Tag: random musings
group name: womenwise
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July 05, 2006 04:19 PM EDT --
I used to balk at the term "Big Beautiful Woman". Something about it bothered me.
First of all, it was a foreign concept to me. Big and beautiful in the same sentence? . . . more
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August 29, 2006 02:29 PM EDT --
I walked in
lacking expectation.
But there you were,
finally,
looking in my direction.
I needed to see into
your clouded window,
recognize who sits
on your dusty throne.
When our eyes met,
a . . . more
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September 09, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
The wisteria is a deep purple
jolting a memory
of a deep purple deception
the lover who did not love
the deep purple flowers
given to exact . . . more
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September 24, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
Twenty years of love, hope, security, companionship, plans.
One year of fear, noncomprehension, anger, grief, pain.
Eight months of learning to unlove, to sever the "we" and become "I." . . . more
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July 21, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
Life is amazing with it's twists and turns. Just about the time we think we know who we are...just about the time we think we have it all figured out, something happens to remind us that we . . . more
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April 18, 2006 11:25 PM EDT --
I was reading another Gather posting by a nice young man named Joshua. In one of his comments he made reference to being open to anyone's single daughter. He seems like a nice enough guy, but rather . . . more
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June 08, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I am sitting here wondering why some women think they can change the men in their lives?
One scenario goes like this: A smart, savvy woman who has completed her education and advanced in her career . . . more
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March 30, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
A Middle Aged Women Looks At the Headlines
Sometimes I just want to scream.
Three days before I turn fifty
I wake to find a headline about
actresses entitled "50-ish and Hot".
Please . . . more
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March 07, 2006 05:37 PM EST --
i always have cold feet. it makes sense - poor circulation, coupled with extremely low blood pressure (50s/40s). my husband and daughter are space heaters, especially when compared to me.
at night, i . . . more
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March 30, 2007 09:15 PM EDT --
Recently my son and I watched Miracle, the Disney movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team’s victory over the Russians. That game was a defining moment of my youth: the ultimate David and Goliath . . . more
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April 18, 2006 08:11 AM EDT --
I found an old journal this past weekend and made the painful choice to read through it. It is almost twenty years old, and it covers most of two years with a few pages of the years after. Those were some . . . more
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September 18, 2006 02:31 PM EDT --
note: this is a pure, unadulterated ramble. by no means a finished poem, but more of an expectoration of words that were choking me, thoughts that needed release. shit, i couldn't even think of . . . more
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June 30, 2006 11:28 AM EDT --
I've been wondering alot about the moral compass that guides all of us. How deeply ingrained are our values? Are they unshakable? Or are they only unshakable because they have . . . more
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November 13, 2006 07:19 PM EST --
There are many different kinds of addictions, but one we don't hear a lot about is the addiction to chaos. A person addicted to chaos is uncomfortable when things are flowing smoothly. . . . more
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August 02, 2006 01:19 PM EDT --
This has been a difficult week for me. For the past seven days I've been waiting on the results of a biopsy that was done on me. First I just denied that cancer was even a possibility. . . . more
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June 27, 2006 10:26 PM EDT --
Summer's come to call
And with it brings a sweet kiss
Of bright remembrance.
Rainstorm do your all
To nourish parched environs
With your moisture rare.
Tree frog counterpoint
Lonely croaking pleas . . . more
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July 24, 2006 04:04 AM EDT --
I learned to knit at the age of ten after several attempts. Left-handedness proved to be a handicap when being taught by right-handed teachers. Crochet came much more easily. Don't ask . . . more
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August 15, 2006 04:29 PM EDT --
A landmark attraction in Palo Alto, the Stanford Theater is a cinema treasure by all accounts. Its splendid Greek/Assyrian style interior is dazzling enough; the mighty Wurlitzer theater organ, played . . . more
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August 18, 2006 04:23 PM EDT --
This has been a week of clearing away some clutter. Its amazing the connection there is between what is lying deep inside of us and what is reflected in our surroundings.
This week I noticed for . . . more
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July 27, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
I started on a journey that lasted many years;
I spent a lot of money and shed a lot of tears.
Three weeks of every month, I really felt quite well
But the week before my period, my life became pure hell! . . . more
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