It Hurts When I Stop Talking (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/930577-It-Hurts-When-I-Stop-Talking Thought of this as I licked an oversized Yoplait YoPlus aluminum lid...It resembles a thought bubble. Suddenly I'm imagining scrapbooking and using it as a bottom layer for a journaled thought bubble over some picture. Then the picture inhabitant will have a thought bubble (mind-cloud) with a silver lining. I also have to use these puns eventually...[Read Full Post] Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/664737 Think I'll write an article titled, "Banishing OK...alright?!" I noticed at least twice today, co-workers asked the usual, "How're you doing today?" And I said, "I'm all right." But it was a mutter, a question as it came from my lips. ) It certainly could have been improved by at least being a rousing, "AH, ah, ah,...[Read Full Post] Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:32:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662333 I fall into things on the internet, like a crazy scavenger hunt where you aren't given a list; just return in an hour with the most interesting item and story. I know that, often, it immediately feels like wasted time unless I do something with the info I find -- email it on or share on Facebook. SCBWI was an association (at least in abbreviate...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:00:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/662116 Despite my years of study having recently come to an end, and facing graduation this weekend, I've been a bit ambivalent. In a way, wishing that time didn't feel so stretched now. "Get it over with already!" Like I can't face all the attention. I don't want to believe it's the usual worthiness issue -- it does easily feel that...[Read Full Post] Thu, 28 May 2009 02:13:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651976 In just another three weeks, my church community is holding a graduation ceremony for me and the two other students completing professional Religious Science practitioner coursework. Last night, our teacher, Rev. Karen, and her assistants, Monica and Linda surprised the three of us students with what I'll call a threshold ceremony. I have seen and re...[Read Full Post] Mon, 11 May 2009 02:15:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/648655 I will do my best to be up at 4am and join others globally in affirming the healing of Mother Earth. Since I only now looked up the ceremony details, I will be doing this solo, rather than gathering others. I will do it by candlelight, with seeds and lavender as offering, smoke purification and water cleansing and prayer. I am glad to have been given the...[Read Full Post] Wed, 06 May 2009 02:11:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/648405 My uncle asked me once, if I could choose a new career -- any, regardless of whether I had experience in it -- what would I want it to be in? And I answered readily, Art conservation. I just have a romantic notion about it, certainly. Very much like my imagined cloistered monk illuminating manuscript pages over a lifetime. There's a desire for that a...[Read Full Post] Mon, 04 May 2009 19:19:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/648203 Intriguing. I just get back into a conscious mode to write -- dilligently, and continuously -- and up pops one of the "quick blog entry" windows. I was not expecting it -- I think that I just "moused-over" that space on the screen. And here it is, and I could "X" it closed, but instead I write. Good for me. I think that I sho...[Read Full Post] Mon, 04 May 2009 02:22:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/648097 <a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/geek" style="text-decoration: none; background: url('http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/css/img/quiz/geek_badge.jpg') no-repeat; display: block; width: 268px; height: 82px;"><span style="display: block; padding-left: 125px; padding-top: 28px; color: #000; font-family: Arial; font-siz...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:10:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/628179 There's an environmental consulting squad newly poised at the edge of every suburbia in the States. They're calling themselves Green Irene(s). I was intrigued when I happened across the business model on the Internet. Happened to be the same day my company's parent filed for financial restructuring on a massive scale, you should know. Under t...[Read Full Post] Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:30:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/624335