Oregon

We’re making the trip to Oregon in July to see my family which reminded me of the following journal entry that I wrote 4 years ago while we were visiting out there. I haven’t posted a journal entry for some time and this one is quite long, but if you’re interested in reading more, they [...]

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A New View

Despite the famous saying, familiarity is not always such a bad thing. Neighbors sometimes ask me how I can walk the same route down the beach each day, but what they don’t understand is that the beach changes with every tide. “To find new things, take the path you took yesterday,” wrote John Burroughs. While [...]

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6 Word Memoir Meme

I’ve been tagged this morning by one of my favorite bloggers, bookbabie, who just started a 6 word memoir meme fashioned after Not Quite What I was Expecting: Six Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. If you’re thinking what I usually find myself thinking, “oh no, not another [...]

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I’ve Been Tagged!

So, I’ve finally been tagged…the long anticipated, dreaded tag. I normally wouldn’t participate in a blogging game (mainly because I don’t like blogging games and I’m not very good about following rules), but because it was my dear friend Richard who tagged me, I’m willing to comply…partially. Therefore, I’m following rules 1 through 3, but [...]

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The Cure Inside

I’ve been reading over my old journals again, looking particularly at where I was in August 2002…still very much involved in figuring out how to be well, I see. Whenever I look back, it is always encouraging to note the changes in my health and personal growth since then. However, there are still some issues [...]

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Raspberry Fields Forever

I’ve been looking back again, prompted by a question my friend, Frank DeMarco asked on my last post as to how often I work with clay. I surprised myself when I answered, “pretty much every day”. It has occurred to me that pottery-making has become a main contributor to my current sense of well-being. [...]

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The Healing Art of Writing

I’ve started a new category on my blog called “Looking Back” that will include an occasional entry from my journals that date back to 2002 when I first began writing about living with and healing from IC. In general I try to keep my eyes on the road ahead and hesitate to look back too [...]

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Weeding

I went for a walk today and saw my first crocuses of the season; bright purple and white upward turned blossoms that had stubbornly pushed their way through the ground, breaking free at last from their long winter’s rest. It made me think of a poem I wrote many years ago while sitting on my [...]

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