http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/Satori54/index.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768 the random bits, occasionally coalescing http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93908.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I hated having to move, hated the angry energy of the forced move...and I love being here.More later when I have "real" internet connection. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:14:51 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93908.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93600.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= Ah, the exigencies of life. I had hoped to stay somewhere closer to where I have been living, keep my gardens and greenhouse.Instead, I get to live in the "City Different".Longer commute to work. Be Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:29:14 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93600.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93550.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I was just called this by a new friend, who seems like a friend from many, many lifetimes.And I know he's right, and I'm honored to be recognized.It's my best self, my on-the-edge self, the growing ti Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:27:51 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93550.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93301.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= What's a relationship, anyway?Had a long conversation this afternoon with someone I've been emailing for a bit on another site...Seems like he's looking for something very traditional, even after a co Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:06:21 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_93301.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92630.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= oh how lame is this...Here I am New Year's Eve, hanging out with my boys (my twin orange and white kitties) who are dancing on the rafters and pulling my socks out of the laundry basket. I'm watching Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:33:17 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92630.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92487.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I chose to eat them, you know.I wasn't forced, exceptperhaps by my own need to go further and deeper.Now I'm still, a frozen root,held inwinter'ssilent gestation ofgrey, dun, white and dark.The rememb Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:30:16 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92487.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92398.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= "an Anglo-Indian loan word derived from caṭnī (Kannada: ಚಟ್ನ Hindi: चटनी, Urdu: چٹنی, Tamil: சட்னி), a term for a class of spicy preparations used as an accompaniment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:38:54 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92398.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92360.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I am in dire need of the loving care of a house husband. I work odd hours in a very stressful profession, and as a single woman, I am sadly bereft of daily positive input. I am very capable...I can us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:53:23 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92360.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92178.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= power downreminds me of what I perversely miss about winter in the northeast...those inevitable blackouts.I grew up in rural Maine in the 60's, in a little house on a big lake. Our nearest neighbors i Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:43:44 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92178.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92166.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= and on another note, and perhaps brighter, two poems that speak to me of "usefulness", of finding meaning in what we do.Working TogetherWe shape our selfto fit this worldand by the worldare shaped aga Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:55:38 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92166.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92164.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= lacking rhyme and reason of late, dimmed and somnolent;brief daylight, cold nightsevoke preliteratedreams of warm, dark caves, leapingshadows, bright glintsplatonic shadows;inchoate imaginingsof the y Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:17:35 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_92164.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91733.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= Just traversed a big portion of the country, middle to middle, and am so amazed as always at how big it all is.I had such a good time doing this drive , from Topeka to Belen, (irregardless of any whi Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:07:05 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91733.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91659.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= yup, I love Gray's Anatomy.it isn't the most realistic show when it comes to actual events, and frankly, it pisses me off that there are never nurse protagonists..the scenarios are outrageous; there's Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:03:05 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91659.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91544.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= For various reasons, I'll be in what Ravyn calls the "refugee ward" for a while. Have fun!j Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:58:51 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91544.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91433.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= it turns out i am an inconvenient womani am too smartapparently very frighteningand i will always betoo willingto trust words in the voidi am always ready to walk my walktoo availablewilling to tell m Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:26:09 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91433.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91389.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I have cats again!Last one avait se suicider on the road out front. He was never very friendly, just ghosted about.I now have a pair of adolescent brothers, orange and white, hanging out with me. One Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:37:41 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91389.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91364.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I've been thinking of late about how gifted I am in my friends, and how they sustain me.My friends actually know all my warts (and calluses and wrinkles and warps and idiosyncrasies, my lacks as much Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:57 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91364.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91303.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= This is a time to reflect, to deal with the "stuff' of the last year, to lay ghosts to rest before we go into the dark time of long nights and short days.It's been an interesting year, one of learning Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:46:13 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91303.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91216.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= I am quite tweaked about how lovely and prolifically my "winter garden" is growing...I've been harvesting beets and turnips and lettuces and radicchio and carrots for the last few weeks, plan on doing Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:17:49 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91216.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91212.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m= This morning in my usual omniverous grazing, two passages stuck, one from the intro to a book of nature essays by Diane Ackerman, the other from an interview of Thich Nhat Hahn."...the known world, wh Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:46:39 -0800 http://personals.dallasobserver.com/blog/2594/post_91212.html?dcb=personals.dallasobserver.com&site=ss&who=r,n0cAqb9tKjCYEmi2btqAq8_pVulcskgmngldmc2g/myFN8epMH_Q6TZQD8sdM3qikjEqWhFK08cp1nZF6ZCsTsMPvUPp4u3YmTWKXMfesCQ22j0nWzbvAzw7zMdIAO3B&pid=g931768&m=