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Moving On
To my LJ friends:
I've recently moved the journal which I've kept here, off and on for 14 years, to Dreamwidth.
My Dreamwidth ID is ThisNewDay and I've set up my account so that all of you have access, should you choose to find me there ( Read more... ) -
Ambushes
Those in mourning soon become aware that there are ambushes all around us. Things which unexpectedly trigger emotional responses. And because they're "ambushes," they can occur at times and in places where they're socially awkward or otherwise difficult to deal with ( Read more... ) -
Markers
These journal entries are beginning to feel like so many nameless, numberless markers of the days since she passed from this life into the next ( Read more... ) -
Day Two
Yesterday, for the most part, I felt no ill effects from my re-entry into the world of personal fitness, though one might wonder if such a lack of noticeable effect might mean that there WAS no effect ( Read more... ) -
Yay Me!
After several months of saying how I needed to get back into my daily fitness routine, I finally did it. As in, I just finished a few minutes ago ( Read more... ) -
Early Morning Songs
Up at 4 AM, I listened to a new song by Willie Nelson called, "Now That I'm Old." And he talks about all the things that he doesn't have to do, "Now that [he's] old..." Which is something that Willie can say because he doesn't have two daughters minding his business, lol. But the truth really is that I'm lucky that way ( Read more... ) -
Purgation
It had been, he thought, as he arose from the ashes of the days and weeks and months which had been shared and suffered between them, a purgation by fire ( Read more... ) -
The Lovely, Disappearing Light
In the dream, she was like a picture that he might've seen in a family album from many years ago. A picture from the days when that amazing light still lived in her eyes so that, when she came into a room, it seemed like no one else was even there ( Read more... ) -
I Guess This What They Mean By One Day At A Time
Just finished installing the washer and dryer which I had brought over from the old place in Eastwood. Actually had the washer in yesterday and even did a load of clothes in anticipation of the dryer being finished the same day. But had a problem with the gas hookup due to the sub-par setup left behind by the previous occupants ( Read more... ) -
The Valentine - Postscript
As a postscript to "The Valentine," I'd like to extend my dedication of this story to all of us who've lost someone we've cared about, someone whose place in this life will never be filled, regardless of what may someday come to us, in poetry of words or melody of song or even in new love which may, in that future moment, capture our hearts ( Read more... )