Death and The Maiden

It’s been a year since I’ve written here but for some reason its the only appripro outlet it seems. Perhaps its because I’m quite convinced no one reads this (if you’re out there, let me know, no more stalking!). Perhaps its because anyone can. I’m not certain....

Focus

I read a few blogs. Friends who use it to update on their worlds, professional blogs where people write about life from a perspective, political blogs: some with angles some with less pronounced angles. One of my favorites is definitely Hasta Los Gatos Quieren Zapatos. If I knew any Spanish...

Being a Joiner

When I was 15 years old my mother signed me up for the confirmation class at her church. I was raised Presbyterian, but never felt at home there. I remember the day in Youth Group when we were told about how if you don’t proclaim Jesus Christ as your savior you were going to hell and I...

The Artistic Temperm...

Something mysterious comes over the truly artistic which has always eluded me. Perhaps its simply a lack of talent or vision on my part; although I’d dare to say I’ve touched art once or twice. But never consistently and never with enough room in my life for anything else. In the...

Reclaiming the Body

I have done Yoga, many times in many styles over the years. But I was never in a yogic frame of mind. It was more one of those things that I needed to do for the body or something I thought I should do for the spirituality. My eastern leanings always made it seem like an ideal practice for...

Introductions and Re...

Today I realized that there was a part of myself that had not been getting out. Self-censorship on another blog for fear of alienating/offending those who read and Self awareness of all the things I should not say were holding me back. In addition to that has been a lack of time and lack of...