Posted on June 27, 2008 by judy24
Reiko Fujii, a fellow JFKU arts and consciousness alumni, is exhibiting her art piece, Glass Ancestral Kimono, mixed media, 2002. It is part of a group show at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek. Reiko is an Asian American artist and explores issues about her identity in relation to her family, her Japanese ancestry [...]
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by judy24
In honor of Father’s Day I’m writing about my dad today. My dad just turned 80 years old last month and I think he looks young and handsome for his age. For his big birthday, some of the kids wanted to take him out for a nice dinner with some of his friends, but dad [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by judy24
Why is it that when I am at the end of my rope trying to find something and I start blaming my mate for putting it away where I can’t find it, that suddenly I find the item and it is exactly where I put it?
I got my computer back on Thursday! Hurray! My brother [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by judy24
I had put out a call for “mother stories” around Mother’s Day and Shirley McClure responded with a story below. Thanks Shirley!
I remember being with my mom before I went to kindergarten and her teaching me how to write my name and a few other things that were about numbers. She spent time with me [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by judy24
Recently I have been living in some old memories, before Alzheimer’s disease descended upon my mother and my family. I remember how she used to smile and chat while we discussed my job, my home, or my nieces. Sometimes we sat in our patio in shorts and zori and then we would stroll out to look [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by judy24
We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
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Posted on February 14, 2008 by judy24
Love is out of this world - the Love Nebula!
Here are some of my favorite quotes from Leah Garchik’s “Overheard Love Quotes” column in the SF Chronicle. She actually did 3 columns of actual reported eavesdropping! Be careful what you say!
– “I get attractive … after six drinks.” (Woman on the dance floor at office [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2007 by judy24
I found this list on http://cnvc.org/tensteps.htm and I found it very helpful to remind myself how I communicate and relate to others - to be more conscious about it. After all it is an exchange of energy with another being, right?
10 things we can do to contribute to internal, interpersonal, and organizational peace:
(1) [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2007 by judy24
“Our being connected to everyone all the time is a good thing and a bad thing,” said Dr. David Spiegel, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. This is a quote from the article, “Stress makes us depressed, fat, sick - and we do it to [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2007 by judy24
Well the holidays are upon us and with that often comes stress and money issues. I am facing this year’s season with a new goal: to look at it as a time to remember what I am grateful for and to express that gratitude.
I must say that I am extremely grateful for my community. The [...]
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