I awoke in my enchanting Carmel-by-the-Sea hotel room, looked out the window, and thought, "I think today is my one year blogging anniversary."   Excited to see whether this inkling was true, I quickly powered up my computer and looked in the archive for my first post. "UNBELIEVABLE," rolled over my brain and out through …
Rose-colored walls
There is something so irresistible about waking up in an old-fashioned, quaint hotel by the sea (no offense intended hubby). Rose-colored walls, white shudders, and a mermaid carved headboard resonate with "my time." How lovely to have reached this moment in my life when such a blessing is possible. *Gift back to my empty self …
Change, that necessary monster of soul
"Winds of time, winds of change."    I never liked change—oh ruthless fiend tearing at my heart—but change doesn't mind me. He keeps coming back for more. Moving my son, yesterday, tore out a large chunk.    Maybe my aversion to change results from a tendency towards hopeless sentimentality. I move through life in emotional slow motion, reminiscing days …
Moving Day Mourning
Tomorrow is moving day. I will drive our truck down to Santa Monica and help my son, Josiah, move the last of his possessions into storage.  He had to sell or give away his furniture because our home and shed are full. Yet, neither he nor I could bear to part with the oak dresser his Uncle Steve made for him before he …
Grandma’s gone global
I never thought my mother would take my advice and start her own blog, but she did...with a little help of course. Here is her new site. Stop by "From a Grandma's Heart" and say hi.Â
“Mary, I miss you.”
I miss my former Twelve-step sponsor. I want to tell her I sang her favorite affirmation on the way to work yesterday, "This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad," and it worked. I felt my courage return.     I want to tell her that I sing this scripture …
In Honor of those suffering from human trafficking…
We can change the future if we seek to understand the past. This thinking inspired my daughter, Elya, to write her Senior Global Studies Thesis titled, Sex in the Company of Soldiers The Role of Japan’s Comfort System and U.S. Military Prostitution in the Development of Eastern Asia’s Contemporary Sex Industry Her research exposes Japan's use of "comfort women" as sex slaves, prostitution …
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Greatness
"I do not think all great men and women set out to be great. Nor did greatness befall them as they followed destiny’s call. No, they carved greatness out of the rock of life one chiseling choice at a time." This is an excerpt from a recent post on my ed tech site, http://jodeelunainnovations.com. You can …
Last Hurrah with Hubby
Nature fills our visual lungs causing us to breathe a little easier.  Multiplicity. This word best describes my creative dilemma—so many interests and so little time. One would think the last thing I need is another trip away. Yet, this is precisely what keeps the constant flow of visual images filling this creative eclectic's …
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