Tag: random musings
member name: Linda Douglas
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June 08, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I am sitting here wondering why some women think they can change the men in their lives?
One scenario goes like this: A smart, savvy woman who has completed her education and advanced in her career . . .
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July 15, 2006 09:30 PM EDT --
It was a soft summer evening. The sun was making its way to the western horizon leaving a subtle pink sky. I had finished a long week and looked forward to relaxation and an evening of music. . . .
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January 06, 2007 10:36 PM EST --
What happened to the youthful days
when bedtime meant falling onto the sheets
in the wee hours of the morning,
mascara streaks across the pillowcase,
too tired to wash face
after dancing and . . .
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May 29, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
I have known for many years that I have an addictive personality. It has been a struggle at times to bring myself back to life after falling deep into addictive thinking and behavior. . . .
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June 06, 2006 08:17 PM EDT --
Grasping for straws and searching for treasure,
Leaping to the moon.
Looking for silver linings and wishing on a star,
My heart keeps coming back to you.
Turning over a new leaf, starting a . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:46 AM EDT --
Where do skinny women put their children?
I mean, how do you carry a child when you have
no hips on which to rest his sweet bum?
How . . .
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August 07, 2006 06:25 PM EDT --
Day long workshop
on attention deficit disorder,
forgot my knitting,
my fidgeting is driving me crazy.
I feel like I am going to jump out of my skin.
She gives us rocks . . .
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August 10, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
Cool, late summer breeze carries
the scent of rain and fresh cut grass
into the old church as the trio plays
Beethoven with passion and life.
I watch and wonder as the pages turn,
. . .
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September 10, 2006 01:25 PM EDT --
If you have never been hiking with a four year old you are missing out on one of the great joys of life.
Let me take you with me back to yesterday afternoon. I arrived at my son's . . .
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July 23, 2006 08:48 AM EDT --
Ode to Morning
Unrushed Sunday mornings,
Moving slowly . . .
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August 16, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
I was doing dishes, the hot water cooling my temper, while I thought about Rebecca D's article about the pregnant girl and how she felt about the young girl's presence in her daughter's school. . . .
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September 22, 2006 07:01 AM EDT --
Back to Work
Now I lay me down to sleep
a bag of chamomile left to seep.
Two days abed with cold and ache
tomorrow the alarm will awake.
Back to work I shall go
even if the nose need blow. . . .
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May 03, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
I woke this morning to the sound of the rain on the windows and the cars splashing on the wet highway near my apartment. The night had been a rough one. I had tossed and turned and fretted . . .
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May 14, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
The Bathrobe
I knew it was inevitable.
Genetics are the strongest force in the world
And there is a point when acceptance is the only answer.
I had seen her face in my grandmother
But still . . .
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June 03, 2006 01:13 PM EDT --
Splash and drip.
The rain falling again
on soaked grass,
filling creeks and rivers
lakes rising, roads wet.
Morning errands done
with raincoat and 'brella.
House chores done . . .
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June 16, 2006 09:09 AM EDT --
I am at work and I just got back from my morning walk. I found a great route that is basically a right hand turn out of the building and down Washington Street for a little less than a mile . . .
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July 27, 2006 08:34 PM EDT --
My mind runs in circles,
surrounded by angry vowels,
little A's, Big I's, roaring O's,
begging for my attention.
I see the words trying to form
from withered consonants . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Free Spirit
My father's youngest brother,
same age as my mother,
handsome as a movie star
with deep brown eyes.
I adored him.
His guilt for having
poured the coffee
that spilled . . .
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August 18, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Sometimes I wonder what "growing up" really means. There are days when I think I have "grown up" and days that I feel I may be lacking in maturity. But maturity is not the . . .
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September 10, 2006 02:18 PM EDT --
Mother Nature picked up her
paint brush this past week.
Stepping back to get a better view of the canvass,
she dabbed the tip of the brush in a little carmine
and started to make small delicate . . .
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