It Hurts When I Stop Talking (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/walkinbird Always had a love of cinematic fare. No, I'm not talking about the popcorn and Red Vines. I realize, first it was the scores that captured my attention. Back in the Seventies and Eighties, the only way to enjoy a portion of the movie experience at home was to purchase and play the soundtrack album. Star Wars, Chariots of Fire, Top Gun...I know I'...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:09:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/746899 I am grateful to my rabbi. I have not been brought up in the Jewish faith, but I prefer the honor of calling her by the same name Jesus was called by his followers, Rabbi. She is a true teacher. She prepares us for the message of other teachers in her absence. She has called on us all to identify our strongest values and to use them, meditate upon them, ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:02:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/746246 I have long been a fan of Cameron's The Artist's Way, and I started off this year reading it dutifully in small snatches of morning time. This morning, due to it and little nudges in daily life, I saw through to something. I am in mourning. I am mourning the loss of childhood as it relates to me. It is not just MY childhood I'm wrapped up ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:52:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/745211 Entered 1-7-12; minor correction 2-3-12 Deleting email creates an effective meditative state. I just considered the viability of blog readership. My blog entries have purpose. Sometimes I hope and even brag to others that they must stop what they are doing, and go read my input. Most often, I think it becomes more a repository of notes to myself, and I&...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:30:12 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/743571 Reflection Nature and Stance Three tenets of my own meditation practice; and not always taken together. I easily fool myself and elude my practice, much like I walk determinedly everyday to some degree, but side-step stretching and the care (before or after) that would give my tense, sometimes spastic, leg muscles more flexibility and capability. ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:06:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/739335 I came across a phrase in the forward of a book I was perusing on an internet sales site last night. My home computer's history would remind me where I was and who I was reading (and out of fairness, I'll sneak it in here later). But it was the content that grabbed my attention, not the whys and "what for" queries detailists might ask. Th...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:47:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/738449 Walking the path of every celebrating child tonight, my heart takes note of all that delights a child's soul. To talk of prosperity, not all connections to this universal idea come down to monetary wealth, of course. Nothing causes a more forlorn existence than to live and forget the bounty that exists in the world to the mind of a child. Children a...[Read Full Post] Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:54:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/738284 Entry number two-hundred; should I be proud? The item I place here is less blog journal, more a pre-meditated project that I did not start when I first intended...so, some of the power is already sapped out of clocking it in now as entry number two-hundred. I've had a depressive-manic-average kind of day for a mom with a family. Some of me is stil...[Read Full Post] Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:31:24 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/738201 I think I'd like to blend about three ideas together in a kind of marathon lead-up to NaNoWriMo this year. One is an older idea I recall having but never acted on it fully; to write a poem everyday as practice and then make the collection of them available monthly. In other words, write in the preceding month what I want to publish and sell for the n...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:18:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735634 Twenty-five years ago, I made a speech to the members and guardians gathered at the annual state convention of Job's Daughters. That gathering is called Grand Bethel, and the speech was actually a Librarian's Report, a requirement to close out my year holding an honorary State office for the young women's organization. I was able to capture ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:01:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/729370