I Am This Woman

… expanding my universe.

Lap Dog

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lap Dog, originally uploaded by tigerwillow. (17 of 50) My 40 lb. lap dog, Miss Lucy. She is not allowed on the couch unless in a lap, so it works out [...]

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Koans

(10 of 50) I used to write koans when I was in graduate school. Dealing with really brainy, weighty ideas and analytical thinking all day makes you want to play with abstractions and absurdities. Here are a few. (A koan is a brief saying or teaching. The more you think on it, the more the [...]

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Thanks For Calling!

(4 of 50) I have a total aversion to voice mail announcements. And this issue seems to be escalating in the roster of Annoying Things. Is there anyone who doesn’t know to wait for the beep? When I get someone’s voice mail announcement, unless they have a habit of changing it to reflect some information [...]

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Wake Up, 50 is the New 50

Always with great intentions for writing posts, I think about my blog all the time. I eat at a restaurant and see an interesting/funny table. “I’ll blog that!” Then I forget. When driving along, I see a bumper sticker or hear a song, and a confluence of ideas takes place. I think, “ah, that would [...]

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Lucy in the Park

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lucy in the Park, originally uploaded by tigerwillow. Lovely girl. It’s been six weeks since her adoption, and she now notices a pattern to the days. I get herded to the [...]

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Raucous Caucus

(It’s been a while since I posted, so this is a catch-up catch-all entry.) Tuesday was the Texas primary and it was a corker! In our precinct, there was a preponderance of Obama supporters but still Hillary managed to pull nine delegates vs. 21 for Obama. And she won the state, but not by the [...]

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What, I’m Not TiggerWillow?!

  Your Score: Rabbit You scored 21 Ego, 14 Anxiety, and 18 Agency! IT was going to be one of Rabbit’s busy days. As soon as he woke up he felt important, as if everything depended upon him. It was just the day for Organizing Something, or for Writing a Notice Signed Rabbit, or for [...]

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