Debbs4's Open Salon Blog

Please Join Me While I Ditch This Crab Shack!

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:01:49 -0500

Oh, OS soul, are you weary of the drama and trauma that has been going on here for far too long? Is the backbiting and in-fighting just oh-so-junior high school for you? Have you considered, like far too many others, that some of the viral "friendships" are just a little too toxic for the psyche and not real enough to last?

Is it just too much to ask for some consistency in how you are received as a writer? And, is there an "inner circle" amongst the editorial staff here? What exactly are the rules and ramifications, the sense which is non-sense in the selection process for the privileged placement upon this site?

Are there really more serious, pressing needs to attend to? Have you been wakened since the horrible life-changing effects of the Haitian earthquake that rumbles your very existence, that makes you consider how fragile life is and how, just maybe, you could be of assistance? How, at the least, you'd better get on with life and stop spending massive quantities of your precious life flitting about like a butterfly here and there on this and other sites? (note: I do not want to knock those that truly are fulfilled here in writing, I just want to find out how many are thinking what I lay out here for you to consider).

Will you sign below, if you've:

made the decision to leave, have considered that you will indeed one day leave, have known that you Should Leave but just can't for some "I-think-I'm-addicted-to-OS-but-it-is-too-late,-too-late,-TOO-LATE-to-ever-go" reason? I have, and I invite you to send a message, to Whom I know not, that you will DITCH THIS CRAB SHACK !!!

Don't be a chicken of the sea, just sign your name, make a statement and deliver a thought to others that may care.

Oscillating I

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:01:21 -0500

Eyes awoke this morning, full of life.

Moving, east and west, eastandwest, eastwest.

I had woken during a REM cycle and was conscious only of this movement.

Feel it, the two fingers of my left hand reach up to gently rest on my left eye.

I can feel the gentle shift, shift, shift, then, stop.

Reach up my right two fingers to set on the right eye, then, shift, shift, stop.

Eyes halt, I rest.

Eye, I.

out with the old, in with the new

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:12:57 -0500

my crave for a cold, orange Fanta, has been fulfilled.

i savor its fizzy, swish of tangerine.

my mind thinks "mandarin", with supple, loose skin falling off in

my hand.

mother-me, loves light. spring will be here soon.

but for now, dark days that confuse. dark by four. sleep comes

long and stays.

somewhere between red and yellow, lies orange.

somewhere between anger and cowardice, lies energy, both positive

and negative.

somewhere is here and now, fulfilled.

new post, new year, almost

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:12:45 -0500

thought i'd write a little about what's been going on here in n. idaho. we had some snowfall today, all day, and some after-Christmas errands have kept me busy. Ina and i made some butter cookies and we had meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner. the kids played their games and i watched a, (new to me), bbc show, Black Books.

very funny and it's free on hulu.com. i like free stuff, especially since our own personal economy is shot. i've been working and find it hard to keep up with everything that a large family requires. plus, Edo travels with his job.

this makes it difficult to deal with the teenage boys at times, especially when it comes to schoolwork. so, we've had our share of shockingly bad grades from 3 of the guys. sadness. and so much more so since reading Outliers

which details how you can become expert in a subject simply by applying yourself and giving it 10,000 hours. imagine! with that in mind, i am an expert at mothering, wifing (not wi-fi-ing), cooking, laundering, breathing, sleeping. oh that my boys would grasp that concept and apply themselves, there would be much peace in our home.

thanks if you've read my rambles this far. and may there be peace in your home this year!

SUFJAN STEVENS ~ Christmas Indie Folk music

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:12:38 -0500

Okay, I like this kid. He hails from the midwest, though he lives in Brooklyn, New York and is presently recording with the Asthmatic Kitty label. Here is a bit from his Songs for Christmas, which is a set of five EP's, filled with traditional carols and some original Christmas songs.

I think you might like it, please let me know if you did!

And, Merry Christmas!

Put the lights on the tree
(Put them on the tree)

Put the ribbon on the wreath
(Put it on the wreath)

Call your grandma on the phone
(Call her on the phone)

If she's living all alone
(If she's all alone)

Tell her Jesus Christ is here
(Tell her He is here)

Tell her she has none to fear
(There is none to fear)

If she's crying on the phone
(Crying on the phone)

Tell her you are coming home
(You are coming home)

La la la la la la la