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Women's Fears

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:49:00 +0000

I have been reading a book called "Female Fear, the Social Cost of Rape" by Margaret T. Gordon and Stephanie Riger. It was published in 1991. It is a book that I highly recommend. They have put into words things I have thought for many years. Although, more crime is prepetrated towards men, they do not restrict their behaviors in the same way as women do. In my own daily life, I know that I have planned events around my own fears. I hope you'll take the time to read this book. I think it should be mandatory reading for the men in our life so they more of an understanding of our fears.

A new member to the family

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:25:28 +0000

After many visits to my home, and my investment in cat food, I have added another cat to the house. I know he is quite happy to have food all the time. I'm sure he'll be happy this winter to be warm. He is playing, and following the other cats around the house, but at a distance. I hope there are no other cats hanging around waiting for me to help them out. I don't understand why people make commitments to animals and then throw them out when it doesn't work for them.

Making decisions

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:29:41 +0000

Have you ever had a decision to make, but you just couldn't bear to make the obvious decision? For the past year I pondered what was I going to do. I kept working at the solution in my head, doing the same behaviors over and over, but the situation didn't change; it actually got worse. I hoped others would change, and things could get better. I was frustrated, sad, depressed, and becoming physically ill. (It reminds me of the saying, "keeping doing it over and over and expecting a different results!")

How interesting it becomes when you finally say to yourself, "I'm done!" You put "I'm done," out into the universe, and the universe gives something back to you! Within hours of making the decision I was done, another door was opened, and within days, my path was refreshed, and renewed. My humor has been renewed, my physical responses are gone, and I'm feeling quite energized.

You know, though, I simply had to go through the pain of making a different decision before I could move on. I had to learn one more lesson in my life...and at my age, too! I am so glad that I'm starting out this NEW YEAR on a new note, and will have a better sense of myself and my life.

Updating the site, FINALLY

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:45:02 +0000

I have been hoping to keep the site in better shape, but I haven't. Things like this always take some time. I should have done this during the winter months when I didn't have as much to do, but the photos I take are usually taken in the summer. So I have spent the day updating, and putting on some new content. I am hoping we have a nice summer, and the weather isn't too bad. Have you seen "Inconvenient Truth?" Please do...it's scarey!

Death of a pet

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:10:03 +0000

On April 22nd, 2006, my cat, Raggs died. She has been losing weight for over a year, and her hair thinning. I knew she was going to leave me soon; she was afterall over 17 years old. This past year has been an extra special year for me with her. She had become so deaf and blind. I had to be careful where I placed furniture, or she would run into them. She could hear me call her name if I yelled (I'm sure people next door wondered why I was yelling at my cat!!) If I yelled her name, and "breakfast" she knew I was going to feed her. She would come to me in the kitchen so she could eat her breakfast. But the most special changes were that she was much more friendlier towards me. She would curl up beside me in bed, or ask me to pet (even wake-up me at night for a good scratching!) The last few months she had been jumping in my lap when I sat in the recliner and falling asleep. She had never been a warm cat until this last year. I'm glad I had this time with her. She was so very sweet. I miss her terribly.