Weapons Permit?  What kind of weapon do you have?

Mom:  I have a blackjack next to me… Read full post »

Me:  Hi Mom, whas shaking?

Mom:  The defensive driving discount on my car insurance is expiring and I need to take a class next week to keep my discount.

Me: What does that involve?

Mom:  I have to go to class for two days, and I have to be there… Read full post »

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it:

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”      William Morris

Of course, to each his or her own style and… Read full post »

I was a happy participant in the Imperial Sugar Company Bake It Forward campaign this past week, and was so self involved with my delicious creations that I lovingly wrapped them and tucked them into the Bake It Forward tin without even taking a beauty shot! … Read full post »

I know how to be 20 something, luring a man to the bar for drinks and giving him an opportunity to get to know me.  I know how to be 38, secure in myself, with a house, clothes and a job to go with it. 

I know… Read full post »

Say it ain't so Gordon!  Breaking news revealed that it just may be true. Known as the Rottweiler of the kitchen, his profanity and his charm have launched him into the camera lights that may have been too bright for comfort.  Although Ramsay has been seen on camera stating, "I… Read full post »

My outlook for 2011 has taken on bulwark characteristics as I gird up to wade through another annual calendar.  The same thought just keeps rolling across my mind, like the CNBC crawl.

Embrace what is ahead, and adjust your sights accordingly.

Economically, the last two generations which inclu… Read full post »

My mother used the scent of cinnamon, cider, and coffee beans to wake those who hadn't already been dragged out of bed by small children.  Dressing was a necessary distraction before quick stepping to the dining room where Christmas Breakfast awaited across a table that sp… Read full post »

To Everyone I Found In My Spam Box today ... and all the rest of you who may be reading out of idle curiosity...

I checked the number "11" in my OS Spam Email Box and found messages from "favorites" and those I regularly exchange PMs with -- Now, I can… Read full post »

I'm available to check on the hostages and provide the public with updates on their health and well being - although I can't speak as to their mental stability. 

ROCK ON PIRATE WIMMIN OF OS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am from worn rugs and tatty upholstery, fuzzy with fur left by slumbering cats, and from settled stacks of unopened envelopes in a reed basket in the front hall.  I'm from old… Read full post »

I've been mute for awhile now, held hostage somewhere in my soul by the circumstances that have become my life.  Once upon a time I had a normal life, willingly fettered by a family of children, pets, and parents, with a house in the 'burbs, a modest mortgage, and the expectation… Read full post »

I've had to work up to this in the way I would work up to a really good spit ball, it took me awhile but it should be enough to hit the target...

12.  When I lived in St. Thomas, VI, the alarm that got me out of bed… Read full post »