I could be a member of Binging Anonymous, a new 12 step program, and while going public removes the anonymity from this fellowship, its just a handful of us in the blog community who will know. Binging Anonymous or BA for short could also be known as lip-smacking snacking anonymous (L-SSA), though L-SSA admittedly fallsContinue reading “Sit back and binge”
Category Archives: Meaning of Life
An off the hook dilemma
Can I continue being “off the hook” and work part time? Now that I’ve re-entered the workforce working about 10-15 hours a week, the question I labored over before accepting the position was whether I could remain “off the hook” and work at the same time. When I started blogging ”off the hook” nearly fiveContinue reading “An off the hook dilemma”
Two Sentimental Slobs
My father had many qualities, some good, some bad. One of them I like to remember him by was his unusual sense of humor. That’s why I keep one of the birthday cards he sent to me nearly twenty years ago when he was still going strong in his eighties. On the front cover areContinue reading “Two Sentimental Slobs”
Not intelligent right now
Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout: but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out. The last stanza of the famous “Casey at the Bat” poem isContinue reading “Not intelligent right now”
Saving ourselves from ourselves
When born in 1952, how was I to know that in a country I never heard of thousands of miles away there was a vicious war going on? The tanks and soldiers I played with were just make-believe. For me, reality was my play world, not the world blowing itself up outside of it. IContinue reading “Saving ourselves from ourselves”
Wired and wonderful
Wired. Everything and everybody seems to be wired today. That’s what the researchers say, the TED Talk storytellers, Bruce Springsteen, advertisers, neurologists too. Brene Brown PhD LCSW says humans are “wired for connections, it’s in our biology. As infants our need for connection is about survival. As we grow older connection means feeling valued, accepted,Continue reading “Wired and wonderful”
Learning to learn and not be lost
Nobody has escaped the ravages and surprises of 2020. Practically everyone has written their reviews of the year. And while this posting speaks to it, it goes beyond it as well. Death was around me in 2020 even before the pandemic kicked in in March. First, it was my first cousin R. who died tragicallyContinue reading “Learning to learn and not be lost”
Spike Lee called
Spike Lee called. He was looking for Indigo. He saw her in “She’s Gotta Have It”, a Netflix television series and knew she was perfect for a short film of his, “Broken Bird” that he wanted to produce. It was about a biracial girl, 12 years of age, struggling with her culture and identity whileContinue reading “Spike Lee called”
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