“…But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” -Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 I would have to add to that short list. Change. I think change is certain. Empires rise and fall. Flowers bloom and fade. The years tick away, absorbing our youth and elasticity. […]
Archive > August 2012
WHAT?
Telephone. Remember that game? Everyone sits in a circle.The beginning of all riveting games. One person whispers something into the ear of another person and it travels the circle. Usually, what is spoken at the end is a far cry from the original statement. Something gets lost somewhere in translation. I like to call this […]
D is for…
Most pictures say a thousand words. But this picture screams one simple word. “Dauntless.” I was drawn to this picture. There was something about it. So I bought it. My husband and I had stopped for food and a break a couple hours into a routine nine hour road trip. After hour 13, the routine […]
S is for…
Should I stay or should I go? This blog needs to start with a preface or some sort of disclaimer. I doubt this is concurrent with blogging protocol but some things must be done. So here goes. I am not trying to offer advice or counsel. This is simply my journey. If you have a […]
T is for ticked off
That seems fairly obvious doesn’t it? I mean, do I really need to spell out what being ticked off looks like? The small child in the grocery store. The tantrum thrower, lying on the vinyl flooring, arms waving and feet kicking. Unintelligible shrieks and sobbing noises come from the flailing body. We pretend not to […]
