Mistakes
It's funny how a bird who doesn't know how to be with people will act. Snow White doesn't want to get near me so I don't pressure her, but I pick up all the birds... More »
It's funny how a bird who doesn't know how to be with people will act. Snow White doesn't want to get near me so I don't pressure her, but I pick up all the birds... More »
My husband pats my shoulder before he goes to sleep the other night and I am instantly angry. Irrationally upset. I don't say a word, but I am still stewing about it the next day. ... More »
It wasn't looking for me, but I couldn't help crouching down when I felt the Thunderbird flying by this morning. I recognized its presence. It made me think the medicine man I talked to yesterday... More »
The Gift Driving for home, it is late and I am tired. My heart begins to vibrate. I am getting close to that place where my understanding shifts. I can feel myself slipping into "Elsewhere".... More »
This is a book I never thought I'd see. There's only a few of them and I can only read it while I'm sitting in the library because of the restrictions on it, but I... More »
When I was fourteen I made vanilla shakes for a doctor who visited me on Saturdays at the pharmacy where I worked. He always sent me a box of chocolates on my Valentine Birthday. In... More »
It happened again. This time an adult song sparrow hurt her wing smashing against the window. We watched as she started to swoon with the pain. So you know me, I walked outside, let her... More »
A baby yellow finch bonked against my window this morning and sat on the ground. The ice is melting, but it's still chilly for a tiny hurt bird. I went outside, scooped him up, and... More »
Driving to an appointment today that I forgot about yesterday, I fantasized about pulling off the road to take a nap. Work was so boring I hardly had a pulse. The last stoplight heading out... More »
Care of the Soul The Body's Poetics of Illness By Thomas Moore Psychoanalysis has made elaborate attempts to chart connections between psychological experience and physical ailments, but generally both psychology and medicine have been reluctant... More »