Last Night’s Dream

Okay, WTF?!?! This was a freakin’ cheerleader camp, but it wasn’t. I don’t even now, really. It was set up in the guise of some celebration of achievement. Top caliber who-evers from all over the country… and for the big presentation, all of us recipients had to learn… a big choreographed number. Yeah, how gay […]

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The Velveteen Giving Tree Rabbit

Much and many thanks from my heart to <codeboi> for bringing a dear thing back into my lifewith a new context that is nearly unbelievable. I ran some errands with Todd to the northland…my stop was a bookstore, to return The Velveteen Rabbit to my life. The odd thing…I knew before entering the store that […]

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Poetry from the Hole

Some conversations lately (namely with <poztatt> and <forgelives> have gotten me thinking of some stuff I read some long time back. This one in particular is eight years old. Just re-read it. I could have written it last night, after reading some posts on my list… I suppose some would say I am no longer […]

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the beautiful singularity of being

On the topic of signs, hidden symbolism, fate, destiny or that everything-happens-for-a-reason crap, last year’s experience with chemotherapy helped bring my perceptions of my own life into infinitely sharp detail… Every event in my life from earth shattering to incidental showed me its impact on who I now am, who I shall be, the road […]

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