I have to keep reminding myself that it is still summer.  With Harvest hanging heavy in the air, it feels like Fall to me even though temps are still up there and the calendar says otherwise.  Of course, having the kids go back to school also contributes to that “summer’s over” feel.  We’ve had the last [...]

Ahhhh.  The kiss of a summer breeze sailing right through my work room window.  So delicious.  We got up to almost 100 degrees yesterday for the first time this year, but we’re on our way back down again and should be into the high 60′s to low 70′s within a week (?!).  Right now, it’s [...]

That’s the name of one of my favorite books.  It’s by Iyanla Vanzant and through it and a couple of her other books, ”Yesterday I Cried” and “Value in the Valley,” she relays her own personal story and gives valuable words of insight and wisdom.  She also specifies fairly often in her books that they are [...]

I actually look forward to the Mercury Retrograde that hits in 3 days.  Things have been so jacked up that I figured any incoming energy can only make it better.  Since Mercury usually sets things right on its ass, maybe this time, it will turn it right side up again.  Things have been so bad [...]

Cut for boringness (mine, not hers)

“Well you really got me this time and the hardest part is knowing I’ll survive.”   Emmylou Harris, “Boulder to Birmingham” Emmylou wrote those words to express her grief over the death of her singing partner and mentor, Graham Parsons.  The song is rife with pain and heartache, as most good country songs should be.  Still, [...]

Every day since it first turned up missing, Monday, I have combed the house for my wedding ring, trying to imagine new and original places where it could be hiding.  Surely it’s in the pocket of this blazer in the back of the closet that I haven’t worn in 7 years.  Perhaps it fell into [...]

Yesterday was a beautiful lotus flower floating on a stagnant pond of fetid swamp water.  It was a peaceful oasis of joy and tranquility.  My skin tingled with the joy of it all. I am so grateful for that day. My life doesn’t suck, not nearly as much as it could. I am completely aware [...]

It’s a false peace, mind you, because nothing is resolved or managed.  There’s just quiet calm and for now, I’ll take it. I looked forward to the boys returning to school and knew that they really, really needed it.  There are no two different personalities on earth than my two youngest sons nad because we [...]

Last weekend, I went on my annual trip to Southern California to the General Hospital Fan Club Weekend.  Most of my photos ended up being of the field trip we took to Santa Monica, so I’ll just include those. Here they are:  http://www.katrinarasbold.com/santamonica.htm