Category Archives: The Not-So-Trivial

Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Rest in Peace, Whitney.

Feb. 11, 2012
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Whitney Houston has passed away at the age of 48. The performer was pronounced dead just before 4pm today at the Beverly Hilton Hotel despite efforts to resuscitate her, according to an LAPD spokesman. The cause of her untimely death … Continue reading →

As a kid, I wrote this on my backpack:

Feb. 5, 2012
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I’ve since forgotten all about it.  Today I saw it on Pinterest.  (I totally re-pinned it.) Sometimes it’s nice to remember the person you were before the world got a hold of you, and to be reminded that they still … Continue reading →

(Wo)Man in the Mirror

Jan. 27, 2012
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For the past three years, in one way or another, my life has been chronicled here for all to see.  Sometimes it’s been a raw candid.  Other times, a polished portrait only showing what I think is okay to put … Continue reading →

Turn, Turn, Turn

Dec. 26, 2011
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Every year, I say it and I hear it: I can’t believe Christmas has come and gone already. But this year, while August crept up on me without a freaking sound ~ the past four months have dragged on for … Continue reading →

Whose Country Is This? An Open Letter to My President.

Nov. 21, 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzcTZWLh4A”>Peter’s

[photo: Randy L. Rasmussen, Portland Oregonian] Dear President Obama, Are you seeing this?  Do you see what’s happening to the youth and the grass roots movements for change in our country?  Are you reading the same reports and watching the … Continue reading →