Sniffly nose, slightly woozy feel. No Friday night out for this gal!

First, a Buddhist clarification of why it's good to desire and the difference from "attachment" (thank you Kiki ( Read more... )

In my home. Approximately 50 people. Lots of food, wine, beer, parental friends and relatives, kids, conversation! (lots and lots), stories, laughter. Twas a good party. They really enjoy each other's company and it was a wonderful inter-generational event.

Athena invited you to "November Céilí Dance!!" on Saturday, November 21 at 7:00pm ( Read more... )

"...we've taken one kind of intimacy--the type in which our partner accepts and validates us--and convinced ourselves this is what intimacy is per se. Thus, we assume that intimacy hinges on acceptance and validation from our partner. Likewise we've confused "good communication" with being understood the way we want and getting the response we ( Read more... )

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Anyone know of a good hotel to stay at in Seattle for taking some boys down for some fun lacrosse stuff near Sammammish?

Much downtime last weekend except for ( Read more... )

May long weekend in Whistler, staying at my dad's condo because...it's grad weekend and my daughter wanted to experience it, and I didn't want to be very far away. More on that later maybe. Many bemusing events ( Read more... )

I have decided to hire a "professional organizer". A woman in my haikomi group weight loss class. To prepare for her magic touch to give me a system that will "work" and a beautiful space, I have gone through in the last week and a half my whole office area and have put out 5 yellow recycle bags of paper, 3/4 of a garbage bag of mostly ( Read more... )