Beautiful World

Have you an unusual Intelligence? Do you find you lose interest in supposedly "Interesting movies"? It could be that you're on...

The wind woke me this morning with gusts of around 40 miles per hour. I'm still awake because I'm worried about Tabitha and Adam doi...

I will never accept that there is a "reason" I had the opportunity to endure my unique package of trauma. I will never believe tha...

I simply must thank Rude Visitor Marvin for his most recent comments. For, in spite of the fact that his command of the English language is...

you are full of crap. you get off jerking people around. you incite people's emotions by sharing everything, then when they become solic...

I needed some time to think. And now it's time to talk again.

There comes a time when it is a good idea to stop talking.

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 ...