As it turns out, others who are also feeling dazed by the untimely demise of the UnTurkey have decided to take an “open source” approach to life after the UnTurkey. And I have to admit that they are speaking to my pain when they say:
“… for some of us, the UnTurkey has become a holiday tradition, and you just don’t f**k with people’s holiday traditions.”
Just when I was trying to really get into the holiday spirit this year too. Sigh.
The celebration of my birthday started yesterday with a little celebration at our staff meeting. I arrived to find flowers at my desk and my favorite salad from the local cafe as lunch for everyone. This was of course followed by cake – chocolate cake (my Mom made me chocolate cake every year as it…
Yesterday, Neil and I went on our seasonal unturkey hunt venturing deep into the wilds of Torrance, California. The coveted unturkey has been increasingly scarce in these parts. It has been our holiday tradition to have one and since I first discovered them at Trader Joe’s. We were immediately hooked and even when we had…
I’ve been meaning to post but I’ve had so much going on that I haven’t managed to get back into the swing of it. I really shouldn’t take the time with my final paper to write. But I’ve been sad this week over my sick kitty. I’ve had to watch her crouched with a look…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I thought I would start breaking myself back into the writing habit with a quick post. Today I dashed out for a walk when I realized that I would be staying for an evening meeting. I went for my loop around the local park which hasn’t been…
The other day I was watching Bill Moyer’s interview with Robert Bly and I suddenly felt this terrible hunger for poetry. It was as if I had been unaware of my own starvation. Listening to Bly reading the poetry, his own, Rumi and others, it felt as if I could not help but be awake….
Last night, I was peacefully laying on the floor using my wondrous Miracle Balls to relieve some back pain I was having. Suddenly our cat Tao burst through the cat door and ran past me with her sister close behind. This was unusual but the unsettling thing was the distinct buzzing sound that was emanating…
