Introspection

I do not remember a time when I couldn't read. I don't remember anyone teaching me to read. All I know is when I went to school at 5, I was already a fluent reader. Of course, at that age, most of it was a fluency in decoding rather than understanding what I read. My…

I think I have mentioned that as a child I was extremely shy? This was in part due to the facts that I was considerably taller than most girls of my age and painfully thin. {Both of these characteristics have changed! }So, as a result of these, and other, things, I was not able to…

This morning one of my favorites wrote, "I don't know how to live on my own, I'm just making up my own rules as I go along." And this got me thinking of my rules for life that I, too, have just made up as I have gone along through my life. So, here they…

One of my favorites quoted Larkin a couple of weeks ago and it sent me on a search for these:First, the amusing one...They fuck you up, your mum and dadThey may not mean to, but they do.They fill you with the faults they hadAnd add some extra, just for you.But they were fucked up in…

I don't usually remember dreams never mind record them, but I had one this morning I want to record. I was walking around a store which was in a house. Actually, I know which store sparked this. There was a store in the town where I lived for 30 years that was in an old…

This morning's entry went private...I want to remember this. Before I went into this surgery, I had a tiny little feeling I would never wake up from it. So, after the surgery, I heard someone call my name and ask me what was the name of the family member who came with me. I said…

A friend very kindly did a handwriting analysis for me. Here it is with comments. The following traits are evident in your handwriting sample.   ·        Some rigidity and tautness {Nodding} Definitely ·      &nbs...

And here is the rest of it..... ·        Fluid thoughts, fast thinker, mental discipline obvious, rapid thinking patterns ·        Emotions are under control, respond first to logic, emotions rarely control your a...

I got this idea from this diarist while I was randoming around.I am proud of myself because I drove in the falling snow this morning. A year ago I would have been too scared to do it. And I must say, I half-wished my car wouldn't have started, too! But, I took it as an…

I got so far behind in my homework because I had a shift in priorities in my mind. I was concentrating on my hip, on the pain and what could be done about it. This morning as I packed up all of my makeup work, I am feeling another shift. You remember how excited I…