Personal Threads
buddha kitty
Here is our cat Tao who both inspired my current myspace persona and provided the dragonfly madness that occurred last week. Her “buddha belly” pose has been fascinating us for years. I’m used to kitties getting into amazing poses that rival the flexibility of great yoga masters. However, I had never seen the buddha belly … Read more
Dragonfly Mayhem
Last night, I was peacefully lying on the floor using my wondrous Miracle Balls to relieve some back pain I was having. Suddenly our cat Tao burst through the cat door and ran past me with her sister close behind. This was unusual but the unsettling thing was the distinct buzzing sound that emanating from … Read more
The Missing History of Kjersti
Do you know your family history? I suddenly found out who I am. I knew a part of it. My father’s side. He had been researching and collecting for a long time. We spent summers in oddly placed graveyards. One of the most important was a little family one in the middle of a cornfield. … Read more
Violence, Tears, and a Returning
I’ve thought about blogging on the violence in the Middle East… my great sense of sorrow… I just can’t seem to get past this overwhelming sense of futility…. of the cycle continuing… of the endless suffering… endless hate… I just don’t see it being resolved until the conversation moves away from the past… the “who … Read more
Ode to Topaz
I wrote this on December 11, 2005 after the traumatic loss of our cat. It was the end of a few weeks of thinking we just needed to pay for her thyroid treatment and she’d be OK. But we only had her home for a few hours when much to our horror, she quickly slipped … Read more