Today I honor all the wonderful women in my life. The one I was born to and the ones I was born with, who get me for who I am and encourage with love and honesty though I don’t always make sense. The one who recognizes me most of the time, but is most intimately [...]

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Today I’m posting a poem written by SuziCate at The Water Witch’s Daughter. She is a fantastic writer and a dear friend and she’s got a pretty good view of her world and her place in it. At one time or another we all can benefit from remembering that so much of our life, and [...]

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Attitude shapes thought. Thought shapes words. Lately I’ve just not had a lot to say, which is something I never thought I’d say. This morning I grabbed three of my favorite things: my dogs, coffee and camera, and headed down the hill to my neighbor’s garden. Here, rustic trails wind their course, shored strong, anchored, [...]

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The next time you get one of those little sparks of a great idea and you feel yourself bursting with enthusiasm, only to notice moments later that the flame has been extinguished by that thing called logic, take a look at this video from Playing for Change. This is just one segment of a film [...]

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Way back when, in about 1969 or so, my Cousin Wiley and I went to play in the woods and he got us lost. He was older and he was in charge, so yes, by default, he got us lost. We were missing most of the day and my mom had her friends and the [...]

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I’ve been in LA exactly one month today, and I’m leaving. Yep, that’s right. Packing it up, loading the dogs back into the car, and watching the Santa Monica pier fade from view in my rear view mirror. I’m going up to Ojai. If someone had told me a couple of months ago that I’d [...]

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MarkCarlos is my latest thrift store find. At $50, he was such a bargain that I couldn’t pass him up. Short on space in a studio apartment, but with plenty of overhead real estate, I knew MarkCarlos would fit well in a 13 x 13 living area. The shelves and drawers ~ and even a [...]

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I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I spend an hour or so writing up two lists: one recording all the accomplishments and personal goals that were reached in the passing year, and one that’s more of a stream of consciousness brain-belch of things I’d like to do, be or become throughout the evolving new [...]

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A guest writer post from Lee Lee. Four years ago right now, I was sittin on the patio at the St. Mary’s Pavilion, hooked up to my very last bag of poison, surrounded by caring friends and celebratory nurses. It was a beautiful day, much like today, and I was so happy to be there, [...]

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I’m giving up my space for the day to Lee Lee Schmalz, my dear friend from Colorado. I’ve know her forEVER and I can tell you, this girl LIVES – out loud and to the fullest. And she’s a truly talented writer, too. There aren’t many people that can dive into a writing project, swim [...]

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Anyone who knows me knows I love my Beagles. From Pearl, my first dog and the inspiration behind my first photograph, to LolliPop and Daisy, I think Beagles just rock. Pearl was a shy, starved little Beagle that showed up in my parents’ yard several years ago and refused to leave. She and I were [...]

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One of the nicest things about visiting my parents in the summertime is being able to sit in their backyard and bask in the best of the season. They live in an old farmhouse and the backyard is secluded, surrounded on 3 sides by fields that are alternately filled with corn, soybeans or hay. Geese [...]

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