Ever since our little flood event here (which occurred toward the end of September) we have been down to one bathroom. The other bathroom - the downstairs bathroom - is disembodied, as is the rest of my whole lower level. There is more to talk about here, but I don't want to start such a [...]
Month: November 2010
I think I need a time-out…
I am not sure where the semester has gone, but with only four weeks left I am wondering how time managed to fly even those days when I wasn't having have all that much fun. I don't know that I fully understand time. It never seems to cooperate with what I want. When I wish [...]
Phenomenal woman, that’s me.
Today I am reflective about the power that living fully within one's spirit feels like and I am reminded of Maya Angelou's poem, Phenomenal Woman. I love the confidence and the sense of self she portrays in that poem. Her power is unmistakable and unapologetic...her voice is steady, sure and knowing...she is phenomenal. I strive [...]
I gotta’ have faith…
I cannot say that I say this often, but I am with George Michael - "I gotta' have faith." Today in The Forum there is an article about an upcoming article in Men's Health magazine that ranks Fargo at 94 out of 100 cities in "religious devotion" (the magazine's latest Metrogrades comparison). I won't even [...]
Many people have eaten my cooking and gone on to live normal lives.
I was sick on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday it was a challenge to remain upright without passing out or throwing up. Thursday I was able to remain upright, but the general malaise remained. My first inclination when I get sick is to blame something I ate. I keep eating my own cooking after all these [...]
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace…
Noah in Kandahar in 2004 "The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." ~Douglas MacArthur I too pray for peace and I recognize that the price of freedom has come at a much higher cost for some than others. Today I [...]
OH CRAP, SHE’S UP!
My dear friend Barbara sent me an email last week which included the following statement: Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground each morning the devil says, "OH CRAP, SHE'S UP!" Oh yes...I do believe I have become that kind of woman and I find it quite comforting. You know [...]
THE NEW FORTY 