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QotD: If I could live anywhere in the world...

If you could live anywhere in the world (fictional or real), where would it be?

I would live in Scotland..in a castle...

A few words...

I have a philosophy about blogs...only because of what I do when I read them. If they are too long people will not read them. They may skim them, but they won't read them. Not all people. But, I would guess that most people...skim. So, if you are skimming right now...I just want to say a few words.

Peace. Kindness. Acceptance.
Give without the hope of receiving.
I want to practice these things.

acknowledge beauty

An evening at home

animals are so great

Mika, Hector, Ella....I love them.

last night on the way home...

Well, last night on the way home from work I did not want to drive home...to st. joe....i wanted to drive to new haven to the little green dirty house in meadowbrook and know that my sons were there sleeping and that i could walk into their rooms and kiss their faces and talk to them in the morning while they got ready for school. i cried so hard. i recorded myself with my mp3 player. i listened to it and cried some more. when i got home, claire was awake in the kitchen doing homework and the reality of my life hit me....she is sweet....she is my stepdaughter...she makes things better with just her voice and her smile. i was still

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sad but she made the sadness a little easier to feel.

I loathe my job.

I loathe my job. My job is so monotonous. Boring. Mind-numbing. I hate it. Tonight I wanted so badly to scream while 100's of people all around me were busily keying mail. Ugh!!!!! Well, o.k, I was busily keying mail too. Screaming inside. It is so pointless.

Cried all the way home.

my friend

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decided to write this for my friend, Aemi Gwen....

I work at a place that does not encourage conversation, except for a few minutes during breaks and the 30 minute lunch. I have worked at this place for about 10 years. In ten years I cannot say that I have a group of friends that I ever see or speak to outside of work. For the most part, that is not a big deal to me....because my life outside of work is basically full of family and daily routine. But there is one friend who is someone I never have enough time to talk to and with whom I would like to just have coffee or lunch or whatever....so we could actually build and even finish a conversation. She is such a genuine individual. She is generous. She is creative and artistic. I really like her.

So, to Aemi, I just want to say.....if we had the time, and our different work schedules allowed....it would be cool to hang out.

But if not....you are someone who will always be my friend, even if I just see you and talk to you for a few minutes every week.

You are one of the good ones.

Banana Cinnamon Fritters with maple syrup

The other night around 1am --- as you can see by the clock on the kitchen wall -- I decided to make a little made-up recipe with leftover batter from the apple fritters I had made much, much earlier in the day. I made these banana fritters and oh my gosh......they were unbelievably good. There was even one that looks like a little creature with spindly arms and legs. ( I did not eat this one until the next morning) Anyway, just had to share with my vox friends. If anyone is interested in the recipe, I can post it later. :)

RIP Cleo

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Cleo is dead.

Mark of my beasty son

This is a picture of the birthday cookie we had at my son's 19th birthday dinner last night. I think it actually scared him. Three sixes plus one single candle = 19.