It seems that Mike had lied to his teacher,  Sister Beatrice, which sounds like a real 1950's nun's name, doesn't it?  As it turns out, Mike was going to have a tough year.  Later in the Spring he would come down with encephalitis, which caused him to completely lose both his… Read full post »

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Ernest Dimnet

I asked Dan to hang this chandelier in our entry hall for my birthday.  It had been in the garage for two years.  There were other projects… Read full post »

Ten Thousand Idiots

It is always a danger to aspirants on the Path 

When they begin
To believe and act 

As if the ten thousand idiots
Who so long ruled
And lived Inside 

Have all packed their bags
And skipped town

Or died.     

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Immediately I was struck by this inquiry:

          Isn't it hope for progress that this… Read full post »

This is a sermon I gave the Sunday after 9/11.  I don't think I could do better today, and so I share it with you here.  Perhaps the help I offered then will comfort someone still.

What I would have hoped would happen in this sermon did not on a large scale, and… Read full post »

  Dear Susanne,

Last night the entire nation saw why I am running to replace Congressman Joe Wilson in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Apparently, Joe Wilson doesn't care about the Republican House Rules either.   Though they govern official sessions, it would seem that they would unofficially extend to addresses by the President.

I was pretty sure his outburst was a violation of the rules of decorum.  So I d… Read full post »

I wrote to President Obama today.  Here is what I said:

I have believed in your ability to govern from the very beginning.  Part of my support, and the enormous amount of work I did locally to support your campaign was based in my belief that you would reform healthcare to… Read full post »

 This is a House Finch,  we found its sweet dead body on the carpet of the living room and the Kitty Boys were splayed out in relaxed poses when we came in from the Farmer's Market and the Arts Fair Saturday afternoon late.  He is the first one killed:

Sunday morning,… Read full post »

The Billary Clinton Kitchen Tool Combo Set

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 Mohandas K. Gandhi:   To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

Bronson Alcott:      Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps,
    Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps.

 Henry… Read full post »

From the Psalms:

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there…if I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me,… Read full post »

Knowing Myself: The List Part Seven

Gravity Lessons

I was not the best sister to Sally.  I didn’t really like her for being such a big whiny cry baby all the time.  She was fifteen months younger, which seemed like years and years to me. … Read full post »

Elton John's "The King Must Die" lyrics starts with a briefing of what happens when a king is overthrown, possibly by ignoring his Jester and buffons advice:

"No man's a jester playing Shakespeare
Round your throne room floor
While the juggler's act is danced upon
The crown that you

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Wherein Life Really Goes to the Dogs 

Schools I attended by age 11

• Alice Birney Elementary School
• Bonsall Elementary School
• Valley Center Elementary School
• San Marcos Elementary School
• Richland Elementary School
• Conway Elementary School

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My darkened anger

Blows hot winds

That scorch my soul

and drive my love away.

No sonnets written

sweet and soft;

but stiff, hard

words in velvet

envelopes

delivered by

a wizened heart.

"We are wiser than we know."

...

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I will freely admit, I prefer dialogue to debate, and I am asking for a dialogue here.  I think so much more comes out of a conversation than can ever come… Read full post »

Knowing Myself:

The List Part Five

• I don’t like or feel healthy around edges, steep drop offs, cliffs, being a passenger on curvy mountain roads, windows in tall buildings, or “view” tables at rooftops cafes
• I am not so sure about men either, Grama says they want
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Mom Wrecks Our Car on a Mountain Road

Apparently Easywhitten didn't like my post in honor of Malcolm X yesterday here. 

Easywhitten

I deleted two comments he made that (1) alleged that Malcolm X was a rapist; and (2) called me a liar after I deleted his post.  I closed comments on that blog post today t… Read full post »

A Few More Good Things That Happened  

•  Reading, EVERYTHING
• Valley Center
• Making ice cream from fresh cream separated the day the cow was milked
•  Learning to garden with Grama and later, Mom
• Living at Rancho Lilac
• Meeting Eleanor Roosevelt 

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Good Things That Happened

• Picnics at Live Oak Park in Fallbrook
• Visits to Mount Palomar
• Food, Grama & Mom were wonderful cooks
• Pancakes made by Grampa
• Trips to the Bonsall store in the back of the 37 Chevrolet with no back seat
• Telling stories to my little sisters
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