Daily Archive: May 16th, 2008
6 Questions Inspired by The Fly Girls on In Living Color
So I guess, some of the hardest rejection is that from a volunteer agency. I know in most cases, these are folks doing good and are just looking to fill slots, but it still bothers me. It still makes me angry for wanting to help out.
Summer is here, and that means so many things. Car windows open, sleeping under a sheet and not a blanket, so many things.
- If you had to pick, what is the one song, the only song, that is the summer theme song for you? What song makes you think of summer, and …
Fling It for the CW Wellness Challenge
Living consciously in your own body, the one you are stuck with, takes some energy. So many of us live in our heads. We read and we write, we watch TV and talk to friends, we eat. All done with our heads for the most part. But what we do above the necks has a direct effect on our bodies, either from what we’re thinking and talking about, from what we’re watching and reading, and certainly from what we’re putting in our mouths.
I encourage all of you to start living in your body again. Feel it move, the muscles ripple, …
Dandelions Cause Ruminations
The other day when I was pushing my children around the neighborhood in a stroller, I stopped and stooped next to my two-year-old son in the front seat.
“Look, Ben! Dandelions!”
I carefully gathered a toddler-sized fistful of the yellow bits of sunshine and presented them to Ben for him to explore and admire. A quiet “wow” look spread across his face, and then he stuck one in his mouth, quickly pulling it out, disgusted by the taste.
I was lost in the sentimentality of dandelions. I remembered my first fistful of dandelions lovingly plucked by Mikey Rogers when I was five as …