Beautiful World

Whenever I sit in a chair, Tabitha thinks she needs to join me. She's still pretty tiny, so we fit, but I think I need to get this: Chai...

I would just like to know why my last email exchange with AtP triggered this ad: BountifulBras.com - Bras For Men Info. - Easy Access Guide...

Yesterday: Adam: Tabitha is going to "New Beginnings" tonight. What's "New Beginnings?" DJ: It's sort of like st...

In a Dark Time Theodore Roethke In a dark time, the eye begins to s...

Setting: 6:30 a.m.; Darrin and Samantha are sitting in their family room having five minutes of quality conversation because it seems like t...

When my dad and I were on our way to our seminar (ah, the joys of continuing education which allows us to keep our RIA status...) yesterday,...

I do this occasionally. I believe, at my age, I'm entitled. Besides, tonight is date night, and Darrin's too tired to do anything ex...

There are times when I'm not "nice." Today when I arrived at one of my accompanying jobs, a substitute was there. With a sigh ...

I went to see cousin David's parents yesterday. It's an interesting sensation to visit with the parents of the young man who moleste...

I took a job at a secondary school as a team music director for the choirs. I did so because the person who teaches music at the school is a...

I do it all the time. In my head, sometimes aloud. I'm certain people who pass me in my car think I'm insane, because God and I have...

The speakers in church today were incredibly boring. Even the bishopric members were sleeping. (p.s. It's called a talk , not a read. ) ...

One: "You're the coolest mom ever !" The good thing about this was that it was unsolicited. He just came up to me, hugged me a...

Today after my run I showered and blew my hair dry and decided that was enough. No makeup, no fussing to straighten or fix my hair. I sat at...

I always seem to wait until the furor dies down before addressing increased traffic to my blog. Having strangers read about my rather unusua...

I will just say the following: 1. I've decided to only eat Rice Crispy treats today. I've had three and am thinking about another, b...

Last year the Evergreen Conference, for me, was relaxing and fun. I met some people I'd found through blogs, and they were just as much ...

A few days ago I was chatting with a friend online. He said some things that made me think: Friend: I have to say that sometimes it's co...

I love shoes. A lot. And I adore high heels. Today I bought yet another pair of black heels (on sale, of course), and last week I bought a p...

Adam makes me laugh. An assignment in one of his classes was to design a container in which to place a raw egg, such that the egg would not ...

I didn't delete them. I just changed my rss feeds so that my complete posts would show in your readers and the lazier friends don't ...

This is for you, Ambrosia . And if you're wondering why she gets a special post, it's because she unabashedly proclaims her devotion...

DJ is four years older than Adam. This has always been a problem in Adam's mind. He was born believing that he is able to do anything DJ...

Because the vast majority of my friends are younger than I, I will die before they and thus, I shall never have to face life without them. I...

For the naturalist in you...

Everyone's comments. So it's a good thing that I go through that thing periodically, because I rarely visit my own blog. I'm hop...

1. I'm to be congratulated for being a mystery shopper. 2. I can be a sales person and make more than $6ooo monthly. 3. I can get ten ne...

Yeah, it was me. It was just a tiny fruit fly that flew into my mouth while I was teaching a piano lesson today, and I swallowed it. My stud...

I met someone recently. She's read my blog(s) and had a preconceived notion of what I would be like, physically. I didn't fit any of...

Tonight the sky was overcast except on the horizon. Lightning flickered through clouds already orange from the setting sun. As the glowing e...

There is always a risk, when one publicly posts with abandon about personal topics, that people will read, and then judge the writer. It...

I just have to say to the North Star genius guys that I love the picture of the cute girl on the "Women" page. I also love the fac...

I have a wonderful friend whom I've mentioned before. I'll call her Sheila. We're both musicians (her master's degree is in ...

And so, in about three weeks I will see Therapist once again, and hopefully he will be able to help me put myself back together. Please stop...

I will be honest; there are parts of my life that I don't believe I will ever understand. There are times I want to kick and scream and ...

Once upon a time a young Samantha met a young Darrin. Samantha thought he was very nice. Darrin fell in love with Samantha's young frien...

This time last year I was skipping around the Queerosphere , leaving comments (sometimes snarky , sometimes sympathetic, always profound...o...

This post is dedicated to Ambrosia, iwonder , and Jason Lockhart , and you should go to their blogs and say hello to them--please leave a ...

This post is dedicated to Ambrosia, iwonder , and Jason Lockhart , and you should go to their blogs and say hello to them--please leave a ...

This made laugh so hard (but what else would one expect from the "Spawn of Satan")!

I finally talked with my dad today. I explained to him the problems I'm having with current therapy assignments--specifically the fragme...

Dear DJ, "Felunica", "horfa", and "fwic" are not words. It does not matter if they "roll off the tongue...

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I experienced something prior to my 12 th birthday which left me feeling bereft of anything human. ...

I was talking with a friend (married) on the phone a couple of nights ago. We were discussing what we would do if we ever found ourselves sp...

I did not want to go to the store yesterday. Bad things happen when I go to the store when I don't want to. Bad thing number one: A larg...

1. Do not talk on the phone to Tolkien Boy until 1:00 a.m. the night before. 2. Be upset at geriatric father-in-law for scheduling his fligh...

1 Corinthians 12 "If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? "And if...

Warning: If you are not a parent, if you are a male who experiences SSA (read "gay"), if you are uncomfortable talking about sex (...