What happened to the author of The End of Strife? I’ve had an active imagination for most of my life. My favorite author when I was a kid was Edgar Allen Poe. I often imagine terrible things have happened that haven’t happened. I am often wrong. So I am hopeful that my concern about this…
Weblogs
The wisdom of Heather B. Armstrong …
If he ever loses us he can just follow the screaming like a trail of breadcrumbs, title of post in which Heather B. Armstrong of dooce.com said: "Someone once warned me that girls come out of the womb suffering PMS, and I feel a duty to pass along that gem of wisdom."
Merry Christmas, a Good Bah Humbug or a Get Well Card?
I wrote the following last year in a longer post on(Christmas Day 2004) . About Christmas …. it seems almost inappropriate to wish those who come here looking for answers a Merry Christmas. If you have come here to find a way to resolve an estrangement and you're miserable over being estranged, then the last…
A year later there is progress even as things stay the same …
Some things don’t change. A year ago what I wrote is as true today as it was in December of 2004. Wednesday, December 8, 2004 The Busyness Cure I’ve thrown myself this last week into doing a redesign of the website for the nonprofit that I’m involved with. While I can’t control much in this…
In Memoriam
Tonight, Nov. 30, on Larry King Live, Jerry Lewis …
At 9 PM Eastern Time, Larry King will interview Jerry Lewis. From the page on CNN: "Jerry Lewis shares memories about his friendship with Dean Martin. The real story about their triumphs and tragedies." Some visitors here may be too young to remember much if anything about Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Results of Google…
Suffering from a compliment shortage?
The Surrealist Compliment Generator Then click on the link to reload the page. A generated gem: "Ever would one thank the very ground upon which you walk that your blossoming feet be never engaged."
OT – On the subject of Thanksgiving Day family murders …
One of my favorite online writers is Steve Huff. He usually writes about crime stories that interest him and chooses stories to write about that I’d never hear of otherwise. This will sound strange but he has superb taste in crime and good instincts for what motivates people. This last week the question crossed my…
Do objects become estranged? What about socks?
I have four single socks that have no matching sock. Four of my favorite patterns of socks and their mates are all where? In hiding? My husband suggests that they are not estranged. Just merely separated and that the other will turn up. But what if it turns up and then disappears again? Could it…
Two Movies: “The History of Violence” and “Proof”.
"THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE" After seeing the movie, The History of Violence, and, of course, relating it to the issue of estrangements, I thought, "Some estrangements are better left alone. Why would anyone in their right mind want to get back together with that guy unless he wanted to get back together with you? You’d…