Torn
Another disaster, an atrocity is splayed out on our TV screens. As I watch and listen I feel torn. I have the skills and experience to help. Yet, I have people here who are depending on me. Should I go? Should I stay? It is a very difficult question. There are not many of us…
Hum Along
Today, sitting on a plane grounded because of fog, I watch “Fame.” Every 10 years or so the movie is re-birthed and we get to see the new generation of talent. As I watch each struggle with growing up, life’s ups and downs and parents who do not “get it,” I wonder. Have I kept…
Arrogance
I don’t like arrogant people. They irritate me and I find I want to compete with them just to knock them off their self-proclaimed pedestal. I have no problem pointing out to people who I work with when their arrogance gets in the way of productivity, or worse, hurts others. So it comes as a…
Afraid to Live
The sun has yet to peer over the expanse of L.A.’s skyline. Night noises still abound, snores of exhausted sleep through the walls, the air conditioning fan turning off and then on, the faint hum of the small light in the hotel’s bathroom. Yes, night is still upon us. Soon the birds will sing on…
Not Perfect
I am not perfect. I was reminded today in a very painful way that I am not. I hate not being perfect. I hate making mistakes no matter how unintentional or innocent. I know that comes from my childhood where mistakes were not allowed. If you made a mistake you were made to feel like…
Elephants to You
There is something happening in America. It is only a faint whisper, but it is growing. I can feel it in the land and hear it on the wind. It might be hard to hear through the icy cold and draughts that are covering most of the land, but it is there. Maybe I hear…
I am Blessed
I am an independent soul, always have been. I can hear my friends laughing at those words; for to say I am independent is such an understatement it is laughable. It has been difficult to allow others room in my life. I have had to joust with my negative ego to allow women who are…
Stop Talking
Today on the road I treat myself, an act of self-loving, to breakfast at a B&B that was touted to have fabulous food. The table was set with flowers and lit candles. The dishes were beautiful and the table and chair were antique, yet sturdy oak. It was glorious. The cook spoke with me as…
Dying Dreams
I watched someone’s dream die today. While waiting for my car to fill with gas I gazed across a small street as a handyman dismantled a sign. The sign had a huge coffee cup on it with only the letters “ f f e” and “w e” left on the sign. I assume the “…
I will never walk this way again
It’s raining. Mist surrounds the top of the evergreens, the moon is shrouded in clouds and the sea is broiling, churning and refusing to rest. I love it. I love the way the elements meet, dance, come to rest and begin again. It makes me feel so alive, so excited to unveil the next mystery.…