I have to admit this song is an obsession for me right now. I've had it as music for awhile, but it has only been in the last week that I have really listened to this. And when I did, BAM! hit me hard. Knocked me over in fact. Ever have songs do that? Wasn't over impressed when I first heard it, so whatever moved me came internally. Jimmie Dale ( Read more... )

I find it interesting that even though I am along in my
years (i.e., mid 40’s and all) that a single sight, sound, or smell can
instantly transport me back in time many years. Case in point, I was out and
about a week ago, and in the midst of my meanderings in town, this little woman
crossed my path on her way to sit at her table. Without any ( Read more... )

 How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?

I entertained an in my head fantasy for the majority of the weekend. I’m just recently single as you know, what you may not know is that this weekend , my former love and I were supposed to go together to a bear event about 2.5 hours away from here, in Roanoke. As things are now, I didn’t go, but he did along with ( Read more... )

Yanked from yuricapoint.com - worth the repost and funny.....

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.

I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual
lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that ( Read more... )

 So, Osama has met his demise with some bullets to the head by US troops. A sigh of relief around the world, this man, this man who was responsible for the deaths of so many, this man who brought America to a complete stop and altered the way we have lived our lives for over 10 years is now dead, identified and hastily buried and on his way to Davy ( Read more... )

So this past Thursday I traveled across the mountain over to Asheville to participate in DOFL (Dining Out for Life). WNCAP (Western North Carolina AIDS Project) is the local ASO in Western North Carolina and the recipient of funds collected on this DOFL day. Non profit organizations such as this live and die on events such as this, in fact, this is ( Read more... )

Face book has brought me back into contact with numerous people (friends, family, and acquaintances) from the many and varied marker events in my life. It’s through the interaction with these contacts that I begin to see just how much I have progressed in my 47 (gasp) years. I tend to think of people in relation to certain events and the ( Read more... )

Many of you know that I am in the midst of writing my dissertation. I'm almost there and ready to complete this chapter of my life and move on to the next. I'm looking at health service utilization among HIV positive MSM (men who have sex with me) in Appalachia. I'm conducting interviews as part of this qualitative research project. I am ( Read more... )

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 Each of us is ultimately alone ( Read more... )