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I think I might be losing it...
My grandmother is dying and the family is trying to come together from the four corners, so to speak.
I know this is stressful.
I know we are all feeling it.
And I just finished having a solo screaming fit after another conversation where mom went off on me.
I'd said, "I'll just find you guys when I get there" when discussing my arrival time and it, ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Local Favorite
I'm in Sedona, AZ--definately the red rocks.... -
We’re baaaaack!
I woke up early this morning thinking about LJ.
So here I am.
Short Update for those who care about those things:
We got back from Tanzania. I was everything and nothing I hoped for and expected. It was perfect and horrible. I think I can speak for both of us when I say we learned an immense amount about another culture, ourselves, our culture, our ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: What Makes Your Friendship Work?
We laugh together
We talk about things that matter to us
We try to be patient with each other
We try to keep it real with each other to
Plus, we tend to know good people when we find them......
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Once A Queen….
Every now an again, I realize that I am a drag queen. It’s not fully like I forget, but the knowledge just gets put on the back burner for a minute or two before the flame takes over.
While translating a work plan document from English to Kiswahili, the Hubby & I were holed up in the office and listening to Ella Fitzgerald. After about an hour, the ( Read more... ) -
What We Do
I have had a number of people ask me, “What exactly is it that you do, now?” or “What are you doing there?” over the past few weeks. I put this together to answer people’s questions. Some key points-CES is not a nonprofit, but does offer affordable rates to nonprofits (without any profit, we couldn’t pay rent). CES is donating time and services to ( Read more... ) -
Revival
Once upon a time, when I was serious about my vocal training, I was working with a pretty strong 3 octave range. My mid to high range was the best of them all-full, soulful moving notes. A few years ago and on a whim, I joined a short-term band (anyone remember Seminary Road and our performance in an Arlington bar? I think I remember itsagrrl being ( Read more... ) -
Almost a Farmer’s Wife
Happy Memorial Day
So, I had this realization while here.
There is a huge part of me that is a crunchy granola girl at heart. I mean, I always suspected that I might have this tendency what with my anti-bra experiments in college (that was an unattractive look for me with my DDs-and a lot of uninvited movement going on under my shirts), penchant for ( Read more... )