Monthly Archives: March 2012

Filleted Humans, Testing Spouse, Avoidance & The Rest


Let’s just call this a “Random Post”.  For those of you who haven’t noticed; I haven’t posted in what? a week? Sometime like that; not really sure.  That’s what “time-trippin’” will get ya!  Last I ‘remember’ it was about the … Continue reading

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Randomly Trippin’


So we’re off on an impromptu trip . . . there’s reasons for that.  Just a spontaneous kinda thing, tho’ we’ve been thinking about it for a ‘long time’.  We’re off to see our daughter and a few other things … Continue reading

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Southern Snow


Need we say more? Our version of a spring “snow” in the South.  Gotta love it.  And there’ll be purple snow later on . . . under the wisteria arbors . . . I guess it’s kinda romantic walking on … Continue reading

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Spring Has Sprung


Spring has sprung, springing a bit early and catching me by surprise. Say what you want about global warming – I think it is true. This is the second spring in the row where spring has come early and caught … Continue reading

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Sex With Kids: Forced vs. Coaxed


It’s an issue which has perplexed me for years; confounded me some, gotten me in trouble when people – including survivors who have had different experiences have misunderstood – and how many! times have I thought about it: the difference … Continue reading

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My Yard: A Song of Life


Right now my yard is indeed a song of life.  If you were to step out the door, you would hear a persistent humming; the gurgle of a creek, bird and bee-song.  There is the rustle of nuts (old and … Continue reading

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“You Don’t Have to Live Like An Animal Anymore”.


I put that title into quotes because that’s what I’m learning I have to tell my ‘kids’ – “You don’t have to be / learn like an animal anymore.”  You don’t have to struggle to survive, you don’t have to … Continue reading

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Why Ask Why Again


Well, it happened. We finally made some progress on some things: resolving some issues regarding our emotions, why we feel some things – and feel some things we don’t like to feel, such as a hatred of love.  This does … Continue reading

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Hindsight is not always 20/20


Hindsight is not always 20/20. When you are examining yourself to try to find out what went wrong – where, how, why, in order to understand how it can affect you today – sometimes you have to stand away from … Continue reading

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Issue Avoidance & Dancing Around the Scenes


Halloween.  LO (sorta nervous) L’s.  Good time of year to ‘write about it’ – or at least write ABOUT writing about it . . . which is a good nervous sorta way of going around it.  Kinda like beating around … Continue reading

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