Notes from Around the Block- Olive the trees have olives
- Wanda Hickey and the Frog Pond
- A recently discovered DNA thread: forwarding news articles
- A Bride in Blue
- The Gates to a President’s Hell: Water and the IRS
- Marriage in Oxymoronica
- The Present Moment
- If your life were a book
- From the mouths of old babes
- The Atlanta Teachers’ Onion, then and now
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Doesn’t Anybody Care About the Rules?
The motorcycle policeman came out of nowhere (actually, he was behind a sycamore tree trunk) and pulled me over. The fact that I was twenty-one years old and dressed in a cute little purple velvet mini-skirt did not deter him … Continue reading
Finish What You Start
My father always told me that I must finish what I begin. Unfinished projects clutter our minds. Unfinished projects are indicative of poor focus, mushy internal discipline, and a weak work ethic. We passed this mantra on to our two … Continue reading
It Is as It Is
Several summers ago, my husband Judge Blah took a course on one book written by Indian writer and philosopher Sri Aurobindo entitled The Life Divine, a tome packed full of gems sparkling in the realms of yoga, the Vedas, the … Continue reading
I Need a New Image
Several years ago I read an intriguing book by the Indian author, Geeta Mehta, entitled The River Sutra. Today, in my lobby, I handed this book to an Indian grandfather, who was waiting for his grandson to finish class. As … Continue reading
The Star and the Shell
Becoming a successful person takes work. Money, status, and fame are over-rated; one needs only to examine the lives of many rich and famous people to realize that often, the more we have, the more we want. I remember when … Continue reading
