Entries from May 2009

May 27, 2009

Life in an instant

Some of the best memories of my life are captured on Polaroid film. My absolute favorite photo of my eldest daughter is a Polaroid that hangs on the bulletin board in my bedroom. 
I still have my Polaroid camera and pull it out for semi-regular use. Nothing about digital beats the sound a polaroid camera makes [...]

May 27, 2009

And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Another new header from my now, not so recent, trip. That’s the sign for the Paris subway system. I love subways. Aside from the idea that you can hop on the train and go anywhere, I find I like the sounds of the stations most of all. If you find me in a subway station you [...]

May 12, 2009

Standing at the corner.

The newest header was also taken during my recent adventure to London. It is an illustration for the second life lesson I learned while wandering about on my own over there.
They drive on the other side of the road in England. I won’t say right side or wrong side-just a different side from the rest [...]

May 9, 2009

Love is patient, Trekkies are not.

I’m thinking about my roomie today. My roomie and  Captain Kirk that is.
ASIDE: My college roomie, Phaedra Weldon,  the writer (http://phaedraweldon.wordpress.com/). Author of the Zoe trilogy I call it sci-fi she says it’s NOT. What do I know I’m just bragging on her here.
Anyway, there’s a new Star Trek movie out. It’s garnering good reviews [...]

May 7, 2009

I don’t own a GPS.

 The new header is a photo taken during my recent adventure to London.  I took it on my  first day and it reminds me of a very important life lesson or two that I learned on the trip-the first of which is:
 Getting lost is okay.
I got lost a lot on that trip. My sense of [...]

May 6, 2009

Keeping it to myself.

For a long time I wrote about the emotional fallout from my ex’s adultery, our divorce, and the  amount of time I spent under the bed, not literally of course, trying to make sense of what my life had become.  I was, believe me, extraordinarily open and graphic about my pain and my attempts to [...]