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Monday, January 24, 2011

What you've got is what you want

Even in the midst of griping that I haven't got what I want in life, I have to admit, that what I have, I wanted more than what I'm griping about. It is so easy to look at things from the negative-- I don't want... to be alone, to be broke, to be hungry, to be... whatever. But that isn't much use,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Prompt: The Best Gift Ever

The best gift my second daughter ever gave me was a few paragraphs she wrote and posted in her LiveJournal for the world to see, a tribute to the better things I have been as a mom, and as the person she perceives in me. As parents, so rarely are we sure we got it right... It moved me so much, to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Prompt: Creative Space

You are working on a project... someone comes in and is interested... So interested that they are simply full of helpful suggestions and ideas! How does that make you feel? What is your reaction to that so helpful person? What is their reaction to your reaction? Where do you draw the line between... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

prompt: IQ, EQ...

Today I wrote on my Universe blog something about an alternative to intelligence as a factor in how we consider our worth as human beings, and how to quantify it. We have, in popular usage now, Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient... What factors are important to you, in measuring human... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 6, 2010

A New Prompt: Waiting...

When do you wait? Why do you wait? What are you waiting for? Is it your body waiting--for a bus, for the movie to start...? Is it your heart waiting--for welcome, for reassurance, for true love...? Is it your mind waiting--for connection, for understanding, for answers...? Is it your soul... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 2, 2010

A thought-stimulus

I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

prompt of a sort

Wordlovers... if you don't know this site, perhaps you are missing out... https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1276aa64ff6f7179 Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 8, 2010

post 102- HERETICS

The next time I woke, I followed the passage downwards. The deeper it cut into the soft stone, the higher the ceiling rose, up into a darkness beyond my penetration. The more niches there were,too, and much narrower than those in the family chambers. These were the poor dead, who had not the dignity... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 26, 2010

"Prayer of the Dragon"

Just finished this novel by Eliot Pattison... Excellent! Some years and books ago, Pattison created Shan, a Chinese detective with dissident tendancies, in contemporary times. His stories blend the ancient and modern, spiritual and technical, philosophical and political. They are set in China and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Prompt: Why do we talk about ourselves?

Sometimes, sharing news of what makes me feel happy, or accomplished, I have some notions that my exhiliration is something to be shared, that others who care for me will be happy for me, will celebrate my happiness with me. Sometimes, though, it is the part of me that wants others to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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