I will be marching in the San Jose Women’s March on the 21st of January, mostly because traveling to Washington to march is financially currently beyond me. Consequently when I heard there was free nonviolence training being offered in association with the march, I eagerly signed up. Not only do I want to be prepared…
(originally published 15 November 2004) Still, like L’Engle, I hope we all continue learning throughout our journey of life… and I hope I have a long journey yet to go. I too want to constantly and happily relearn the importance and wonder of touch, of exploration and closeness with those you love. I love her…
(originally published 15 November 2004) The nature of creation & Self On the other hand, I did admire the courage of someone willing to continue doggedly to write, even when she sold nothing whatsoever for an entire decade. I don’t know if I’d have that kind of determination. Also, some of her speculations on the…
(originally published 15 November 2004) I came to this book with great expectations. Perhaps if I’d not loved A Wrinkle in Time so much, or hadn’t been informed this book was a fabulous exploration of the wisdom of the maturing woman, I wouldn’t have felt quite so much vague disappointment later. Unfortunately, I did; I…
I truly believed we as a nation were better than this. …I am beyond appalled. I have no words.
I have had such an excellent day today! Got to sleep a few hours later than usual, then took Goldie to her new agility class. She’s doing an amazing job! It’s a real pleasure to work with such a happy, eager dog, and I’m overjoyed that she came into my life. Now all I have…
I went to the “Rally to Recall Judge Persky” at the San Jose Hall of Justice on September 2nd. It was the first rally I’d ever been to and, as a friend put it, since it was a rally rather than a protest it was a pretty safe ‘first’ to try. It was… weirdly fascinating….
I have tons of things I should be writing and reading and painting and training and cleaning and organizing and researching and blah blah blah… but I’m out of givashits right now. This also means it’s sometimes hard to come up with something clever and intelligent-sounding for here. The following will have to do instead…
Squeeee time! I’m so proud of my clever girl! :) Here’s a photo of Goldie looking unimpressed at me gleeing so much at her that the cell wasn’t steady enough: …and here’s the actual certification scanned in. Amazing what you can do with Photoshop to pretty things up when you want! :)
To all my friends with children: I am so very, very sorry! I owe you all an apology… and some explanation. :-D It is probably no secret to those who know me that I don’t care for kids that much. The very young ones are often loud and shrill, and their high-pitched voices frequently hit…