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thinky thoughts about perception and presentation
A few weeks ago, I was told by several people that they enjoy the things I post on Facebook. This is something I've been told privately as well, and it always surprises me. I know it isn't about everything I share - I know that if I share medical articles, for example, that the discussion will generally be not so pleasant. Which frustrates me.
I' ( Read more... ) -
theatre adventure!
So Bones decided to go back into the world of theatre this spring! (It had been about 9 years since his last show.) He tried out for "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, and scored the part of Charlie Davenport. :) Great people, great theatre, and I'm so wicked proud of him. It's been a huge time and energy commitment, and so worth ( Read more... ) -
anniversary
Yesterday three years ago, I drove 6-1/2 hours to Carterhaugh...er, Portage...to go on a first date that changed my life ( Read more... ) -
a different sort of angel... David Mattis: March 24, 1973-January 2014
At my first haunt, Grisly Gothic Gables, sometimes we needed to have wall panels attached to the floor with concrete screws. One of our crew members, “Donk,” usually did this for us, so we called it ‘donking the wall.’
This past year - and many years since Grisly - while building the Chamber of Horrors, I found myself checking walls and telling ( Read more... ) -
...Oh, Christmas Tree
“I think it would be nice to totally redo the Christmas tree,” my husband mentioned as we drove back from one of his family’s many holiday gatherings. “I’d like it to have ornaments that are new, and that are just about us.@
It was sweet.
And I kinda wanted to scream.
Since the crumbling of my first marriage, and the lack of space for a full sized ( Read more... ) -
Lurk: March 1998 - October 8, 2013
"I have a kitten for you! Weren't you looking for a black cat..?"
Truth was, I had been, but had just been bamboozled by a thoroughly evil kitten (who soon earned the name Hades) into bringing her home from a pet store (and I think she's still the only pet I purchased rather than adopt). So the answer should have been no, I don't need another ( Read more... ) -
Thank you, Universe
Soooooooooo... how's it going down on earth, Dusti? You know, in time and space? Where thoughts become things, all things are possible, and dreams come true?! Are you totally kicking butt?
Oh, I see...
Uh-huh...
Right...
Ya don't say...
Dusti, I want to let you in on a little secret... E V E R Y O N E has issues... everyone. Even those who don't seem ( Read more... ) -
Hellfest!
So last Saturday, we decided to go to Hell, Michigan for Hellfest!
Hell, Michigan is one if the tiniest towns I’ve ever seen. Bones took me there last year on a surprise detour, and I love it muchly, even though the whole town consists of two stores, a tiny chapel, and a miniature golf course.
Hellfest is primarily a hearse event. I used to own a ( Read more... ) -
national bullying awareness month: ‘don’t be a monster’ anti-bullying campaign
I think it’s safe to say that we all pretty much get bullying = bad.
What we don’t get is what to do about it ( Read more... ) -
Thank you , TUT
"It may seem as if others can add to, or take from, what you have and who you are, Dusti, yet at the end of every day, what you have and who you are is entirely a function of your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations.
Ungawa,
The Universe"