by Samantha on February 28, 2008
The happenstance of having a card fall out of a drawer saved you from receiving a rant today, and more importantly …saved me from remaining stuck in it. I’m always amazed by how the Universe offers opportunity to move on. Time and again, it subtly, or not so subtly, signals, “Turn left here, two inches [...]
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Balancing Tortoise Pose,
barn's burned down,
choice,
Dwi Pada Shirshasana,
practicing luck,
re-boting,
small steps,
two degree shift,
whining
by Samantha on February 24, 2008
by Samantha on February 20, 2008
A Doctor has described our bulbous, calorie-laden consumption of lemon creams, toffee butternuts, and chocolaty devil mousse’s as ‘gut bombs.’ Those nirvana, heat seeking missives of cholesterol and wide waists that call to us like the Sirens do more than make us hefty, they render us unconscious. When I have polished off a pot pie, [...]
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despair,
guilt,
oblivion,
onomatopeotic,
placated,
re-inventing,
safe,
sugar addictions,
visceral
by Samantha on February 14, 2008
Today’s the day we’ve arbitrarily assigned to hold the heart. That’s quite a dedication, delicious in its enigmatic beginnings. Valentine’s Day has been handed down through superstition, supposition, and an assortment of maybe this, maybe that. For it to have survived, and grown out of confusion and misinformation, it is clearly a need of the [...]
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blood-red,
brain day,
chest opener,
heart,
heart-holding,
Purvottanasana,
Valentine history
by Samantha on February 2, 2008
If I had known, Oh sweetest heart of stalwart years, That you would see so well Calm forlorn seas within Teach my drowning self to float– Later learn to swim. If I had known Then my parched self would unfold Skin melting into skin And snake-like shed All I had been, rising and Risking its [...]
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best self,
Bower Bird,
grace and song,
stalwart heart