Feb 23, 2010 | Dear Diary
A moment in time that I witnessed yesterday at Venice Beach pier. I tagged along on a bikeriding adventure in the morning with one of my best friends who was assisting Life Rolls On (www.liferollson.org) in bringing a surfer with a spinal cord injury out in the water...
Feb 20, 2010 | Dear Diary
Today is a cuddly cozy day for me. The sun is hiding when I wake up and I choose to stay in bed and watch a movie, a nice morning treat. I get up later and bike to my local post office, my friend’s café, and to the Friday farmer’s market and then return to my cozy day...
Feb 19, 2010 | Dear Diary
Around the same time that I banished the word “should” from my vocabulary a new word appeared, “perfect”. Suddenly everything is perfect, and all of those perfects are said in a grateful, loving tone, not a sarcastic, eye-rolling one. My computer falls onto the floor...
Feb 19, 2010 | Dear Diary
In the spring of 2008 I eliminated the word “should” from my vocabulary. It happened immediately after the death of my father. I never had a conversation with myself planning to do this. It just suddenly became important for me to not use that word, ever. I feel that...
Feb 18, 2010 | Dear Diary
I find it completely amusing that I am constantly searching out eco items for my new home by either driving around town to find them or ordering them online to be shipped across the country padded in lots of packaging. Hmmmm. Not sure how much sense that makes. I was...
Feb 18, 2010 | Dear Diary
Today after my re-committing to myself and to my India, as I wrote about in my last blog I got a text from a friend asking if I was okay. I found that funny. What did she think I was freaking out and had a melt down? I did’t get it, although I appreciate her concern....