There is a mystical quality about Trust: it is a commodity freely given and shared, unless the receiver is irresponsible with it. Then they are banned from ever having our Trust again (at least from me, without a long period of penance and suffering on their part).
But the funny thing about Trust is that we give it to [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Sanctity of the Workshop
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Writing on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Making the Rounds
Posted in Family, Heavy Thoughts on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My mom’s health, as with us all eventually, is in general, gradual decline. Her newest ailment required a trip to a new doctor, which in turn generated a referral to yet a different specialist, plus the requisite round of new tests. There is suspicion that the conditions her regular doctor’s been treating for years may [...]
Weaning
Posted in Light Thoughts on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To withdraw (a person, the affections, one’s dependency, etc.) from some object, habit, form of enjoyment, or the like; to detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted; detach the affections of; to gradually withdraw from a life-support system (I like this one!); to detach usually gradually from a cause of dependence [...]
Night Noises
Posted in Light Thoughts, Writing on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I live in a rural community, with leanings toward bustling suburbia. The bustle comes from a dynamic through-way; the rural from the myriad of farm animals, many kept as pets. Coming out of a Subway one evening, the kids and I noticed a woman walking her goats down the sidewalk, just like all the West [...]
New Lesson
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Say exactly what you mean, and what you intend, and what you are thinking of. It may shut doors, it may open them, but either way you’ll know where you stand and why.
Learned by sniffing around for a self-created job, and was either ignored, not understood, or not needed.
