flawed but authentic

One of my spiritual practices used to be to walk while singing a Navajo song:
Now I walk in beauty
Beauty is before me
Beauty is behind me
Beauty is above me
Beauty is below me
Beauty all around me
Now I walk in beauty
It helped me to slow down and see, really see.
My friend Brian makes 360 degree panoramic photos. Using [...]

Kenny and I spent a large portion of yesterday with my Mother. It made for an enjoyable, relaxing day. We got up, showered, dressed and leisurely headed to over to see Izzy on the square at Bluebonnet Antiques. My Mother, along with the others who lease space in this building, “keeps” the [...]

I’ve been feeling a bit out of touch.
I don’t know if any particular skirt length is out of style right now.
I have no idea which cell phone would work best for me.
I know nothing about the latest fiction.
I know that my camera can do many things, but I can’t tell you how to do anything [...]

You know the song “Rainy Days and Mondays” by The Carpenters? Yea, I like it too. I mean, it isn’t true for me…I like both rainy days and Mondays, but isn’t it a great song?
I had a point. Oh yes, I remember…though rainy days and Mondays don’t get me down, torrential downpours [...]

Some of my friends are more punctual than others. That, unfortunately, determines how ‘on time’ I am when meeting them. If I have to meet one of them at 7 p.m. then I am either sure to leave in plenty of time or else I will leave right at 7 and arrive late. Wednesday I [...]

When I look back on my early 20’s, I do so with a sense of embarrassment so profound that my skin crawls. I was so self-centered, so smug, so intolerably all-knowing that I want to go back and punch that girl in the face.
I remember being at a party with friends and disagreeing with an [...]

Yesterday I was IM’ing with a friend on the topic of marital satisfaction - specifically, the much needed balance where both partners have their needs met. This particular blogger happens to be the “giver” in the marriage, whereas the spouse is the primary taker. Needless to say, my friend is tired; in love, [...]