Category Archives: Biography

Temptation To Play Hooky

Posted on December 17, 2008 by 1sojournal

I don’t want to write today. Certainly don’t want to create yet another blog. At the moment, can’t, for the life of me, think of why I ever wanted to do this in the first place, let alone actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Balance, Biography, Choice, Fishing, Friends, Inner Voices, Memory, Personal Story, Playing Hooky, Temptation, Writer's Block | Tagged agenda, artist's date, coloring, comfort food, consequences, depression, disconnect, don't want to write, drift, energy, Fishing, float, harried, high school, house cleaning, in this moment, Julia Cameron, just today, listening to self, Memory, obligations, Playing Hooky, relax, self-punish, sister, stress, Temptation, work | 3 Comments

Holes in The Soul

Posted on December 15, 2008 by 1sojournal

She pictures the broken glass pictures the steam pictures a soul with no leak at the seam __Peter Gabriel Mercy Street Several months ago, I told my counselor about a dream I’d had many years ago, in … Continue reading →

Posted in associations, Biography, change, changing the end of the story, Connections, Creativity, Dreams, grief, pain, story, Waking Dreams, wild thing | Tagged changing the end of the story, counselor, dream language, Dream Work, Dreams, emotional, fabric and material, holes in the soul, imagery, imagination, imaging, life experiences, mental, Mercy Street, pain, Peter Gabriel, physical, solutions, spiritual, subconscious mind, techniques, Therapy, visualization, wild things, wilderness | 5 Comments

A Tiger Named Pain

Posted on December 13, 2008 by 1sojournal

Writer’s Island Prompt #10 “MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE” Pain is the shell that encloses your understanding. __Kahlil Gibran Thirty-plus years ago, I gave birth to my fourth and last child. She was beautiful and healthy, but I seemed to be in almost … Continue reading →

Posted in A Tiger Named Pain, Biography, captivity, guidance, guru, Inner Voices, pain, Personal Story, questions, story, teach, wild thing | Tagged boulder, Carl Gustav Jung, college, exhaustion, fear, guided imagery, guru, imagination, imaging, inner space, Kahlil Gibran, lessons, pain, questions, rabbi riddles, refuel, relax, Rheumatoid Arthritis, secret place, teaching, Tiger, tomes, warm bath, wild flowers | 19 Comments

Personal Take Cont. (WT, as well)

Posted on December 5, 2008 by 1sojournal

I came home from the hospital to a totally different environment than the one I had left beneath the rear wheel of my father’s big black Pontiac. My world had been altered and, when I looked in the mirror, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, boundaries, change, child, Definitions, experience, Family, Life, pain, Personal Story, Self-Awareness, wild thing | Tagged altered, beliefs, bogey man, change, comfort zone, different, don't fit in, embraced, Family, four year old, garbled, home, hospital, interpretations, lonely, misfit, not belonging, outside view, resistance, skewed, sniff, survival, uncomfortable in own skin, what's to be gained, worldview | 4 Comments

A Very Personal Take

Posted on December 2, 2008 by 1sojournal

At age four, I went through possibly the most traumatic experience of my life. I was playing outside with my younger sister. It was winter and we’d just had another snowfall in a snow filled Wisconsin season. Sidewalks were … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, change, child, curiosity, expression, Family, Growth, Life Message, pain, Personal Story, Relationship, story, wild thing | Tagged affect, behemoth, cause and effect, collision, concussion, development, doctors, environment, experience, Family, four year old, future, learning, loss, Personal Story, personal truth, shaved head, skull, sledding, steel pin, trauma, wild things, Wisconsin winter, worldview | 6 Comments

That Other Kind of Dream, Or The Airplane Lady

Posted on October 8, 2008 by 1sojournal

That one that has nothing to do with sleeping, but everything to do with our waking moments. Our bag of expectations, wants, and desires for our own lives. Those secret plans for our future, sometimes so secret, we aren’t aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Airplanes, Biography, Dreams, fruition, Inner Voices, Journal Writing, Self-Awareness, subconscious, Uncategorized, Waking Dreams | Tagged Airplane lady, coalesce, commitment, definition, desires, destination, dream journal, Dreams, excuses, fluff, fruition, journey, learning process, play vs work, reality, seeds, wants, wish filled | 2 Comments

Distillation

Posted on September 30, 2008 by 1sojournal

The day before yesterday, my siblings and I hosted a party to celebrate my Mother’s ninetieth birthday. We rented the back room of a local restaurant and invited some family and friends. About 60 people showed up to share in … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, distillation, Family, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Moonshine, music, Photograph, Record, Uncategorized | Tagged distillation, Family, festivities, Friends, harmonica, memories, money tree, moonshine still, ninetieth birthday, photographs, process, separate components | 3 Comments

Curious Confession Time

Posted on September 3, 2008 by 1sojournal

Okay, I was raised Catholic, went to parochial school, so I know the drill: “Bless me, Technologies, for I found the stats page on this site yesterday.” I did a History major in college, as well as one in English, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Choice, Creativity, curiosity, David Cook, enlightenment, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Observer, Self-Awareness, stats, synchronicity, Uncategorized | Tagged a priori definition, best friend, cat's life, confession, curiosity, David Cook, different lives, gratitude, History major, humor, journey, language, observation, personal experience, questions, stats, technologies, Tubular Root Plant | Comments Off

An Example of Synchronicity

Posted on September 2, 2008 by 1sojournal

One of the rewards of being a teacher assigning exercises within the classroom, was my choice to do those exercises right along with my students. Many of them were shocked at that practice, and even more so when I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Choice, Connections, enlightenment, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, synchronicity, Uncategorized | Tagged American Idol, archetypes, classes, connecting the dots, David Cook, energy, example, exploration, hero, Journal Writing, journey, Life, Michael Johns, participation, personal experience, realization, sickness, synchronicity, teaching, watching TV, writing exercises | Comments Off

Anger As Energy Flow

Posted on August 27, 2008 by 1sojournal

I have done my part, and whatever happens, will simply happen. But it will only happen at my choosing. That knowledge alone, is worth the few tears I shed. ___quoted from last post After years of words that were not understood, or … Continue reading →

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