Category Archives: Along the Continuum

Fleshing the fat from the meat

softness…

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe … Continue reading

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investments

How invested are you? Do you write your fairytale or do you live it? Just curious…..

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chasing happiness

Don’t bother, you won’t find what you chase. Happiness chases us. We only have to stop long enough for it to wrap its joyful arms around us…like love…it’s there with us all along, right behind us, waking the same path. … Continue reading

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lather, rinse, repeat.

Like a bad stain on your favorite blouse, lies eventually come out in the wash. Yet, the faint discoloration of deceit lingers in the fibers. lather, rinse, repeat…..

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Under the Radar

Who am I? Why do I write? I don’t remember a time not writing. First letters, first words, first sentences, first cards to Mommy, letters to Grandpa, stories about vacations, pink pubescent diaries, obligatory poetry, reports with the circles and … Continue reading

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What then?

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower … Continue reading

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Wisdom….

Question: Based on your prior posts, your interpretation of how to deal with things you can’t control in life was : “Once you are able to honor others choices without taking it personally, you will be at peace”. What if … Continue reading

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So far…..

Bombs dropped in conversation to me but mentioned as conversation with another, are not ok. I was talking to him this weekend and he said he knows I want to move back to Denver.  Blink All my friends, the kids … Continue reading

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the 3am insomniac

Dreams continue to invade my normally sound sleep. Last night, the night before, and the night before that, too.  When it happens it’s always the same.  I wake in the wee hours of the morning trying to process the remaining … Continue reading

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there’s a reason

I should know better.  I don’t purposefully give out this blog address to many. Sometimes what I write is incredibly verbose, self depreciating, mean; you name it. I don’t often take posts down.  I let my human nature show.  Sometimes … Continue reading

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natural….nothin’

A bit of a rant this morning, and something I’ve been chewing on for some time now. I hear it and see it all the time; someone is “a natural”, especially in the lifestyle.   Natural submissive, natural slave, natural Dominant,  … Continue reading

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introverts

I found this on the web somewhere last week and shared it with my housemate.  She is on the extreme end of extrovert.  It’s interesting how we can accept each other but we don’t really understand the why of how … Continue reading

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dragons

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are really princesses waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence something helpless that wants our love. Rainer Maria Rilke, … Continue reading

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the heart of decay…

“Not that sex should be regarded as therapeutic or to be taken for medicinal purposes-only a dullard would hang such a millstone around the nibbled neck of a lay — but to approach sex carelessly, shallowly, with detachment and without … Continue reading

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Flat

I don’t do flat….. No one should. It speaks of sheep; cold, numb and dumb; lifeless, not worth it. Why the hell would anyone do what is not “worth it”?

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