Recent Posts Tagged With 'inner saccharin'

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  Posted on Sunday September 21st, 2008 at 21:35 in inner saccharin

  Simple Birthday Pleasures, Big Personal JoyI think that some birthday celebrations might qualify as free drugs. And mine this year is no exception. I would gladly volunteer myself for drug treatment if I could do it all again. My fantasy drug rehab w...

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  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 20:44 in sound and music, inner saccharin

  Solace: The Best Breakup Ever!And what's in my ear these days ...I am taking a moment to thank all of you who have checked in on me privately about the "breakup post" in this space. Even my BFF, A: The North Star, has been checking in on me more than...

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  Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 13:27 in conferences and festivals, inner saccharin

  Meeting PabloI had been writing in my journal forever ... new story lines, new feelings, things I want to tell my children, specific things I need to tell my almost college-age daughter and limited assessments of where I am now in my life and my art....

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  Posted on Monday June 2nd, 2008 at 07:46 in inner saccharin

  Another Twilight MomentIf anger could provide a franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs, there might be a whole lot of rich people in the world where I'm from.I almost couldn't believe how disrespectful I saw a young girl being to an older passenger ...

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  Posted on Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 22:48 in inner saccharin

  A Breath Before the *Work* Begins (Again)Perhaps I need a genie in a bottle. I need to be able to twitch my nose for change. I need to pack my luggage, load it onto a magic carpet and go to the world I dream of that is not as insane as this one. Or m...

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  Posted on Sunday April 27th, 2008 at 08:40 in inner saccharin

  Publishing and the Name GameI've gone through many phases of acceptance/rejection and *demand* with my name.It's C-H-E-R-R-Y-L ... hard /-ch/ ... /churl/.With most strangers, I don't make a correction when they pronounce it /shurl/. They don't know a...

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  Posted on Tuesday April 15th, 2008 at 14:35 in inner saccharin

  On Oprah And Finding / Keeping / Chasing A Life's PurposeThere's been so much buzz about the Oprah / Eckhart Tolle podclass based on his book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose lately ... don't you love it when Oprah reminds us of somethin...

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  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 05:54 in process, inner saccharin, playwrights

  Suzan-Lori Parks: Things you remember when you *listen* to herThe incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks ... I've been compared to her a lot.I don't take it as either a compliment or an insult. I just always take it as a good sign that the comment-makers are ...

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  Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 07:27 in inner saccharin

  Saturday ...This weekend, I walked along the sand in order to breathe ... simply breathe.For someone in my family, cancer has returned. Someone else has taken her last breath.The sky was a strange pewter, but the lighting was as bright as if we were...

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  Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2008 at 14:41 in inner saccharin

  Tha GirlzIt's funny how the Universe helps you acknowledge that you are aging. For the first time in a very long time, I hung out with some girlfriends at a very spectacular club in Atlanta recently, and despite my knowing very seriously that I am in...

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  Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 09:38 in inner saccharin

  The EncounterI had no idea when he came up behind me and told me I'd have to pay for computer time that we'd have such a strong connection.I am in the lobby at the Marriott surfing the net looking at the best poetry books for new babies and a Technom...

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  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 00:26 in inner saccharin

  Odd and Artsy Things I'd Track Down With a GPS"When everything is finished in a world, the people go to look for what the artists leave. It's the only thing that we have really in this world -- is an ability to express ourselves and say, 'I was here....

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  Posted on Wednesday December 12th, 2007 at 09:44 in sound and music, inner saccharin

  Finding My Happy PlaceA: The North Star talks about it as if it is a foothold for sanity. I crave it when there is too much chaos ... the happy place. I love A: The North Star for reminding me always that I can get there (happy) from here (chaos).Lat...