My friend Sheryl sent this to me this morning. I read it out loud to my fella and my son. He has written down what I have been feeling and thinking about.

Follow this link if you want to see the original form: http://www.chopra.com/node/1064

“Deepok Chopra on the Palin effect”

Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes former Vice President Dan Quayle as an unlikely choice, given her negligent parochial expertise in the complex affairs of governing. Her state of Alaska has less than 700,000 residents, which reduces the job of governor to the scale of running one-tenth of New York City. By comparison, Rudy Giuliani is a towering international figure. Palin’s pluck has been admired, and her forthrigh tness, but her real appeal goes deeper.

She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, (more…)

Greetings~

I am having a rough few weeks with writing…I have completed a few posts but, the rest of the time, I have felt blocked. I do some journaling, a bit of meditation…pour a cup a joe…sit down at my laptop and begin to write.  Within a few minutes, I am distracted.

This time I am not distracted by how pretty my nails look (oh, purty lavender pink) or by how messy my house is (was that a mouse or a gigantic fur ball that just went around the corner?). So, what the hell is going on in my little brain?  Well, I’ll tell ya. POLITICS!!!!  Yep.  Politics.

I read emails from friends (more…)

Greetings folks~

This week is National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week. I would like to invite you all to check out this link.  There are interesting blogs to read, some very cool and informative radio spots too listen to…and tons of information. If you or anyone you know suffers from a chronic health condition, please spend some time checking this site out.

I work with many folks who have invisible illnesses.  This invisibility to the outside world poses some very intense difficulties.  Folks look fine…folks might even look great…but, they feel very ill.  We live in a very visually based world and this sometimes translates into people thinking that since someone looks fine…that they are fine.

I have a startling example of this.  A friend of mine went to her GP for some help with one of her conditions.  She had lost a bunch of weight due to a digestive condition…when she eats solid food…she is in extreme pain.  Well, this doctor told her that she looked great and that she must be feeling better.  Hello??? Are you kidding me????  She has to live on a liquid diet!

As I said…we live in a very visual culture…even in the medical profession.

So for those of you who suffer from these sorts of conditions, know that you are not alone.  Know that there are people who can offer you support.  Know that there are people who care.

For those of you who know someone who lives with an invisible condition, I invite you to check out: National Invisible Chronic Illness Week

More to come…

Welcome New Readers!

I have attracted hundreds of new readers over the last couple of months, since I moved my blog to WordPress.  Wow…this move has been amazing!

The thing is though…most of these new readers seem to be SPAM.  Some of the names are obvious like: Frank Srinkle…who wants to tell me about breast implants.  Then there is Anthony Fri98**@ who seems to want me to have my penis enlarged.  Oh, and I can’t forget Sally Smith who wants to tell me all about the scandel with Brittany.

Some of the names are not so obvious….I see in my email that there is a comment from some one new…and I get all excited.  Click on the name: Rose Trindel or Sam Samuelson or Sara Frugson…and then…darn it!  It’s SPAM again.  They don’t really want to comment on my blog!  In fact, my guess is they really never even read the post!

Over the last couple of weeks, (more…)

Hi there!

Kerry, over at “Lemon-aide”, has asked me to chat a bit about what to say to people who offer platitudes when you are journeying through something rough like a chronic illness, a death, loss of a job…whatever.

I have been thinking about this since she asked me…it is a tough question.

What do we say to people who offer lame platitudes?

What makes this question so difficult is that usually, when a lame platitude is shared, we are in a place of vulnerability…when we are feeling vulnerable…things like this can really shake us up.

Years back, when I was widowed…I remember one particularly rough platituder…she had platitudes pouring out of her. Every time I saw her these weird statements came out of her mouth. These platitude’s caused me extreme distress. I tensed up every time I saw her.

Because I was raised by fairly polite people (more…)

Hello you gorgeous readers you! I am busy doing this, that and the other thing and have missed some days of blogging…but, I am back now…to entertain you with my wit!

Anyway…today I want to piggy back off some blog posts that are being written by Jenny over at

“Using my powers for good.”

She is discussing what not to say to someone who is dealing with a chronic health condition. If you get a chance to read this…please do. She is witty and mad as hell! When I read her posts I began to think about “Platitudes.” Many people like to pull these out of their hats when they don’t know what the hell else to say. Well, here is an idea…don’t say ANYTHING! Just LISTEN! But, I will get back to that in a minute.

I have experienced this personally when I was widowed some years back…and when I had a handful of years dealing with a chronic health condition. People would get all uncomfortable and then start saying a line that they thought was supportive…or maybe not…maybe they just wanted to ease their discomfort.

I don’t know.

But, I was always left feeling bad that their platitude made me feel so bad. Their lame remark (more…)