Gitanjali #73

Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight. Thou ever pourest for me the fresh drought of thy wine of various colours and fragrance, filling this earthen vessel to the brim. My world will light its hundred different lamps with thy flame and place Continue reading Gitanjali #73

Grief

Grief is starting to manifest itself in my life as a tendency to self-destructive behavior. I was not self-destructive when Dad died. With Mom dying, though, the grief is so different. Subterranean. Desires to escape — the vodka, the imaginary mudding worlds. And it’s so hard to be in this world, literally: the deep snow Continue reading Grief

A good, basic summary. Fits in with a lot of Dennis Prager‘s ideas, too. Mine too, but who the heck am I, after all? The American Thinker WHY DOES THE LEFT HATE ISRAEL? I believe there are several reasons: 1. It is an easy way to express one’s hatred for America. 2. Israel is viewed Continue reading

Things

I wandered around Mom’s apartment a lot today, looking over objects in every room that I remember from toddlerhood. I thought I should want something. My husband thought I should want something. I only chose a few of Dad’s old things to give to my son. I wanted nothing, not even the portrait she’d had Continue reading Things