So I got this Spam in my email today. What I don't understand is how people who ostensibly HAVE read y profile and have some understanding of my background and history seem to know exactly as much about me as the 'person' who sent me this.This email says the person has read my profile and that it was interesting. And today I feel like everybody who ( Read more... )

days without tears ( Read more... )

Buy me Ice and Fire, I said

the sound of his guitar

screaming in the echoes

of the screaming in my mind

this pain

and this one

I dance on razor's edge

fire to warm the

icy blade thrust

though my spirit

ice to sooth the flames

that sear my vision

see me clearly

the melting blade

the cooling flame

buy me Fire and Ice

Today a room full of "artists" found out what happens when the group facilitator brings the severely depressed model the music that she loves most in the world. Then they got to see what happens when somebody complains about the music and makes them turn it off. Some people really need to understand that the most important person in the room is the ( Read more... )

I'm grateful for people who answer the phone when I call at the time I said I would ( Read more... )

I'm grateful for a very full weekend ( Read more... )

I have to say that a lot. "Why didn't i see you at X private event?" I wasn't invited. Yes, I knew it was happening because you all posted that you were attending. A High School reunion. A Deadhead family get together. My Mom's best friends' Memorial. But I Wasn't Invited, so I didn't go ( Read more... )

I'm grateful to be reminded to do this practice ( Read more... )

Lake & I ran into Jerry Garcia one night at a gallery opening in early 1995. She told him how in the early 80s she had come from Japan as a tourist, went to her first Grateful Dead show and never went back. His response to her was "I'm so sorry". This is her letter to her clients about the tragedy. It is eloquent and heartbreaking. I ha to share ( Read more... )

I'm grateful everybody I know in Japan is safe ( Read more... )