as Xena would say: Blog On!!!!! ha!

"the nugget" over-reaction was in reality just the pop of the balloon which had been building up for a long time within that woman . . the nugget trigger was simply the small tiny pin-point being stuck into the balloon . . .doubtless years of pent-up hurt, frustration and disconternt had b...

lyalyasy . . i feel it's always better to be the first one to smile . . if someone smiles back, that is great . if they don't, all it cost you is a smile . . . i see that is your own philosophy too as far as being there for people who might benefit from your experience or wisdom . . . don't stop be...

lyalyasy . . . reading you "footnote followup post" reagrding your words not being directed toward anyone associated with the administration of this board" -- i don't think you need to worry . . . when the person or people who the words were addressed to comes upon them, they will ...

lyalyasy -- sometimes just saying it or writing it out like that helps put it rest and allows you to move on . . . like tossing a discarded piece of now usleless paper away . . . i hoipe you can . . .

Katherine . . whoa! . . . "food poisoning" can make you feel so bad like you want to die . . . i hope you're well on your way to recovering and feeling much better . . .what a lousy way to celebrate your birthday . . .

i just read an aol news bit that Barbara Eden will be releasing her memoir . . . "Jeannie Out Of The Bottle" . . . i believe that Barbara has led an interesting life with so many experiences . . some happy . . some not . . .but her resilience through it all has much to speak . . . . lookin...

but one thing never changes . . i STILL can't type! ha! . . "Stpped"????? ha! my fingers will never work right

it took way far too long . . . and it might be only temporary for now . . . but thankfully BP has stopped the oil leak . . .let's hope and pray that they have a permanant fix and an effective clean-up . . . nature is so precarious . . . but it is also so resilient . . . but for now . .the sun is ...

lyalyasy . . . sometimes when we read resonses from others, we read too much into them . . .we read our own reactions into them perhaps coloring our understanding of their reactions . . . perhaps you are just zealous about your hopes and so feel dissappointed in the responses or non-responses f...

i remember that oldies song that went: "Indiana wants me . . but i can't go back there . . Indiana wants me . . but i can't go back there" (i don't remember who recorded it though . i should google it. ha!)

layalyasy . . what you wrote reings true . . .wwe stand on the shoulders of those who came before us . . . their work and sacrifices made it and make it possible for everything we do and are . . . hopefully we will be shoulders the future will be proud to stand on . . . and that we give them somewh...

Slovak/Hungarian on my dad's side of the family . . . Ukrainian on my mom's side . . i was raised in the Ukrainian Orthodox Catholic Church tradition so i mostly identify with the Ukrainian and Russian heritage . . . i studied the Ukraninan language but never became fluent in it to my own disapoint...

my mom used to always say (and i approximate the phrase in eanglish letters) "pravda ochi koli" or "truth scratches the eyes" meaning that sometimes it is irritating to hear the truth spoken . . .especially if if it is somehow unflattering to one's own self image or the image on...

hey Yab . . .great to see you again . . . yes . the message board "meeting of the board" has quieted a bit lately . . but perhaps it will become a bed of activity once again when thde great minds meet again . . so . . it's good to see one of the great minds like yerself visiting and posti...