Family Journal
with empathy, with respect, through the eyes and experience of an adult. I have this sense of sensation, an image, of the house, drapes pulled, as they most always were, with four elderly ghosts sitting, lingering, gazes upon other children, that often historic in sorrows written into them, an abusive father, a cruel mother, a beloved parent dies of cancer. My childhood had felt OK, for the most part. Most importantly, I felt loved. The great sorrow, rage, hatred.
The people, the sweet dog Pudgie Me Mom Dad Grandma Grandpa sitting—for what? A beloved gift. A puppy. Then brutally beaten and killed by the giver— my Dad. The precious ray of light in a dark home— extinguished.
Black and White Photographs
Karen on a horse
Karen sitting on a porch
Prayer for Grace Under Pressure
3.28.16
one thing at a time
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me. Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us.
(And…what am I trying to accomplish by this ghost-busting now at age 67?) I have some hypotheses: (1) to understand and explode my grim outlook on aging. (2) to extricate myself from the inevitability of that sad convalescent argumentative, sadistic fate, (3) to create and live a meaningful, healthy, joyful “rest of life,” and (4) honor and honor them. to thank them, (5) to apologize for my ingratitude, for my sullen, lazy, resistant attitude.
[SIDEBAR: How do we… how do I… take the best of what genetics and experience give me… Combine it with the divine pertinent lessons and wisdom and live joyfully and creatively? ]
More on Grandma to come… Theodore Grandpa Edward Asche Born Dec. 21, 1881 Passed away: March 24, 1974, age: 92.
March 8, 2016 what's behind these pages? All these pink and red pages… the flowers and joy. If they are not a cry of joy… see things through rose colored glasses — or to make a period of life into something it wasn't… they are a gift through time, space and spirit. They are a way to honor, delight and uplift them. They are being done in the hope and belief that in some invisible,
The wireframe of constant collision.
Super Collider Living Room
APRIL 21, 2016
Prince is gone[THE ULTIMATE
ARTIST
A WRITER
musician
dancer
COMMENTATOR
FIGHTER]
BEAUTIFULA man in pain in the end.