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Jessica Barksdale Inclan's Blog
November 20, 2009
- In one of her blogs yesterday, the one entitled "Living Through Difficult Times," Fiona Robyn wrote the following, quoting as she did: "The third thing is something I read in a Buddhist magazine - a quote by Reverend Master Daishin. He said, "What comes is a gift as it shows us what we need to offer." This last word wasn't what I expected, and it took me by surprise. ...
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November 19, 2009
- Okay folks--it's radio time!I know that many of you have been interviewed on many fine blog based interview shows, but tonight will be my first. I wil be on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/phoebe-jordan from 6-7.30 PST time , tonight, Thursday February 19th. Phoebe is a member here on redroom.com, and a real supporter of all things romance.Call 347-857-2123, and just give me some grief. ...
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November 19, 2009
- Last night after a nice but busy and often physical grueling day (yard work in the afternoon--see me with a bow saw and watch out!), I sat in front of the television and watched Love Story as the lentil soup cooked.I don't know when I saw Love Story for the first time. It came out in 1970, when I was going on nine, though I know I read the book (found it under my mother's bed). I remember ...
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November 18, 2009
- I never really thought of myself as a big wuss, a whiner, a person unable to take pain. Hell, I gave birth the old fashioned way, and one of those babies weighed ten pounds, twelve ounces. Sure, I screamed, "Get it the hell out" at one point, but then the minute he was born, I was right as rain, except for the stitches.I've broken wrists and fingers and fallen off a galloping ...
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November 17, 2009
- One of the bon mots a teacher tossed out to me once was, "Readers love to learn as they read. Teach them something. But don't let it show."So true. And, the teacher went on, it doesn't have to be rocket science. It can be the way to make an origami crane (actually, that might be rocket science), the best way to wash a cast iron pot, eat a corned beef sandwich ten inches high, ...
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November 16, 2009
- We don't like what's real, at least initially. The house goes on the market and we take off the screens, expecting no one to notice, expecting prospective buyers to believe that no bugs fly thisaway. The house is pristine, a wall of glass looking out to the horizon unperturbed, a single eye from which to view the future.When we put an ad on Match.com, we don't write, "I'm slightly ...
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November 15, 2009
- Michael and I belong to a club, a cooking club, made up mostly of our really good friends. So it doesn't have that element of "clubness" to it, members only folks seen on club nights. Really, it's more of just a monthly party to which we bring food or cook food. Last night, we were to bring a Persian dish, already prepared When we got the call for the food of choice (the host ...
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November 14, 2009
- I don't have proof or a chart or a grid to prove my feeling, but I do believe in karma or the return of the energy that we sow in the world. We reap what we put out there. We give and we get. What we do can come back to haunt or reward us. There is an accounting page in the universe, somewhere, and things balance out.Most days, I think we try to forget this while at the same time trying ...
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November 13, 2009
- One thing that does not get divided--that is not mentioned in any divorce settlement--is extended family members. No lawyer will ask you to fill out a worksheet that lists the people the couple "owns" together (other than children, but that's another story) and then later try to figure out who gets whom. There is no wrangling over mothers and fathers and sisters. There is no ...
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November 12, 2009
- The world is cyclical, moving from one state to another and then back again. Sometimes, these movements take someone to push the first boulder down the hill. Then all of us push and push and at the end of it all--all of us glowing and sweaty and happy and uplifted--we look back up the hill and think, I want to go there. Up is the answer! How did we miss it?We pull our boulders up and up ...
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November 12, 2009
- Sometimes, I am damn sure that I'm not figuring things out about the universe. I continue to do certain things even though I know certain things are the wrong things. For instance, I have a habit of reacting to what I later learn are opportunities. Something comes up. Someone I meet says, "Hey, would you like to come into the city for lunch," and because I am tired of driving ...
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November 11, 2009
- There is a book out somewhere, a review of which I read last year. The book was about what would happen to the earth if humans were wiped out. Lest you think we can actually destroy the planet, think again. apparently, all goes well for Mother Earth, dear Gaia, once we split. Slowly and, to a certain extent, quickly, our edifices and structures go boom! Vines, grass, mud, water, wind, ...
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November 10, 2009
- I'm going to make ravioli a metaphor, a task I have never attempted. Maybe spaghetti or fettuccine, but not ravioli, and certainly not a roasted butternut squash ravioli. When Michael and I started dating, within the first month, he invited some friends over for dinner, but the purpose of the meal, really, was to have us all meet. Michael was intent on us cooking together, so we planned a ...
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November 9, 2009
- After my completely farcical letter of recommendation ended up on the home page today, I realized that it isn't very funny. Well, the idea is funny, but the need for a letter is not. Of course, letters are often about as "real" as the blurbs that we find ourselves asking for when our books are coming out. Editors ask for them, and then we ask fellow authors to provide them. For ...
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November 8, 2009
- I'm reading two books right now, one written by a man and one by a woman. There were times in my life where I found myself only reading books by women, and I can't account for that phase. Maybe it was when I was deep in my marriage, submerged in children's activities and hidden longings. All I may have wanted was a book by women that explored the same thing, needing to see my own life ...
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