"Yikes, Change the channel, quick, change the channel.  I can hear her voice.  She doesn't shut up the whole time."

That is not the Alaska I know.  The Alaska I know is very quiet and vast.  Sarah Palin has made it the playground for her family.  My family plays there too… Read full post »

                    The Illusion of Love
        
 Keeping up the appearance of love
 Watching as it slips away and returns
 Yearning for that young, vibrant push
  Content with s… Read full post »

I would love to have played with little Petunia on Thanksgiving Day.  I wish she and my daughter didn't live so far away.  Im sure there are many other parents and grandparents who wish that.

       I think of the old days when there were no… Read full post »

 I got a shot of the morning sun coming thru the turkey waddle!  There are ten of them now instead of twelve of last month.  They are a little wary but determined to forage in the empty lot next door.  

      Turkey silouettes against… Read full post »

  Anne Rice wrote a book called 'The Witching Hour' and so many odd things happened at that time.    I hate to be awake before 5am.  Even one minute after that time is fine but a minute before is not good.   My mind comes awake and refuses to go back to… Read full post »

  Brrr.   Southern California doesn't really have the right to complain about the cold.  Sure it is cold this am but by noon it will be gorgeous and the sun will be shining brightly.   We had a rainy day yesterday.  People were walking around in hats and mittens.&nb… Read full post »

    It was in the backseat

   With Johnny Stewart.

    He was 21 and I was 15

    and he knew it.

     He had his arm around me

      I think

      And when it happened

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This very long video shows that Crows are not just bird brains.  They have the biggest brain to body ratio of any bird.   They can use tools,  remember faces, mate for life and communicate… Read full post »

  I have an idea for a TV show and I'm pretending I am pitching it before a major network.  The show would be based on that old show in the fifties called "The Millionaire".  We loved this show as kids and it just made you feel good to see the… Read full post »

   Approach from the front.

    Offer a light touch.

   Use a calm voice, but not "baby talk"

    State their name and your name

    Speak slowly

    Sound reassuring

    Validate their feelings.

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It was a peaceful collision today.  Tony called and sounded in good spirits so I put him on the line with Peter so my Ex met my Current boyfriend.  They had a nice talk and share a common bond of having the same birthday.  Aquarians are my favorite soulmates.   I… Read full post »

  Molecular animation was featured in the New York Times today.  Animators are able to express how the world we cannot see might look in color and motion.  They even put sound effects to the videos.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/science/16animate.html

 I am a… Read full post »

   I would like to stay home.  I think I have made that very clear.   Quiet and creative days could slip by and no one would notice.   My friend here would like to be agoraphobic with me.  We make a good team and like each other's company.  That is all I… Read full post »

 Thirty cents!   I made this hat with thirty cents of yarn from the Thrift Shop.   There was a crochet hook hidden in one of the skeins too.  We can both wear this hat and I have it on right now to combat the morning chill.  Thirty cents!

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  It seems I always find myself in a little garden like Eden creating works of art that are unique and hopefully beautiful.  The feeling I get from sitting at a table with my creations evolving before me is very spiritual.  For thirty years I smoked a little pot to put… Read full post »

        I can't tell the story of my mother and Tony too often.  They are veterans who were traumatized in the war.  It made it difficult to love them altho I have tried all my life to get thru to the inner part of these two important people… Read full post »

                                               Turning Over a New Leaf
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   When I am in the middle of reading a book my whole life is altered.   The flavor of the book seeps into every crack of my day.   I can feel this new book I have started  affecting my life in a negative way but I am hooked now so I've… Read full post »

      Here is the first meeting of Zanelle and Kit in Second Life.  This is my little house in Second Life and I was honored to have Kit come visit.  She is excited about all the activities there are for creativity and fun in Second Life and Im glad… Read full post »

   Look into someone's eyes

   And make them happy.

   Sometimes I bring you down

   with a crash and Im sorry

    We all have the power

    to raise or lower the energy

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   This getting older stuff isn't easy.  But at least I know about Sex.  I was married for twenty five years and didnt understand what a female orgasm was.  It just seemed to be something I wanted to find out about and I did. My ex is a lovely person but… Read full post »

  Fear propels the right of the right to call Obama a Nazi, Socialist, Pinko, Big Government, far Left Winger.   But he is just a Democrat.   He is not Hitler.   He does not want to strip America of its Capitalism.  Change under his watch would be less G… Read full post »

"Bristol Palin got a boob job and lost lots of weight.  She says she wants to be an actress."   My mother always wanted me to get a boob reduction and lose weight. She thinks Palin is a brave lady that the press is shredding.    Today I could feel her cringe… Read full post »

Just before a fire

The hot winds begin to blow.

 The scorched earth remembers

And braces for the show.

We've been thru hell before

We will go there yet again.

We haven't far to go

 Until the troubles end… Read full post »

Goddesses with winged horses fight with valor all thru the Norse Myths.  Petersburg, Alaska is the home of the Vikings and the Valkeries who rule the sports courts of the high school there.  Every spring there is a fine Parade and a Viking ship is pulled thru thi… Read full post »