Crazy good insight into the song. Never knew it could be interpreted this way. It's like you have an inside line w/McLean!
Your blogs are always inspiring and a means to acknowledge goodness. Thank you for your many posts. I know where to go when I need to read about hope and uplifting blogs. You are divinely spiritual but you post things in a very human way.
Great quote.
Like you, I anticipate many things when I wake up. I'm trying to reflect in thanksgiving before I get out of bed. Helps me start the day right. I just posted a sort of thanksgiving blog. Even though you may think you come across as a grump, you don't strike me as one. Your day sounds like a pretty easygoing day and you seem pretty easygoing for the most part (at least to me).
Even if you blog about something routine, it's new to your blog buddies. I sometimes treat my blog as an online journal, kind of moving through the day or week or whatever I've done since the last blog. The "wonder" of things can sometimes be found in the ordinary. The real "wonder" is that you are alive and wake each morning anew to either go about your routine or be surprised by something! So have a "wonder"-ful day/week/year!
A friend who went to culinary school in Portland, bought a bottle of this for us. Delicious with almond-crusted roast pork loin, sauteed cauliflower, and buttered yams. Bristol Farms and several specialty wine shops carry this line. I just may buy a bottle for my birthday!
Wish your integrity could be cloned and injected into anyone serving the public. We'd have a better land.
Mmm... got an extra chair?
"The type of family you are is reflected in the catalogs you receive." Crate + Barrel, Swell, Pottery Barn, L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, Williams-Sonoma, Design Within Reach, Guitar Center, MoMA, Grainger's, Acacia, West Elm, Viva Terra, Stonewall Kitchen, Athleta, Title Nine, Sundance . . . am I missing any catalog?
Ever thought of starting a petition against someone like this? I'd participate.
8 years of Catholic schooling w/an hour of Religion meant memorizing the Catechism and reciting it. Grueling. Similar sitch to Anacoana. CCD classes were for those who wanted to become Catholics. During those years, I saw nuns exact corporal punishment on other children, including my brother. It was a humiliating environment if you were a strong-willed, lazy, loud, unprepared, shy, or learning disabled kid. I know I left out other adjectives, but I was terribly shy. I once did an oral report in front of my 5th grade class, but was so nervous, my uniform skirt was trembling from my knees knocking. All the kids in the front row were watching my knees. The kids in the bad were staring at me in amusement, as I opened my mouth to speak. No sounds came out. The nun stood in the back of the class and shouted, "I can't hear you, you need to SPEAK UP! After attempting to speak, my face was flushing w/tears streaming down my cheeks. Still no words. She then marched me to the principal's office and sent me to detention for disobedience. This scarred me for years. I was so nerve-wracked by the time my mom picked us up from school, that I began breaking out in hives. Today, this would be called abuse. I'm inclined to believe that religious ed should spring from each family, not a school.
Man. I can totally relate to your predicament. You seem to be very fit and active (as I am for the most part), which makes it even harder to deal with limitations. While everything that still needs to be done remains undone, don't let that tyrannize you. Maybe you can heal while doing mental work. At least that's what's helped me. Reading can be one of the best ways to allow oneself to grow by finding new subjects related to what interests you. Blogging (limited degree) can help pass time while still connecting w/buddies. And stretching your ab muscles which are connected to your lumbar area. Aleve has helped but doesn't entirely take the pain away. In addition, I take Flexeril and Hydrocodone (as needed). The good news for you is that your condition will heal and get better. Mine cannot be reversed (Stage 1 spondylolisthesis), but I can prevent it from going to Stage 2. Stage 5 requires titanium pin fusion. I don't want that, so I'm doing every preventative measure possible. I'm seeing a PT who works w/my husband, so that is helpful. Sending you my empathy. Read!
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