Category Archives: Memory

Me and the Letter M

Posted on January 8, 2009 by 1sojournal

I volunteered to respond to a letter meme, from Heather on her site: extemporaneous. I must write about at least ten things I love that begin with the letter M. I do not “love” Money, but living on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, exercise, Letter M, Memory, music | Tagged butterfly wings, cloud action, Letter M, letter meme, Me, Meandering, Meanings, memories, Mexican food, Money, Montana, Mother, mountains, Multiples, Munchkins, Murder Mysteries, music, road trip, white water rapids | 18 Comments

Stain Removal

Posted on December 23, 2008 by 1sojournal

Remember being dressed up in a new outfit, new shoes, cleaned and sparkling from head to toe, with Mom’s smiling approval? On the way to some social event, if only at Grandma’s house for holiday festivities? Then within the … Continue reading →

Posted in change, changing the end of the story, child, Choice, Definitions, embarrassment, enlightenment, Grasped Lightly, Journal Writing, Memory, nuns, sin, stain remover, trajectory, writing | Tagged change, clothesline, definition, forward movement, fresh air, holiday festivities, hope, key, Memory, missing the mark, mistakes, Mom's smiling approval, new outfit, nuns, possibilities, purpose, rebirth, renewal, sin, soul, stain, stain removal, tied in knots, trajectory | Comments Off

Semantics of Breathing

Posted on December 21, 2008 by 1sojournal

I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can breathe. _Anais Nin Writing means a great many different things to me. A few years ago, someone close to me said that writing was my … Continue reading →

Posted in Anais Nin, Breathing Lessons, Choice, creature, Definitions, experience, Memory, perspective, Quotations, Semantics, Subjectivity, views, writing | Tagged Anais Nin, blog, breathing, change, creation, creature, Definitions, exist, full-circle, god-like, hubris, meaning, my world, perspectives, pride, Semantics, views, writing | 6 Comments

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

Making Little Bird Memories

Posted on November 28, 2008 by 1sojournal

This Little Bird By John D Loudermilk There’s a little bird that somebody sends Down to the earth to live on the wind Born on the wind and she sleeps on the wind This little bird that somebody sends She’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Connections, Family, hugs, Memory, music, Thanksgiving, This Little Bird, turkey | Tagged get-together, guests, hugs, John D. Loudermilk, memories, music, niece's daughter, princess, song, Thanksgiving, This Little Bird, turkey | 8 Comments

Checking The Temperature

Posted on October 28, 2008 by 1sojournal

I have spent the last three days watching my temperature rise and fall drastically in both directions. I am speaking of my emotional temperature, not my physical one, although the physical one did some jumping around because of the other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged "A Cloister Walk", "Emotional Weather Report", assignment, choices, dark clouds, degree, deny, dust storm, flood warnings, Friends, horizon, ignore, Kathleen Norris, private, reality, remember, so and so, temperature, thermometer, Tom Waits, torrential rains, weather conditions, weather man | Comments Off

Carved In Stone

Posted on October 26, 2008 by 1sojournal

Funny how the things we know about ourselves, and are conscious of all the time, are the most difficult to put into written words. ___Stan This quote was left as a comment on my last blog. And I agree with … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged "Don't do it", accountable, besmirchment, carved in stone, committment, difficult, experimentation, exploration, fear, glitches, name as definition, obligatory relationship, power, silence, socialization process, words as weapons, words have power, written words | 4 Comments

“But, What Do I Say?”

Posted on October 20, 2008 by 1sojournal

Invariably, during every class I taught about personal writing, someone would ask this question, or a variation of the same. Many had a difficult time seeing themselves writing even one page, let alone two or more on a daily basis … Continue reading →

Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged begin, dialogue with self, extraordinary, grammar, how to vs what to, learning process, Memory, noteworthy, ordinary, overwhelmed, panic, personal writing, punctuation, red corection marks, scars, second and third grade | 6 Comments

Crossing Over

Posted on October 18, 2008 by 1sojournal

Have been doing a lot of surfing on the Net. Exploring what other people are writing and what they are writing about. And, of course, getting sidetracked into my own personal areas of interest. One of those, perhaps the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Myths, Poetry, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged altered state, blogs, breaking rules, clarity, communication, cross over, falsehood, myth, Not My Usual Whatever, overwhelming the senses, poetry and prose, reality, rules, sexual deviants, silence, truth, writing | 4 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