Monday, January 17, 2005WOMEN WITH MUSCLESIn the 1950's women didn't have muscles, unless they lived and worked on a farm. Of course everyone has to have muscles or they couldn't stand up, what I mean is they weren't supposed to have muscles, the kind of muscles that showed and were a symbol of strength. The fifties woman stayed home,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 3:38 PM Comments (13) (link) Sunday, January 16, 2005MY MOTHER IN METhe worst thing anyone can say to me is "you look like your mother." RG does it when he thinks I'm acting badly and he'd like to throw a bucket of cold water on me to stop me from whatever it is I happen to be doing in the moment. That comment always makes me cringe. My initial reaction is usually... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:31 AM Comments (20) (link) Saturday, January 15, 2005FAHRENHEIT/65A warm, damp breeze, swept over me. There was a swooshing sound and I was startled awake. The shear, white drapes were billowing out into our bedroom. The window was open. I lay there listening to the combination of RG's light snoring and the pelting rain on the hall skylight. I'm disoriented, it's... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:11 AM Comments (9) (link) Thursday, January 13, 2005ANIMAL SENSEElephants headed for the hills in Thailand before the tsunami struck and saved the tourists who they were carrying. In a national park in Sri Lanka most of the men, women and children who were staying there were killed when their lodge was flattened, but the elephants, buffalo and deer survived. In... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:18 AM Comments (13) (link) Wednesday, January 12, 2005THE LANGUAGE BUBBLEFor several years I lived in Europe, first in a commune in Austria and later in Munich Germany. I never formally studied German beyond the set of Berltz tapes I played over and over on my Walkman before I left America. Out of necessity, driven by survival mode and my innate desire to communicate... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:39 AM Comments (9) (link) |
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