It was Sunday, and we were invited to Uncle Eddy's for Sunday dinner. Uncle Eddy was the chief of police - a big deal.    Even though they lived in the same village, I had never been to their house.  There were five of us, and five of them,… Read full post »

It was a magnificent, sunny, spring day.  Winter had been snowing on them as recently at a week ago, and now the entire population seemed to be in a good mood at the same time. 

Mandy woke up and decided it would be a great day to take Vivvy, their adorable… Read full post »

I am visiting my friends' campground in Mt. Storm, West Virginia.  Abram's Creek is a beautiful place with clean air and clean water.  There is beauty everywhere.

The campground consists of a large lodge (9 bedrooms), two guest houses, 18 cabins, and numerous sites for RV's and tent… Read full post »

I was completely panicked in the small cell of a bathroom at the G.W. Hospital, where my best friend, Wm. D. Exfield, lay dying.  I remember the antiseptic hospital smell and the cold sheen of the stainless steel features.

William got AIDS in the first wave - so early that we… Read full post »

I grew up in a coal company house, in the "tri-state area" where Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio come together.  Mid twentieth century, this area was the principal market for coal mining in the world.  . Both of my grandfathers were coal miners near the beginning of the 20th century.… Read full post »

 1.Your main trait:  Intelligently Funny, Insecure

2. The quality you like best in a  man: 

A nice ass, beautiful smile, and funny intelligence, spirituality.   

 3.. The… Read full post »

The alarm clock in the classroom goes off approximately five hours after I finally went to sleep last night.  I do NOT get up early.  Pretty much ever.  But, I asked Pat if I could teach this class, and I… Read full post »

I went down to Madison, Virginia for my second Transormative Writing workshop with Pat McEnulty last week.  

I stopped off in DC to see my doctors and friends, especially Randy, my-ex boyfriend.  While I was there, we went to a couple of fantastic classes (Vedic Astrology) and worksh… Read full post »

Ah, yes!

Eighties Hair!

 Eighties Music!

 Eighties Glasses - Large, Square Frames with tinted lenses!

 I went to the 9:30 Club for happy hour every Friday from 83 - 90.  That was a trip.   

I turned 30.  I was the most beautiful that I ever was or will be.

I… Read full post »

I used to buy a LOT of books at amazon.com.  I have done so for many years.  

Then, in December, Amazon offered its customers a discount if they purchased stuff online that they had scanned  while shopping at local retail bookseller's establishments.   This right after Bor… Read full post »

When I was eight years old, I had my first crush.  The boy, Jacob, sat right in front of me at school.  His hair was the color of radioactive carrots, his skin, white as parchment, and dusted liberally with pale, nearly invisible freckles.  My crush was on his hair, as I do… Read full post »

One morning I woke up and I couldn't move any of my muscles.  When I tried, I experienced shattering pain.

My doctor said it was all in my head.

 I was in high school - a senior.  Every morning, I woke up, and slid out of bed to the floor, then… Read full post »

I read a sex manual that was in the living room bookshelf of my ex boyfriend last week.  It belonged to his absent roommate, a physical therapist.   I didn't think I had much to learn, but I was surprised.  I learned a few things that were very nice.  … Read full post »

 Venus' mama couldn't wait any longer.  Papa had been calling everyday on her brother's phone to talk to her.  She hand't heard from him for TWO YEARS while he was in Korea.  She was hurt, and all over and on top of the hurt she was MAD.

Mama was the prettiest… Read full post »

The 

Word

Hot

50 Ways to Leave your Satsang

 Sitting in meditation

Sitting with 200 people in the heat

In a covered room with a roof but no walls

With trees growing up through openings in the roof

Meditating

Om! Om! Om!

Silence

Distraction

Ease 

Then

The booze cruise… Read full post »

Lately I've been really wondering what is  going on in the world. Has the world (meaning have people) always been this crazy, greedy, dysfunctional, and murderous? Perhaps it has and I'm just naive or in denial.  

Someone posted a story on my facebook page today about how China is… Read full post »

Happy New Year everyone!

There has been so much change for me this year.  Even for someone with Uranus exactly conjunct their ascendant, this year seemed to be a time of break-neck, life altering major and minor change.  

 First of all, I got ill (or my body got ill and… Read full post »

Venus Dolcenotta's parents met when her mom was 15 and her dad was 19.   They met at a soda parlour.  Papa was wearing blue suede shoes. 

The girls in Mama's high school were supposed to be the prettiest, and the boys in Papa's high school were supposed to… Read full post »

At the end of a year in which I find myself physically ill, and of radically reduced circumstances; yet, connecting with people important to me, writing, and getting more sleep; these are my hopes for 2012:

 1.  That the hard-working, and even not-s0-hardworking women and men of America may… Read full post »

I have been spending hours every day on Goodreads.  It's a free website where you can rate books you have read, say which books you are reading now, and get recommendations on books you may wish to read in the future. 

 Having all the tenses thus covered, I find… Read full post »

 Somehow, like Alice down the rabbit hole, I have found myself living with my mom and dad in the house I grew up in.

I am very fortunate that my parents are still married, living, and in relatively good health.  I am almost alone among my friends in this.… Read full post »

1. I am surprised that I like having light-blocking curtains in my room.  Now I don't wake up when the sun comes up!

2.  I'm surprised that I like my ex-boyfriend.  He really broke my heart, and was very unkind to me.  I don't know why.  I still like him, though,… Read full post »

I am as blue and white as they come.  I went to Penn State in the late 70s, when they were winning, the Steelers were winning, and life was good.  I was the manager of the marching band.  This was the nerdiest of nerd jobs.  (See "Revenge of the Nerds.")  I… Read full post »