For now, this is gonna hurt…

April 7th, 2008

I started my annual Spring cleanse on March 31st. I have a lot to accomplish in April and felt the time would be perfect to detox my body, mind and spirit with a cleanse.

A few days into April, and I hadn’t blogged because I was otherwise engaged in keeping up with life. Followed by a weekend which came and went and still no blog entry because I was drawing a blank. Then a healing crisis headache hit and stayed, and now I have something to write about.

The first days of a cleanse are always the hardest for me, as I struggle to give up my sweet tooth and carnivorous cravings. On top of that, it seems to take so long, that I wonder if anything is happening. Finally after a few days, cloudy thinking settles in, fatigue, ennui, headaches, cold sores and sometimes even a yeast infection (was that too much information?). Ah, yes. The cleanse has officially begun.

And that’s were I am today. This is the second night I’ve had a headache. And I’m glad. Clearly, the detox is working. Soon the worse of the toxins will have been flushed out of my system, the sugar cravings will be gone, I’ll have more energy and clarity of thought, and I’ll be off on raw/vegetarian regime for the summer.

So yes, I am hurting now. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. How very wabi sabi

light at the end of the tunnel

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Angie Barker: Working Mother

March 26th, 2008

You wanna try taking an oral swab from a 75yr old rape victim while changing a dirty nappy, checking two sets of homework, and looking for Barbie’s cocktail handbag? Now that’s a tough shift.

Too bad the BBC disabled the embedding for this video. Check it out here.

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And We’re Back!

February 3rd, 2008

On January 29, 2008, a simple phone call into an otherwise reliable GoDaddy customer service rep, resulted in the deletion of this site.

I had no back up. The rep assured me it would not be a problem as GoDaddy faithfully backs up every site, every 24 hours. Well, somehow, Wabi Sabi Me slipped through the cracks and GoDaddy had only made one back up in January. Yep, you guessed it, January 1st.

So, 5 days later the site is back, minus 4 weeks of posts, but I am grateful. A special thanks to GoofyGirl (and that’s .org, NOT .com), for her most excellent assistance. In fact, the reason you can read this now, is because she picked up where GoDaddy left off. (And yes, that last sentence is screaming at the editor in me, but no time to make it correct, so I’m dealing with it.)

Thanks for waiting out the storm with me. When the dust settles in a few days, GoofyGirl will have even more on the site
–Me

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Here comes the sun…

December 21st, 2007

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here

I woke up this morning and felt as if a HUGE burden had been lifted and immediately (as in, still laying in bed) began working on a tabled project. It has been a long time since I’ve felt that kind of creativity, as life has been such a whirlwind and I haven’t had time to sleep, let alone flow…

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here

Now that I’ve completed the coursework for my Masters — thesis project has launched, no more teachers, no more books (you know the rest) — I’m feeling my old self return, and as I reflect back on the year, I’m starting to get excited about life outside of graduate school. Yes, I am applying to Ph.D. programs, but now that I have a moment to breathe, I’m enjoying the freedom to work on what I want. So much of my reading and writing has been according to someone else’s schedule. I’m not complaining, because the instructors where great and the concepts and theories were what I wanted. I truly loved it all, but still I’m eager to finally have time to work on the projects about which I am passionate.

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right
It’s all right

–The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road, 1969.
“Rays of hope”

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