Just imagine if we could all be ourselves. I’m not sure we wouldn’t kill each other, but no doubt we would let out a collective sigh of relief. The expectations of others is only outdone by the expectations we put on ourselves. The pressure can be immense. I feel like one of the bennies of…
I fell on Friday. I’ve been hiking Piestewa Peak (Squaw Peak) for almost a year. I hike the summit trail and it’s taken me a long time to get up to speed. When I first started my knees really hurt on the decent so I wore straps on my knees. Eventually I built up my…
Set me free. Leave me be. I don’t want to fall another moment in your gravity. There are songs that touch me as a human being and then there are songs that touch me as a woman. This song is one of those songs. I’m sure there are men out there that feel this song,…
You know that scene in A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson says, “You can’t handle the truth!”? I know he turned out to be a maniacal nut bag, but that line sticks with me. Most of the time I disagree with Jack. Our government is too complicated and what are we really building in…
I live in the United States of American. Today is Election Day for us. We are a fairly educated country. There are all kinds of outreach programs and initiatives to inform voters about the candidates, the issues. If all that doesn’t work, the ad campaigns, commercials and celebrity endorsements should do the trick, right? And…
The towel bar in my bathroom is broken. Well, it’s not really broken, but the round part slips off the wall bracket and then the bar falls out and onto the floor. I’m pretty sure all I need to do is tighten the little screw at the bottom of the round part so it stays on…
Van Gogh never sold one painting while he was alive. Unless you count the one his brother bought, which really doesn’t count. A lifetime, short as it was, without selling one painting. Forget the monetary gain or the fact that he lived off people his whole life. What fascinates me is there’s no pat on…
Last week I had to go to the post office again because my mail lady is a crazy person. I know we live out in the middle of nowhere and I know our house is down a hill, but if you can’t hang then don’t become a New River Mail Lady. We have a fairly…
I watch Dexter. I’m just starting Season 3 and I love it. I don’t watch it on TV because I hate TV, remember? I buy the seasons and then try to cut myself off so I don’t sit and watch the whole damn thing straight through. Dexter must be the reason I haven’t finished writing my…