How do you let go ~ move past ~ grow beyond an experience which has brought you to your knees? Particularly when there are reminders of it everywhere you look? At this point you know that I document my existence with words and images fairly constantly. Not a week goes by when my Nikon isn't being … Continue reading Moving pictures
Category: musings
Resolved in 2011
image from jasonclegg.comDoesn't resolved sound so much more certain than resolutions? Let's have being positive be our number 1 item to resolve this new year! Achieving a balance between looking in and looking out is an item I'd like to master in this new year - consider it added to the list. I was thinking … Continue reading Resolved in 2011
Precious Metal
Why do we measure things in terms of metal? Consider the phrases which suggest the positive power of metal...." good as gold" ..."silver linings"... platinum blond." Think about it, though, What properties of metal would one really want in a relationship? Rusty strength? Susceptibility to the elements? Hmmm. When he and I first met, I … Continue reading Precious Metal
Malignant Marriage
image from: http://kfmb.images.worldnow.com/images/13630222_SS.jpgI've got strong feelings about marriage and cancer these days. Note: I said strong feelings, not clear or rational feelings. The cancer is on my mind because I've got some routine-ish doctor appointments coming up. Scans, and blood work and follow-up types of things. That, and the recent death of Elizabeth Edwards have … Continue reading Malignant Marriage
Now is the winter of our discontent…
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1518513696010150626nVocxnI'm not one to get all Shakespearean on you - in all honesty, I've never read an entire Shakespeare work in my life; despite having an undergraduate degree in English. But, this morning while I was looking out the window and watching the glorious white stuff fall from the sky, this quote just popped into … Continue reading Now is the winter of our discontent…
Weightiness
image from thejakartaglobe.comThis morning at the gym, I noticed that a regular member of the 5:45 class I take, was looking a good bit thinner. As soon as I saw her, I knew: something was going on in her personal life, her relationship. My suspicions were confirmed a few minutes later when she spoke about … Continue reading Weightiness
World AIDs Day
About a million years ago (or in the early 90's), I worked for a medical practice in Manhattan. The offices were on lower Fifth Avenue and the four physicians sharing the suite all practiced out of the now defunct St. Vincent's Hospital in the West Village. Three of the doctors were internal medicine guys, the other … Continue reading World AIDs Day
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