On the Road Past 50: My internal zephyr… from fluttery wisps to whirlwind tempests
My parents instilled in me from my youth the importance of being part of the political process. That in order to be part of a democracy, one must participate. Voting is just a very small part of the process. It’s important. It separates the spectators from the participants. For most of my twenties I was […]
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Today was filled with rough currents and troubled waters.
The kind of storms that make you want to turn around or head to shore. […]
Read MoreInsomnia I awake in the middle of the night over and over and over again Each time building stress making it harder to fall back to blissful sleep Each minute ticking by meaning less and less possibilities The alarm will sound and I will groan Exhausted and weary Angry with myself 262 Days to go […]
Read MoreWhen the words become blurry on the screen | When the right words are just out of reach | When the connected thoughts suddenly seem disconnected […]
Read MoreSmoothing wrinkles with heat and pressure | Steam vapor transforming rumpled into sharp | Magically turning flat to purposeful crease […]
Read MoreEvery day that we have any special people in our lives who served the roles of nurturing our minds, bodies, and souls. […]
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I fall into the trap of numbers | Statistics Stats Sign-ups Stays Length of visit Rebounds Clicks | These are all things that meant something different half my lifetime ago […]
Read MoreI received news today from my circle of people that has left me extremely saddened. Life is a search for meaning. Moments strung together into stories. We are all stories in the end. We try to make then stories with meaning. With love. With family and friends. Meaning. Tonight was a reminder that life can […]
Read MoreThis Out Magazine article is #truth. I was an 80s and early 90s Act Up Activist. I was recruited into the civil disobedience-based organization by an out female activist not by a cis-gendered white gay man. The NJ group from which I learned passive resistance and other safe measures for civil protesting was incredibly diverse […]
Read MoreBusiness travel can be both a positive and a negative. It can bounce back and forth numerous times during a trip. This evening I had a lovely time hanging out in the late evening with colleague friends talking and chatting over drinks following a large group dinner at an excellent Greek restaurant. It was excellent […]
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Randi S. Sumner 