I just wrote this out, half in a stupor, so I have no idea if it makes sense, but I needed a place to write this down before I forgot it all. I feel that some was already lost just in the waking process, hence the urgency to preserve. These things fade so quickly that it's important to stay awake & record them immediately or they evaporate like ( Read more... )

Recently I was presented with a meme that read: "We all need to look into the dark side of our nature… That's where the passion is.. the energy.. It is part of who we are…do not fear it… embrace it. Become whole…We are both darkness and light….."

I was then asked to reflect on this and respond. Here are my thoughts on the subject. I thought that ( Read more... )

After much time, meditation and deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that dreadlocks are not solely an African thing. They are not solely a Jamaican revolution thing. They are not solely a Tibetan monk thing. And they are not solely a high-cost, high-maintenance, hand-woven, salon-kept fashion statement.

Yes, they are those things for some ( Read more... )

OK folks. It is that time again.

Very, very rarely, do I speak out on any socio-political topics but every so often, comes a time when a person must speak their truth. so here I am. Take it or leave it.

By the way, Facebook says that socio-political cant be a thing... but I beg to differ.

I have seen so many posts lately, some up in arms and some ( Read more... )

Today, a friend said: "Its so strange that it does boggle my mind how we go through so much stress in our lives, deal with the sickness, sorrows, deaths, and forgetfulness, and how we still are able to keep going and shrug it off like it was just water on our skin."

I thought: "Funny you should mention forgetfulness ( Read more... )

A friend of mine posted this video on her wall. I have seen it before and on the surface, it sounds so enlightened and all that, but I had a negative reaction to it and I had to think about why.

In my mind, as a high end Empath, I feel that the difference between sympathy and empathy is very different than what was discussed here. The way that I ( Read more... )

Well... I knew it would happen eventually but it finally happened tonight. Apollo decided to try to jump the fence between my house and my neighbor around the corner. He got over but he was on tether and probably hung himself for a moment, until the fence panels snapped. I heard the fence breaking and he cried out in pain. No one is home at the ( Read more... )

I'm feeling pretty down tonight because I feel as though I've failed Apollo. He is fine, resting in my yard at the end of his tether. For now at any rate. I found out this morning that he can open a lobster claw type latch & free himself at will so I'm hoping that he chooses to stay put.
Yesterday, while off tether, he managed to hop over the short ( Read more... )

I thought that I had something to say. But then I  found myself staring at a blank page until the screen went dark. So many thoughts swirling around in my mind but all refuse to take the shape of sentences, words or even letters.
Thinking that I had more to say reminded me of a favorite song by Pink Floyd. I could just type the words that someone ( Read more... )

Okay so it's nearly 6 a.m. For the totality of last night, I had exactly one hour sleep. And then 2 hours later, I had another 10 minutes of sleep. Why? Shenanigans. Wolf games. And let me tell you something... I'm pretty effin' tired.
There is just one thing that I have to say. Apollo has lived with me for 2 weeks now now and in that time period, ( Read more... )