New Beginnings

Damn. Damn, damn, damn. I looks like I really blew it when I changed hosts. I backed up and moved my WP installation, but I didn’t back up my database. I lost all my deeply introspective and profoundly spiritual posts. Uh, sure. Anyway. So, I guess I’m starting over from scratch.
A few [...]

Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day;
you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I feel like this promise is starting to unfold for me….
“Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working [...]

e. e. cummings Quotes: “I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
e. e. cummings”

I spent most of my teenage and adult life looking up to Madonna and admiring her ability to successfully buck normality and just be herself. Recently, I felt almost like a kindred spirit in our parallel search for spirituality and interest in Kabbalah. Plus, we both have 2 kids. Geez, we’re practially sisters! [...]

So much going on right now. Kids lives are very active with tumbling, karate, swimming, and chess. Now Max has added Cub Scouts to the mix. Frankly, I’m glad to add CB because it’s great for Max, cheap for me, and local. I don’t have to drive 45 minutes each way to get him there. [...]

A-Mazing
Originally uploaded by Rusty.

My darling little pumpkins in the corn maze at our favorite pumpkin patch. We had a great family day. Some days I really understand what a blessing sobriety is.

Bigguns

Originally uploaded by rustykeller.

My husband and his, uh, big pumpkins. Men are so silly. And sometimes really cute.

Fall in Full Bloom

This gorgeous tree is just outside our front door. A few days ago it was a lovely green tree, now it almost burns with a pinkish red glow. It’s stunning. Fall in Southern Oregon is breathtaking and a constant reminder of just how powerful [...]

‘Scuse me while I clean up this mess! I had to move my to a new web host suddenly and am working on importing my old posts and pages.

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