HOW I FEEL

Yeah, life is a bitch.

THIS JUST IN

Polly has developed a new habit of barking in her sleep. Should I worry? What is she barking at? Are they dreams of other dogs who dare to impinge on her territory? (something she has an issue with)?

Polly definitely has an idea about what is hers, including me. In all fairness, I haven't tried to train her otherwise. Any dog, how big, who encroaches on her territory is soundly rebuked by repeated howls and vigorous tail wagging. Fortunately the territory is small and the other dogs, even the huge ones, seem cowered by her royalty which is kind of funny. Naturally I keep her away from harm and have tried to scold her. More often than not, if she actually reaches the other dog, she's vaguely interested and then ignores them. She's fickle. Like father, like daughter.

And so life with her goes on.

REVELATIONS

I recently came across a post I wrote on my Old Blog five years ago - FIVE YEARS AGO!!! - when I went to a forum/panel discussion here in LA about that new fangled thing called "blogging" and wrote about it here.

Newspaper threat. Heh, I was pretty smart back then.

Now, of course, I'm just an idiot. But here is the proof (proof for this area) that I was once ahead of the time. Oh, how the mighty fall.

LOVE

"Her mother paused like a gypsy reading a crystal ball, her young daughter stiffly waiting for an answer. She had stopped reading this girl’s mind but even in the face of questions about Love, she felt she was still hers. Always, that’s what Love felt like. You could lock the door and take the key where you wanted, feel it pressing into your skin while waiting in line at the bank, in a store, smiling and nodding to people passing by. Love is a door to a house. "

Read more here.

GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH

From the great movie "Grace of My Heart" starring the incomparable Illeana Douglas. Supposedly this film was based on the story of Carole King. Bette Midler also did an amazing cover of this song, perhaps even more poignant. This is the aural version but there are no moving graphics:



Breath-taking.