July 2012

“I am interested in the ways we attempt to communicate the truth of our human being. I am eternally frustrated by the limits of language as well as fascinated by the freedom from the mind-jail language can sometimes provide.  Language has the power to evoke the being of human beings and rescue them from their own minds.  Skill in the use of this kind of language develops through the practice of telling the truth.  The clearer I am willing to… Read More »Honesty. How many layers can you go???

I found this on the “ON BEING” website, one of my favorite podcasts.  Watching this brought tears to my eyes!  Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is one of my favorites (with singers!)  Also, Spain is the country I would most like to visit these days, besides visiting my brother in Colombia. From the ON BEING Blog: “The production is lovely and highly produced, but it’s the fascination and pure joy of the passersby that makes the moment quite magical. No?” Yes!!! and… Read More »Flash Mobs!!! Can’t get enough of them

“If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortions; your own light and beauty will become blurred, awkward, and ugly. Your sense of inner beauty has to remain a very private thing.” ― John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

and now it is FIXED, thanks to Joel!!!!! I’m sooo happy about this.  I need to head to the hills to escape the heat.  Corrosion causing electrical issues.  Nothing Patience, intelligence and sand paper can’t take care of!  I owe him some Cookies 🙂  Feel so lucky to know him.

at Ruben’s. He puts on an awesome, “happy hour” (thanks Ruben!). Believe it or not….this was a good conversation, despite feeling the forks being put in my hair ever few seconds!

I had the opportunity to hang out with my best bud from High School and her friends and family up in Twin Lakes, at her Parent’s house.  She lives in Maryland but was in Colorado for a visit.  Her parents took us on a hike up the mountain to a hidden silver mine, with a cabin out front, that they had spend months trying to find.  Awesome!!!  Max and I decided to cool off in icy cold, mountain river after… Read More »Twin Lakes

Stevie and Alex.  They are wonderful to be around.  We took a morning and headed to Golden, to tube down Clear Creek.  So refreshing…and slightly scary!

SOCIALization 1. the process by which an individual learns to live in accordance with the expectations and standards of a group or society, acquiring its beliefs, habits, values, and accepted modes of behavior primarily through imitation, family interaction, and educational systems; the procedure by which society integrates the individual.