Life

  • Dreaming

    I had a wonderful, happy dream this morning.  But it was only a dream . . .

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  • Time Travel

    As some of you know, I'm a huge LOST fan (and looking forward to the season finale this week).  I've been thinking quite a bit about time travel lately.  If I could go back in time and change things in my life, would I?  It's hard to say, given that I now have a different

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  • This, I Believe

    – Sunshine has healing powers, as does a long run, and the blossoms of spring.  – The internet can be a tough place sometimes.– Carol King is a wise woman.– Soft shell crabs can be a reminder that if you shed off your old skin, you can become something quite special, and often delicious.  They

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  • Strength

    Can be found in clean sheets, a bike ride (likely) in the rain, and in the voice of Elvis Costello.

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  • Reflections

    -  It is strange when the people who love you see you differently from the way you see yourself — it is just a reminder that we are always our own harshest critics.  – In the past few months, I've helped to raise over $3000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and over $7000 for

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  • Tears

      Pearls of wisdom from Gaping Void.

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  • 4 A.M.

    When I am upset or stressed, I wake up at 4 a.m.  On a good night, I can fall back asleep.  On a bad night, I lie there in bed awake, thinking about whatever has woken me up in the first place, until I go to the couch and watch mindless T.V., hoping to distract

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  • Gratitude

    I've mentioned it before, but in addition to having an incredibly supportive family, I've got some pretty amazing friends.  I truly believe that relationships with other people are the crux of life, and that you get out of them what you are willing to put in.  A million thank you's to my friends, especially Arielle,

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  • Have You Seen the Little Piggies Lying in the Dirt?*

    Look at that snout!!!  Don't you just LOVE it!?! I had the wonderful opportunity to visit a small scale abbatoir and farm upstate yesterday.  I learned a great deal about meat processing and fell in love with about ten piglets.  I swear I could have watched them all day.  Here's the photo gallery of piglet

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  • Dining

    I am waiting for one more major piece of furniture at the moment — a dining table.  For those of you who have eaten at my apartment, you'll know that my "dining table" was, for many years, my coffee table.  This is now gone, and I'm planning on having a proper table that can expand

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