by marciadmin | Jan 25, 2014 | Thoughts, Writerly Talk
When I was young, I loved books with heroines that were impossibly hot. I’m not sure why. Perhaps I liked to imagine myself as that hot, but, like looking at the models in the magazines, they made me feel less than. Some of the descriptions I’ve never seen...
by marciadmin | Dec 30, 2013 | Thoughts
Christmas really sucked the time away. I’ve been running this way and that. With Charlie home, my time is not my own. It’s the old “you work from home so you can do whatever the hell you want”, except that’s not entirely true. He’s...
by marciadmin | Dec 22, 2013 | Thoughts
Gratitude is a powerful gift we give ourselves. When we are grateful, it’s impossible to be unhappy. I read that in a book yesterday that’s published by Hay House. My neighbor and friend, Maru, had borrowed it from the library and let me read it....
by marciadmin | Dec 18, 2013 | Thoughts
This year, it doesn’t feel like Christmas. With everything that’s been going on, it’s been really hard to get into the Christmas spirit. Charlie and I are trying for Lily’s sake, but when you are visiting the hospital every other day, and...
by marciadmin | Dec 15, 2013 | Rants, Thoughts
So, Culver City has banned plastic bags. Well, the plastic bags that stores put your purchases in. I’m not sure if I will have to pay to get one now, or if they are completely banned, but I am less than happy. Why? We reuse them as trash bags. They are the...
by marciadmin | Dec 11, 2013 | Dreams, Thoughts
I woke this morning from a bizarre dream. It wasn’t scary, just… weird. And I woke up because my arms were tired. (They were over my head.) I was laughing in the dream, but let me start from where I remember it. I was up at my parents’ house. Dad was...