Tag Archives: Family

Blowing In the Wind

Posted on July 6, 2019 by 1sojournal

I put this song up earlier last week, but then left it because I couldn’t think of a thing to say in response to it, let alone write anything coherent in relationship to it. Actually I think I was hoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Blowing in the Wind | Tagged Blowin in the Wind, Bob Dylan, change, Family, fragility, his future, judge, men, position, power, predator, prey, women | 6 Comments

Finger Nail Polish and The Sticky Stuff of Life

Posted on May 17, 2010 by 1sojournal

My Mother passed away just over two weeks ago. Her funeral was on May 8th, the day before Mother’s day. This post is not about grief, its process of sorrow, and sadness. My Mother was 91 years old and … Continue reading →

Posted in Finger Nail Polish and The Sticky Stuff of Life | Tagged Eulogy, extraordinarily long run, Family, finger nail polish, funeral, healing, legacy, Memorial Booklet, Mother, nice save, pearl, stories | 6 Comments

What’s In Your Passenger Seat?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by 1sojournal

Okay, I am frustrated this morning. Wanted to post a new poem on my poetry site, but kept getting knocked off when I tried. Was trying to copy and paste because of some of the wordage within the piece, … Continue reading →

Posted in What's In Your Passenger Seat? | Tagged always the beginning, controlled chaos, counselor, dialogue with self, discombobulated, drawing a blank, Family, Journal Writing, outside of comfort zone, passenger seat, safety harness, simple questions | 2 Comments

Stone and Water and the Red-Cross Driver

Posted on February 4, 2009 by 1sojournal

I’ve been sitting here, in front of this blank page, for over half an hour. So many thoughts about what I could write have floated in and out of my head, that if strung together, and actually written down, … Continue reading →

Posted in change, Creativity, exchange, meditation, movement, Stone and Water and the Red-Cross Driver | Tagged alterations, Beth Nielsen Chapman, boulder in a riverbed, brush against, changes and exchanges, counselor, Creativity, designs, environment, Family, flow, Friends, Goodwill store, holes in soul, meditation, mending, minute, moments, movement, Red-Cross driver, sand, settling, song lyrics, sorting, Stone, strangers, thought process, trance states, water | Comments Off

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

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

“Roll On 18 Wheeler, Roll On”

Posted on September 13, 2008 by 1sojournal

Last evening, my oldest daughter and I spent several hours downloading music onto a playlist which will accept 100 pieces of music. That seemed rather daunting to begin with, but in a matter of hours, between the two us, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Family, grief, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, music, truck driver, Uncategorized | Tagged 18 wheeler, air horn, associations, cortege, emotions, Family, funeral procession, highway, Interstate, lyrics, Memory, music, playlist, side trips, songs, story, truck driver | 2 Comments