some place some time some one some thing always searching always trying always reaching always striving. did nothing today except be did not fade maybe even actually was.

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Today I am just not feelin’ the love. Nothing major in the overall scheme of life. Of that I am aware. Just a lot of little things that add up to a huge desire to bag it and go back to bed. I shouldn’t be surprised that I found these on my morning walk. Surely [...]

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Tonight’s full moon is the Gathering Moon. Time to celebrate all we have accomplished. Set intentions for the coming spring. And recognize our own personal achievements and advancements. This is good for me. Because I find too often that my own inner guide still bends to the other, my own worst critic. Time for that [...]

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This is one of my favorite pictures of Daisy. Back in Virginia Beach, Daisy had a habit of sitting on the her end table and looking out the window.  She’d watch the birds, the squirrels and the neighbors come and go, but mostly she’d sit at her perch and wait for me. Daisy knows that [...]

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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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I walked out my front door at least 20 times today and went absolutely nowhere. Daisy’s separation anxiety has basically trapped me at home while I figure out which method and combination of training works best for her. It isn’t just about correcting the problem that she barks like a broken record when I leave [...]

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I heard the song Fireflies yesterday while driving up the PCH. My friend Scott back in Virginia sent me the YouTube video several months ago, but this was the first time I’d heard it played on the radio. It’s just one of the darned cutest songs to come along, and there’s nothing like good music [...]

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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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The dogs and I arrived in LA in one piece (or three separate but intact pieces) on the evening of January 5th. After 10 days on the road and more potty stops than I can count ~ not all of them for the dogs ~ our entrance into the city could have easily come straight [...]

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For my Mama and Hosa. Merry Christmas 2009. Last night my family sat down to watch The Homecoming. Everyone was in town for Christmas Dinner a night early, and it was kind of cool to be watching the original Walton’s movie with my sisters and mom, since we actually lived right there in Walton Country [...]

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Living Out Loud. ( v11). Tis the gift to be simple. The 2009 Christmas season has been an unusual one. Instead of the traditional parties, getting together with friends, and full-on house decorating, most of my time has been spent going through everything I own and weeding it down to the 4 or 5 plastic [...]

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What happens when 5 girls in their mid-40s get together at an OBX cottage for a mini high-school reunion? The question, answered 7 months later. . .

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Moving day is less than two weeks away and just about everything is going smoothly. I’ve rented a cargo van to cart some furniture to my sister’s for safe keeping tomorrow after work, arranged to have new tires put on my truck and scheduled Samaritan House to come get whatever is left in the house [...]

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Several month back I found my dear friend Susan on Facebook. We went to elementary school and junior high together but hadn’t seen each other since 1978, when I moved back to my hometown from the mountains. Over the course of the summer and fall we’ve managed to get together quite a bit and share [...]

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Everything you read about caffeine will tell you, it’s the devil. Like the orgasm that almost was, caffeine gives you a false energy boost, then knocks the wind right out of your sails and leaves you flat, exhausted and crying for more. Along with that, it slows your intestinal flow to a crawl and turns [...]

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