tina on June 21st, 2008

When I walk in public places, I find myself searching the faces of strangers, wondering what their tragedies are. We all have them.
Anyone who tells you life is a bowl of cherries, easy-peasy, cloud nine, is full of it.
That doesn’t mean life can’t be full of joy, but joy isn’t dependent on what’s happening to [...]

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tina on May 21st, 2008

From Sterling Hayden, a passage that has given me pause this morning:

To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea… cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs [...]

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tina on March 13th, 2008

Once upon a time there was a mom who had a little girl, and really the mom was just a girl herself, so having a little girl wasn’t something the mom could quite grasp. The little girl was a treasure but she was a hidden treasure because the mom (who was really just a [...]

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