tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54841590343519043642024-02-07T12:13:09.237-08:00Sarah Shrugged"...take some risks today, darling..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-85704363521902357172015-05-09T21:05:00.002-07:002015-05-13T18:21:58.457-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">"How <b>bold</b> one gets when one is sure of being loved." -Freud</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-16895486125791333562015-04-17T21:20:00.002-07:002015-04-17T21:20:55.323-07:00the itsy-bitsy spiderWhen I see a spider in my shower, sometimes I worry that it's been too long since *I* was in there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-566770702724359632011-07-28T22:06:00.001-07:002011-07-28T22:07:51.492-07:00sunset, open car window, radio...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"THAT'S MY DAUGHTER. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have no idea how much she can handle."</span></span><br />
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Do I shut off the good that's flowing in because I'm scared and feel comforted by the illusion of control? Or do I let the good continue to flow in and TRUST?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-77335789034820942842010-08-01T20:18:00.001-07:002010-08-01T20:18:12.904-07:00small talk...hello?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-47232137949213009512010-06-16T19:36:00.000-07:002010-08-12T21:39:31.332-07:00(saturday)i accidentally walked by your house on saturday. i didn't mean to. i was so careful NOT to, on my way to the library. but. on the way home ....i was thinking about the rain, the bus card i had just given to that man, my bag of groceries, the final Twilight book waiting to be read. and i turned - a block too early or a block too late. and i stopped in my tracks when i realized. and almost turned around and went back the way i came. but that would be silly. what are the odds you would be home and looking out your window, the right window, at the right moment, so you would see me going by on the street just then. so i kept going. and felt sad. sad for no longer being able to call you up, or ring your doorbell, and say - hey i'm going by your house! and maybe stop in out of the rain for a bit. so i kept going.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-12529034883686373952010-05-29T17:02:00.000-07:002010-06-16T19:37:49.584-07:00today on my walk...I saw:<br />
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2 robins, looking at me<br />
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lots of fuzzy black caterpillars on the ground<br />
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1 cat laying in the shade (on the other side of the street so i didn't pet him)<br />
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1 rabbit laying in a "For Sale" lot of land ... maybe he was contemplating putting a home there<br />
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1 dog, looking at 4 rabbits. that dog wasn't quite sure what to do with himself.<br />
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3 ducks - 2 male, 1 female. the female made it clear which duck she preferred.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-48309738189962506532010-05-22T21:18:00.001-07:002010-05-22T21:18:51.521-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... the night wind blows possibilities thru my house ... </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-2238617126106470012010-05-22T17:45:00.000-07:002010-05-22T17:45:05.258-07:00everyone...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone should have their own porch or balcony... </div><div style="text-align: center;">a place to be outside, without worrying what your hair looks like. </div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-15340135108815485962010-05-04T21:20:00.000-07:002010-05-04T21:20:18.352-07:00dear head......please hold still<br />
...please stop spinning<br />
...please relax<br />
...please feel what you need to<br />
...please don't betray me<br />
...please sort things out while i sleep<br />
...please remember what it was like before. i liked it then.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-18852422558087356792010-01-23T20:49:00.000-08:002010-01-23T20:49:01.287-08:00Friday night<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dinner and ice skating... </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-69783185439911631292010-01-08T13:46:00.000-08:002010-01-08T13:46:02.760-08:007 to 10 days...we wait. and pray.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't make this, I just enjoyed looking at it. Happy Turkey Weekend, everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*talked with a man who is a retired cellist, after 30 years of being in a symphony orchestra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*that same man's grandfather invented powdered milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*talked with an 85 year old woman who received her first computer, ever, for her birthday last month </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*held 'magic' in the palm of my hand. and scrolled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my angle fits your angle</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so i hold you</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like Superman holds Lois Lane</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">while we fly off to dreamland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">together</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*talked with a man who was working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on 9/11. He gave me investing advice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*talked with an 80 year old man who I'd guessed for around 70. We talked about the new computer he had purchased.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*saw video of a bull snake eating a baby cat bird. The snake slithered away with a bulge in his belly. Hmm.</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-2603313514798224062009-09-04T07:07:00.000-07:002009-09-04T07:09:17.539-07:00I moved ... down the hall<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">In the craziness of moving, there is solace in that morning cup of coffee...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBokcCLA27yyxEpM2q2MxAQx3HYcSYnn41bjD7s1FkiAhbiAiaOCiSk89ffk_pE1Yy9UYCjaiaS27ToZpKSUFdzBQI0pHSzgo0xUCFAs5WhD_Z3EKWvc2fkMgrQk1riEk6GCuGFtSdDGQ7/s1600-h/moving+coffee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBokcCLA27yyxEpM2q2MxAQx3HYcSYnn41bjD7s1FkiAhbiAiaOCiSk89ffk_pE1Yy9UYCjaiaS27ToZpKSUFdzBQI0pHSzgo0xUCFAs5WhD_Z3EKWvc2fkMgrQk1riEk6GCuGFtSdDGQ7/s400/moving+coffee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377613952932711906" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-62698964880282218802009-08-12T22:04:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:06:30.381-07:00just 15 minutes...thought I got a parking ticket, but upon closer inspection – it was an advertisement ... "WOO-HOO!" i say, as i throw your advertisement in the trash...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-36748405556446185582009-07-18T10:26:00.000-07:002009-08-03T18:21:47.357-07:00a photo a day...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcfOURWuuZ2tWexGxVkZoyg3xprmO0yM3bg1DAWHm8_xcOu5V9w_xN3pbKXE89329bjwCsR0w0CrEV_7WTUHxelQFQ2RRMc9nwdhC_1QTECCTqwK_E7r568kpvlkHt7Kq3oTOb3r7yoM/s1600-h/pb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcfOURWuuZ2tWexGxVkZoyg3xprmO0yM3bg1DAWHm8_xcOu5V9w_xN3pbKXE89329bjwCsR0w0CrEV_7WTUHxelQFQ2RRMc9nwdhC_1QTECCTqwK_E7r568kpvlkHt7Kq3oTOb3r7yoM/s320/pb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359855152693146898" /></a><br /><div>portland. pirates. rain. dancing. jumping. mac & cheese. limeade. friends. love. *photobooths*</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-81643908627710047302009-02-01T21:29:00.000-08:002009-08-03T18:21:47.461-07:00bonus...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEV3J93rIzhzUscLguO7qqTut2tBiKuZUnN5PxOCeOQQU2vPgCbSITzkP8sBPj0m9L5piK3aas2U_E6_MHShaNju6tNkP7CQpZzpIKFufv3yRk27-IwEaB8vrnEAj5Ekm6bKUHGwWsL8/s1600-h/Sportsgraphic-Puppybowl-R.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEV3J93rIzhzUscLguO7qqTut2tBiKuZUnN5PxOCeOQQU2vPgCbSITzkP8sBPj0m9L5piK3aas2U_E6_MHShaNju6tNkP7CQpZzpIKFufv3yRk27-IwEaB8vrnEAj5Ekm6bKUHGwWsL8/s320/Sportsgraphic-Puppybowl-R.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298070443140761570" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484159034351904364.post-38263393657159312132009-01-28T20:24:00.000-08:002009-08-03T18:21:47.475-07:00bonus...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8K_nASzfY8KRRO_WLOmJ2CIpQa-H6NqhkyR3MFTz4O34XFmTbOa_tWmN5k5juE93bRRs0gml75Z268liFiw62gPtOJCn4y88RB-g9ep8QnkzozYUNvIi9LakrFikIXpDGVRAk9qMBIk/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8K_nASzfY8KRRO_WLOmJ2CIpQa-H6NqhkyR3MFTz4O34XFmTbOa_tWmN5k5juE93bRRs0gml75Z268liFiw62gPtOJCn4y88RB-g9ep8QnkzozYUNvIi9LakrFikIXpDGVRAk9qMBIk/s400/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296567172063815890" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0