Sunday, February 1, 2015

Pounding the Pavement and Getting the Message

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Yesterday was our monthly framily dinner.  I hadn't slept because I worked the night before, then came home to help make our contributio...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

An Open Letter to Haters Who Choose Violence

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  I know who you are.  I have been dealing with people like you for many years, and I feel sorry for you.  I feel sorry for you because you...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

A Lesson in Balance

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When I came out in 1990, I had traded my right to get married for my need to be true to myself.  To me, compared to languishing in the clo...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

My Dogs May Have Killed the Easter Bunny Before Indirectly Pooping in my Shoe

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Yesterday morning, I got home from working midnight shift and all I wanted to do was to crawl in my bed. My eyes were blurry from exhausti...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

A Careful Path of Hope and Wariness

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Today marks my 5 year anniversary of being cancer free. When people ask me how I feel, I tell them I feel good. I do. But I also feel tire...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

My Thanksgiving Blessing of Gratitude

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Today, I am grateful for all of my friends in Flesh and ether. I am grateful to the ancesters who came before and paved the way for all of u...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Finding a Lump in the Road

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I have been using essential oils the past few months to stay healthy, and to control pain. I was pain free for over two months until a bit...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A Sacred Kick in the Butt

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written August 22, 2011 Reverend Deane did her first sermon yesterday as the new minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint.  ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Eating a Rainbow

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I heard or read somewhere, that in order to get proper nutrition, we are supposed to eat as many different colors of food as we can.  Artifi...
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Hello Hips

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Hello hips, it's been a while.  I haven't been able to find you for the longest time.  You’ve been hiding under baggy pants and laye...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Fighting the Establishment to Fight My Fat

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I went to a restaurant for lunch today and ended up ordering just black coffee because there was no nutrition information on the menu, in th...
Friday, December 31, 2010

The Evolution of a Spiritual Tantrum

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(written December 26-30, 2010) I have always maintained faith in a higher power.  In my very early days, my higher powers were my parents an...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Language Void Bubble

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(written November 9, 2010) Yesterday I had my three year post cancer exam.  My CA 125 blood work was only 10.5, which is great.  My pelvic w...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Stumbling Along the Path to Exhaustion and Trying to Find My Way Back

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I love those rare, fleeting moments when my eyes can look directly into the face of the sun without being seared with light.  This morning, ...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

In the Beginning: The Story of Zen Wintergreen

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Written September 13, 2010 Sunday night, I left earlier than usual for work.  On my default radio station, NPR, was a show called “Radio L...