Rolling around again
What do you think of when your birthday rolls around again? This year, a general assessment of some positive shifts in understanding boundaries and the dynamics of friendship.
A Birthday Memento from Bev
Bev – one of my very best friends ever – was so amused by my birthday narratives that she sent me this in the mail today. Hee-hee.
All in All, A Wonderful Birthday Week
What a week. Really. On Monday and Tuesday, I was still recovering a bit from the effects of the pollen overload on my system. I went to work, but I was dragging. I was starting to look forward to my birthday, but I wasn’t sure what there would be in celebration. I got a few things in the mail – a cd, a book by Slavoj Žižek (looks like he ripped off Jean Baudrillard in this one), a voodoo toothpick…
Weekend plans
In my new daily planner, I made a list yesterday of the things I need to do. They are roughly in order of priority: Get a present for my nephew Go to my nephew’s birthday party Learn how to use Gantt Project Create a master plan with timeline, resources, and subtasks for work Take down the Christmas tree – yes, really Get an oil change for my car Do laundry Call Mom and Gramma Pack away the clothes I’m not…
Birthday Time
My birthday was yesterday and Oh! I love birthdays now. I love holidays. I love celebration and joy. Every celebration heals my soul, even now. After all this time, there’s a small part of me that is making up for all those missed celebrations of my JW childhood. I am sorry that I have not been posting very often. I enjoy my job, but it is tiring. When I get home, I prefer to spend my time with family and…
Happy Birthday Gary Snyder!
My friend Grateful Bear is celebrating the birthday of Pulizer-prize-winning Zen eco-poet Gary Snyder, and I’m joining the birthday party! Happy Birthday Gary Snyder! The Modern Poetry site (Dept. of English, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) has an interesting subsite on him that includes the following: “Conservatism has some very valid meanings,” he says. “Of course, most of the people who call themselves conservative aren’t that, because they’re out to extract and use, to turn a profit. Curiously, eco and…