You’re chocolate. You’re the old soul type, peoplefeel that they have known you their entirelife. Many often open up to you for they viewyou as thoughtful and trustworthy. Althoughpeople trust you, you have a hard time trustingthem. You prefer to keep your feelings bottledup inside, or display them very quietly. It isalright to open up every once in a while. Which kind of candy are you? brought to you by Quizilla Thanks to Mr Hell’s Kitchen who is a jawbreaker….
My son Ben suddenly stopped calling his stuffed animals “lovies” and started calling them his “sleeping partners.” John and I raised our eyebrows at this. I talked to him about it and he says that’s what they now call them at the church preschool. Very odd. I explained that sleeping partners are not stuffed animals, but real live people that you sleep with. His response? “Well, then if you stay with me when I have a bad dream, are YOU…
If anyone knows what kind of leukemia Sontag had, please comment. Perhaps it is selective pattern recognition – but first Jean-François Lyotard, then Edward Said, now Sontag – all intellectuals dead of leukemia. This is from a speech Sontag made in April upon receipt of a literary award. It talks about literature in a way that signifies to me the very best of her motivations and drive. “A major novelist is one who understands a great deal about complexity: the…
The Tsunami is a major natural disaster and the death toll is rising. It doesn’t yet approach the death figures of Iraqi civilians, however, which Americans have yet to mourn or take responsibility for. And my hero Susan Sontag has died of leukemia. Another major light fades. Susan Sontag, Author and Activist, Dies at 71 And one year ago today, my father died at the age of 68. I play “Moonlight Sonata” in honor of the dead.I send prayers of…
Gather the Women | GTW Global Altar This is a beautiful page of prayers for peace from around the world and from different religious traditions. Wonderful.
May You Find Joyand Deeper UnderstandingIn Your Festivalof Light, Love and Peace Advent – Boxing Day – Chanukah – Christmas – Epiphany – Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Festival of Lights – Kwanzaa – Modranect – Natilis Invictus – New Year’s Eve – Poinsettia Day – Ramadan – Saturnalia – Sol-Nal – St. Nicholas – St. Lucia – Taeborum – Tet – Virgin of Guadalupe Day – Winter Solstice – Yule