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Random Thoughts

Living with the Monster Cats

Obi on his petting chair

If you don’t know me personally, you might as well learn I have a pair of Ragdoll cats. The kids are grown, I have cats.  If I weren’t married, I might have more than two. When I got my babies, I envisioned this wonderful scene with me working at my computer, one cat curled on the desk, the other draped across my shoulders. What I didn’t factor in was that […]

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I Never Thought I Would Say This…

I’m not a political person. I’m not a news junkie; I don’t troll the internet trying to stay on top of things.  I do listen to OPB and NPR, and read the occasional CNN web page.  That said, something has been bugging me and I want to get it out there at least once. I’m really tired of people bashing President Obama because he hasn’t fixed everything that is wrong […]

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Left Brain, Right Brain, Lizard Brain

Colorful lizard sunning self on a rock

I’ve read the left brain is the intellect. The editor.  The scientist or data geek.  The right brain is the creative side.  Emotion.  Imagination.  Belief in limitless possibilities.  And the lizard brain? Well, the lizard brain just wants food and a warm comfy place to catch some rays and work on its tan. A lot of great writers are very right-brained.  This makes sense.  It’s the sweet spot for creativity, […]

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Dreams

Everyone has dreams… Some happen while you sleep.  But the big dreams…they usually happen while you’re wide awake.  They’re the wishes, hopes, desires that drive us toward something new. I’m a big proponent of dreams.  I dream every night.  Big, cinematic dreams with wild action and deep meanings that I often fail to grasp.  In my dreams, I’ve managed to learn how to fly, how to shoot a gun and […]

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