For me, life has an endless soundtrack. Some people see their memories in colors, or smells, or maybe as little black & white movies, or a faded snapshot of a moment, but I see mine BOLD and almost always set to music. Maybe I watched a lot of films, but for me, almost every memory […]
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Tanuki – Sake and Tasting Menu
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Long Distance Relationships
My significant other (aka Man-Friend) and I have been together (on and off) for over 2 years now with a majority of our time spent on different continents. Timeline (and so you can see our frequency of face-to-face visits): December 2017 – Met – California, United States January 2018 – Started communicating regularly February 2018 […]
Recently a post on social media reminded me of something… I was previously married! This was when I was 19 years old – and because I have been divorced for well over a decade now, most the people in my life have no idea, and as I stated, even I tend to forget about it […]
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How to Help
Survivors guilt is “when a person has feelings of guilt because they survived a life-threatening situation when others did not. It is a common reaction to traumatic events and a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)”. Along those same lines – many right now may be feeling something similar, knowing they either aren’t sick, or […]
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The Gift of Life
Lately there’s been a focus on dividing the generations and (seemingly) pointing blame at one group of people or another. There’s also a careless attitude floating about with a sentiment of “COVID-19 only kills the older people” …as if that’s something not to be concerned with? Getting old(er) is a gift, a priceless privilege, and […]
“Toy Store” (from the Sidewalks Of Paris Suite) – serigraph on Coventry paper by Liudmila Kondakova I alluded to an exciting purchase recently in my post about my “February in Review” and this was it! Mind you – this does not do it justice, and in person, framed, matted and displayed it is even more gorgeous! […]
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Love at first sight?
With the old Valentines Day 2020 fast approaching, I thought it was an appropriate time to discuss this concept. Do I believe in this? No, and here’s why: Love requires respect, admiration, trust and much more. Those will never be established or built in a moment – therefore “love at first sight” really can’t exist […]
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I don’t want children
As a little girl, I never really played “dolls” or “baby” games. I don’t know why – I do recall HAVING a small baby doll, but I didn’t have much desire to pretend to be a mother or nurturing type of figure. I never wanted (or tried) to be a babysitter during my teen years, […]
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