Go take the fun Movie Trivia Quiz, buy clicking Here. Read More...
I know this should probably go under the “Celebrity gossip” column, but seeing as though I am from Massachusetts, and Tom Brady plays for my beloved NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, I wanted to write about it in my own column! I am really bummed that he didn’t play this season, due Read More...
To self-publish, or not to self-publish, that is the question. There are a number of people feel that if a person self-publishes, their work isn’t worthy of an established publisher.
On the other side, people who do self-publish feel as though they’re cutting out the middleman and getting their stuff available ASAP.
Which side is right? Both have their merits and their disadvantages like any other thing in life.
Personally, I’ve been tinkering with the Read More...
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well this week. Last Saturday as I walked into work, I stopped by my co-workers office. As I opened the door she had tears in her eyes. She said “Janet I was just read your post about your mothers legacy.” It made her cry because her mother also Read More...
This is a wonderful movie about Jamal Malik, who is/was a poor youth who becomes the champion of India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” TV show.
The story is so very touching as he is searching for his lost love, and knows that she watches that Read More...
Writing about my need to be strong has made me begin to think about all the times in my life that I needed to call on that strength to get me through a tough situation. You could also categorize some of these things as my proudest, or bravest moment.
I’ll start with the 11 yr old boy who did not like me playing on Read More...
“Thank you for marrying me again”: (Fifth of five instalments)
And so, on our fifth wedding anniversary, we are now officially married in the customs of his family and culture. In the back of his mother’s Mercedes, we are driven by his brother to the home of a maternal aunt and uncle where the wedding feast is to take place. Because we continue to be blessed with gentle rain, the original idea of having the meal outside has been scrapped in favour of inside. His grandmother has Read More...
I met my husband on the internet. Some of us think this is a cheesy way for desperate women to meet a man, but I think it’s better than meeting some liquored-up playa in a club where you can’t have a decent…or sober…conversation with the man to see what kind of person he is.
Meeting a man on line can offer you a considerable amount of freedom in exploring the man and whether or not he is worth your time to eventually meet. If you’d like to use the Internet to see if Mr. Right Read More...
Well, you are either a Britney fan or you aren’t…
I don’t think there is any middle ground here. The girl has been through some really tough times, but it looks like she is back on track with her latest Album & CD Read More...
A wax figure of a smiling US President Barack Obama, left, is in a window display of Madame Read More...
I have seen so many home remedies and helpful remedies on the internet and television, that I thought I would compile a list of them here for you. Some you may be very surprised about!
Vitamin C to Prevent Colds
We all know this age old tradition, and Read More...
Today is Jan 16th.
Is it too late to make a New Year’s Resolution? When is the ‘New’ year no longer “New’? I’m pretty sure it’s not ok to wait until August to declare that, ‘I will not eat after 9pm this year.’ Probably the only way for me to keep to a Read More...
Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is doing well.This week I want to share with you the place that I work.
It is called New England Villages and it is located in Pembroke Ma.
I will first share the history of what made this place possible.
While visiting their children at a special needs summer camp, a group of parents discussed the reality of their children approaching adulthood. At the time, few residential options were available for adults with mental retardation. Those Read More...
Introducing Musings from my Left Brain
I’ll be here every other week to rant and rave about things that go on around me that I find unpleasant and against the grain of what used to be a polite society.
We’ll start with the internet. Overall everyone I’ve met online has been nice and polite, but there are those that seem to think just because it’s the internet they can be cruel and it won’t come back to haunt them. I had joined this one board, in Read More...
We live in a day and age where everyone seems to be in such a big hurry that they can’t see that they aren’t the only people on the planet. The worst offenders are big business, which counts on customers to keep their bottom line in the black.
There have been times when a purchase has to be returned or we just want a question or two answered by a knowledgeable store employee. In today’s society, it seems, that most stores, mostly the larger ones, lack in any type of Read More...
I was not the most adventurous or sporty child, I was the kid with her nose in a book that was forcibly made to go outside and get some fresh air; not that the air was particularly fresh in my neck of woods for that matter. I left the sporty, exciting, adventurous stuff to the super scout that was my older sister.
How did I go from being a grumpy kid that hated exercise to the hiking, tree-hugging nut that I am now? Well as much as I hated exercise I have always loved nature, which I Read More...
Everyone wants a piece of me and I’m afraid there are not many pieces left. From my husband, to the ladies I work for, my mother and daughter, I am being chipped away.
I don’t feel my story is unique Read More...
Is that a cellphone or is that cell hell? We seem to live in an ever increasing rude society and it’s all because of a technological marvel called the cellphone. People walk, sit, drive, eat, and even sleep with these tiny phones attached to their faces. Where does it all end? What’s so wrong with people treating each other with the mannered respect I was taught in what now seems like a lifetime ago?
We have texting, blue tooth, and mobile internet in one hand. It’s Read More...
Bitterness is a pill we swallow,
Through heartache and fallow,
Yet our hearts do follow,
A love that’s never shallow.
With the darkness comes the cold,
That never seem to let go,
Even in daylights dawning bold,
There is not heat to behold.
Anger and rage can betray,
True feelings that will always stay,
And can never be led astray,
By things we didn’t mean to say.
When does the heartache repose,
Taking Read More...
We are an eclectic conglomeration of women from all walks of life who have come together to share interests, information and insight.
As one of the weekly contributors here at Angels I hope to be able to offer all of the above. I hope to tap into your reality, stir your curiosities and satisfy your senses. I hope to draw from my unique life experiences and observations to bring you content that is intuitive, fun and friendly. Most of all, I hope you will find this a place that Read More...
I am an American and I live in South Africa. Happily.
There, I’ve said it…I have abandoned the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, and I have not had a minute’s regret since doing so. Well…actually, when I discovered there was no Dr Pepper or PeptoBismol here, I did have a twinge…
Anyway, in 2003 I decided to sell my house, pack up the trappings and accumulations of more than 50 years on this planet (after massive garage sales and multiple eBay Read More...
Part 4 of 5
Our primary purpose for this ceremony was for the tying of the thali, the wedding necklace. In the Tamil culture (the Indian ethnic group to which most South African Indians belong), the tying of the thali is the single most important part of the marriage ritual. It is Read More...
Love is not license to to hurt or betray. But love is what’s left when the pain of it goes away.
Love is not always a choice, whether or not you chose to give it voice.
Love can be fragile and tender and yet a persistent contender.
Love can not promise to forgive and forget. But love is enough to pay the debt.
Love is agreeable and accommodating, but not immune to conflict and debating.
Love is love and it can be as simple as that. But sometimes love Read More...
On January 12th, 2009, it will be the first anniversary of my mother’s passing. As this day approaches I have been thinking about her legacy. In what light would I view her life to have been and what influence did it have in shaping who I am?
My mother was not an accomplished women or a socialite. Some may focus on those things as a legacy; it probably depends on your values towards life. My mother was born on St. Joseph’s day, thus her name Josephine. I was told she was a Read More...
“Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.”
-Mark McGinnis
My take: This quote embodies Read More...
Let’s go for a car ride, okay?
You have actually been traveling in this car for quite a while already.
This car in this instance is called your Life.
Did you know that It has a destination plate on the front?
You have simply never read it before, because you are not used to being on the outside of your car, looking at the front.
You always get to choose who’s driving, while you’re just hanging around, enjoying the ride.
Some people will Read More...
Look in anyones eyes and you will find a storied lifetime. Most are ones you’d love to read, while others are monsters best left in the dark. Wild eyed enthusiasm should never be mistaken for the wild eyes of a junkie.
Being an apartment manager one gets to see all kinds, but the worst is the tenant that makes demands while looking upon you with judgmental eyes. We have one like this. It’s obvious from the amount of traffic that goes in and out all day and night that these Read More...
I have to admit, I have a strange addiction to Sunflowers……
I am drawn to them wherever they are, and whatever their image may be on….
They remind me of my Dad who is no longer with me, and so, when I see a Sunflower, it makes me think of my Dad and makes me smile. I only started noticing Sunflowers right after he passed away, and at the time I didn’t know why. But now I do. The Sunflower is a flower of “HOPE” and reaches toward the sun and the Read More...
A new year, a new day … that sums up the message of The Morning, the energy that will prevail during the month of January 2009.
The Morning is a gift ~ It’s our inborn ability to find awakening and renewal, even in the darkest situations. Taking a fresh look lets us see that there’s Read More...
When we were to be first married in California, I tried to incorporate something of my soon-to-be husband’s culture into the day. He was, after all, half a world away from his family on this most important day. I therefore asked him to find an “auspicious” day for our marriage, an Read More...
