More, more, more!!!… 2009 into 2010

[Jan. 4 2010 -- Odd thing just happened. This post disappeared from WordPress so I'm reposting it. Apologies to all of you who already read it and commented. I'll try to find the comments too.] And 2009 is….. outa here!! Enter 2010! Not to slag on ‘09 or anything, but damn! But before I get [...]

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Beauty i$ just grand…

“HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!”  Though I’m an avowed agnostic that was the only thing that came to mind as I lay flat on my back, knees apart, while a tiny Korean woman (or Vietnamese, Japanese, whatever! I cannot be bothered with those politically correct details right now!) ripped the short hairs from my, ahem, very [...]

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You’ve come a long way, baby…..

So I’m standing around the Maitland Art Center chatting with one of the fabulous artists, whose new show, Confluence, I’m thoroughly enjoying, when a woman approached us.  “Excuse me. I’m Jane Patteson with the Orlando Sentinel and I have a fashion column. I couldn’t help noticing how stylish you are and would like to take a [...]

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Compersion: Love, love, love…

Most of you are well aware that I am, in fact, a word nerd. I like the way words sound. I like to understand their meaning. “Semantic” arguments are worth having. Understanding yourself and the world a little better is a result of studying words. So I was pleased and delighted to come across a word [...]

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Not perfect, but good…..

My hair is driving me insane. My last trip to the hairdresser was a cluster f#&% of errors with a color screw up, try to fix the screw up, make it worse and damage the hair, then try to cover everything up with a bad cut on top of it. It’s been a month now [...]

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The good fight…

I am trembling. My mouth feels as if it is stuffed with cotton. My shaking hand lays across my mouse and I try, and fail, to click the “reserve” button. All I want is a weekend! Two nights at Cypress Cove; a local resort with a lake, and a pool, and restaurants, and the promise [...]

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