“They Called Him the Maniac”
By Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The old woman with Alzheimer’s is protected
by her rowdy, bellowing husband.
He uses his big body to bar staff
and family from her bed.
Category Archives: other voices, other visions
Love and pain
Wiseheart Knits…check it out!
I didn’t expect to be blogging so soon after yesterday’s post, but there you go. I just had to introduce you to Sandi Wiseheart’s blog, Wiseheart Knits; and if you aren’t already a fan, I think you’ll become one. This gal’s the real deal, one of two crafting bloggers who are right at the top of my Fan List, not least because she’s a very funny woman whose posts are a pure delight to read. Read the rest of this entry »
Irreverently yours
The Bad Boy Himself
I have just been introduced, via the Internet, to Gene Weingarten, resident Bad Boy at the Washington Post, and I simply had to post this witty man on my blog. I hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the website, the link to which I’ve added at the bottom of my post.
Paean to beauty
Earlier today, as I was touring the Etsy website (for those of you who aren’t handicraft aficionados, Etsy is a kind of online hand-craft cottage-industry mecca) in my search for yarn to drool over, I came across a small business called “Lacewood,” the owner of which sells yarns hand-spun from angora bunnies that she raises herself. I followed this lady to her Facebook page, where I spent a very enjoyable few minutes looking at photos of her two home-raised angora rabbits, who she frankly admits are possibly the most spoiled and most loved bunnies on the planet.
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On harmony
If somebody doesn’t begin to provide some kind of harmony, we will not be able to develop sanity in this world at all.
Somebody has to plant the seed so that sanity can happen on this earth.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
For strong women
Cover of The Moon Is Always Female
[From "The Moon is Always Female," by Marge Piercy]
A strong woman is a woman who is straining.
A strong woman is a woman standing
on tiptoe and lifting a barbell
while trying to sing Boris Godunov. Read the rest of this entry »
