QMusings

Have you ever said, “I don’t like her, but I respect her.”

What is respect?
We’ve heard Rodney Dangerfield’s complaint that he gets none.
We’ve heard Aretha Franklin ask for some.
There are so many types of respect.
I feel that the most basic form is that of, “I honor your being.”
This concept is captured in namaste.
In yoga, namaste is [...]

I love Christmas songs.

Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, chestnuts roasting, nothing stirring…
I haven’t had a Christmas tree in years but I recall the glittery twinkly tinsely wonder I had at the Christmas tree we put up when I was a kid.
A REAL tree.
With REAL tinsel (almost like aluminum foil) that mom saved (neatly) year after year.
Dad [...]

Last weekend I went to my 25th high school reunion.

Now…I’m not really a reunion person. Well, I should clarify that I’m not a High School Reunion person. High school wasn’t the best time of my life.
Yeah it was during my “formative years” but what formed out of high school was a young woman with a [...]