Category Archives: love

Amanda To The Rescue

It has been a heartbreaking weekend. God bless Amanda Palmer for cheering us up. ** If you don’t see a picture, go here.

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Human Kindness Overflowing

  Last night, I stayed up until dawn after taking in too much suffering. I am trying to learn tonglen, a method of breathing in suffering and breathing out compassion, but I forgot. I forgot, and found myself dwelling on … Continue reading

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Family: Part III

  My youngest sister is an anomaly in our family: she is a blond bombshell.  I didn’t meet her until she was 16. One night, she asked me to help with her geometry homework. I was excited to get the … Continue reading

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Birthday Love

  Max is 37 today, somewhere out in the cosmos where I will find him when the time comes. Lighting a candle and waiting it out.

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Beatles Party

  My friend Jane threw a great party for her birthday, instructing her guests to dress as characters from a Beatles song. The creative challenge was enough to make me accept the invitation and even more noteworthy, to get up off my … Continue reading

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Family: Part II

  Great news! We received this nice email today from my very special sister: To be clear, I am taking my position as Trustee very seriously, just like a real job within a business.  With that in mind, I keep … Continue reading

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Family: Part I

My dad had seven children with three wives. I am still getting to know the younger ones, who live in another county. One was an athlete in college, and she was the apple of daddy’s eye. He had always wanted … Continue reading

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It’s Lesbian Stick Time!

Let us all follow the Christmas tradition* of reading  The Story of the Lesbian Stick. ~ * Heartfelt atheist blessings to all you people who come here and especially you special ones who have given me so much. xo

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Showtime and Death

Anyone watching Showtime tonight was assaulted by death in a one-two punch. On The Borgias, the Pope was devastated by the death of his knavish, syphilitic son. He carried the son into the woods, envisioning  him as a beautiful little … Continue reading

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June 6

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. –Sir Francis Bacon

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