When you are on ghost duty, getting away with only a bat encounter comes as a relief. At least, it did for me.
There are other times in life, I’m sure, when a bat encounter would not be a welcome surprise.
Sitting in the near-darkness in a cabin deep in the woods, I prepared myself for anything that [...]
Happiness is yours; it grows from the opposite of what you expect.
Instead of control, it grows from letting go.
Instead of stuff, it grows from simplicity.
Instead of the need for 15 minutes of fame, it grows from planting flowers and vegetables in an abandoned city plot, anonymously.
~ Geri Larkin
I love social media.
I have two blogs. Two Twitter accounts. I’m on Facebook. I belong to countless online communities.
So I understand the lure, the pull, the sexy side of it. Even though I have all this stuff, I know I don’t always use it in a productive way. This has bothered me a bit more [...]
Do you believe in ghosts or paranormal activity?
The older I get, the harder it is for me to answer no to that question. Part of me feels downright silly typing this post. But that other part of me — the one that is preoccupied with this ongoing situation — feels the need to get it [...]
Last night, there was too much noise.
There was enough noise and mayhem to send me running for the sleeping bags and outdoor gear.
We’re heading out of the city to unplug, recharge, refocus and relax.
I’ve traveled in too many directions lately, juggled too many balls. This week, I lost my way and dropped all the balls. [...]
Life is odd, isn’t it?
My Girl from the East does not know the name Michael Jackson.
We don’t own any of his music. There are no pictures of him in our house.
But right about the time MJ died, Girl from the East found this one white dress glove and started wearing it.
It is a right-handed glove.
Sometimes [...]
For the sake of all humanity, do not say these things out loud:
“I really had a crush on you back in the day.”
”Do you still have your fat clothes, because I know someone who could use them.”
“Tomorrow I’m going to relax and take a day for myself.”
When you utter these words out loud, they hurtle [...]
No one is sure how it started.
Maybe I tweeted the idea of meeting other Detroit-area bloggers. Most certainly rockanddrool.com took the idea and made it a reality (thank you, thank you, thank you). It doesn’t matter. We planted a seed. It sprouted.
Last night we reaped the harvest: Five of us Detroit-area bloggers came together to [...]
Kitten-becoming-a-cat has found a way to calm himself. It lasts maybe five minutes. It’s a start.
“At what point do our interests, passions and pastimes cross over into that shadowy zone that separates normal and pathological?” *
This is the question I ask myself after reading this article on the Psychology Today Web site. I found it through a link on Twitter. I was on Twitter after a quick check of e-mail and [...]
