to bring a bit of this heart: learn to dance here

within where one travels: a foggy morning in which we are the weather

a hush to the air they're calling for

a latitude north

almost

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I am preparing to walk a two day marathon and a half (39 miles) walkathon to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer and to raise funds for women who, like me, might have a lot to live for (small children, etc.) and yet not have the money or medical insurance to cover their treatment were they to find themselves with breast cancer ( Read more... )

someone sent this to me via email and i didn't open it until today b/c i was sure it would be some shmaltzy crap that would make me barf (yeah i have a bad attitude sometimes so sue me) but instead it made me cry (which is rare). maybe one of the best most REAL things i've read about being a mum--sentimentality and whatever (or maybe i'm just ( Read more... )

I recently suggested to my belly dance instructor that I might take the name Shekina for my special belly dance name and asked her what she thought of it. She emailed me back asking me to reflect on what the name means to me. In response I wrote this, right off the top of my head ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was walking and I saw these two posters hung up on a streetlamp right next to eachother ( Read more... )

another friend sent me this to honour mother's day: "Happy Mother's Day! I thought this was interesting and worth sharing. The original Mother's Day was about peace ( Read more... )

What will-o'-the-wisp whips from the east ( Read more... )

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