Tag: potential

  • Dreams Unfulfilled

    One of the most tragic things in life is that most of us will shuffle off this mortal coil having left behind a bucket list of unfulfilled dreams that is a mile long. You always hear about it at funerals. “He always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon.” “She never got those skiing lessons.”…

  • Let Your Freak Flag Fly!

    I like to wear crazy, colorful socks. That way if I find that I’m taking myself too seriously, I can always look down at my feet and regain a sense of emotional balance. I have always been drawn to people who are different. Whether it’s pink hair, or strange clothes, or simply thinking outside the…

  • Owls and Letters

    The owls are going absolutely nuts tonight. There must be ten of them out there, hooting their feathery butts off, and it’s been going on for hours. I felt the need to escort my little dogs on their evening backyard bathroom foray for fear they’d be spirited away. I mentioned this to a friend, who…

  • What’s that on your Forehead?

    My dog Blue has a white streak on his forehead. It’s pretty standard coloring for Italian Greyhounds, but I absolutely love it. When we’re cuddling and I run my finger along that streak I often think about the fact that he isn’t even aware that it’s there, and there is, of course, no way to…

  • Seeing your (almost) Future

    Without getting all parallel universe-y on you, I will say that I believe that we each have multiple futures: the one we actually experience eventually, and the infinite number of possible futures that may come to exist if just one tiny thing were to change. That’s why I don’t take fortune telling very seriously. How…