Meet the cat in a food bowl. Cats who are new to the cattery curl up in defensible places from litter boxes to food bowls. It makes sense when you think about it. Their territory protected.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Cat Philosophy
Meet the cat in a food bowl. Cats who are new to the cattery curl up in defensible places from litter boxes to food bowls. It makes sense when you think about it. Their territory protected.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Life after Barbee
All those born in the time of Barbee raise your hands! Instead of bras, we should have burned that doll. Barbee gave us so many subliminal expectations, viz, we would all find happiness through (a) a new outfit, (b) a new pair of boots, (c) a new car, (d) a new house, (e) a new dog, (f) a cool sister, (g) a fabulous boyfriend, (h) ... Indeed, our alphabet of wants that plague us today, comes directly from Barbee. Oh, and yes, if only our bra size was bigger we would have all these and more.
Please note that Ken did not have the same requirement to fulfill sexually. I often have wondered about why Ken was not endowed by the Mattel Makers but figured he represented emasculated man because Barbee could be powerful without him. But, sadly, I believe today that he was not endowed because he was never meant to make the men sigh or want bigger. Men never had to live up to the physical totality of perfection. They would always be safe from boob jobs (unlike us) and the Mattel folks didn't want them to feel inadequate (which is the gift Barbee left us women).
So when my girls were born, the last doll I let them have was Barbee. I hope that making them wait was a good thing. I believe (being among the less endowed) that having bigger breasts would make them want to develop more and faster and have the same sort of wants we women of the 60s have. I didn't want that set of wants for my girls. And I wanted them to feel that they would be whole even if they lost a breast to cancer. I wanted them to be able to think of themselves as Amazons who could give up a breast and keep on hitting life just as hard as before. Pray g*d that that is how they will always feel.
The Barbee craze hit women hard but breast cancer hits us harder. We were all given an image of perfection on the outside -- not on the inside. I have yet to see a Barbee with a prosthetic breast. I have yet to see Mattel make amends by giving to breast cancer research. Come on, Mattel, one or the other would be nice.
Please note that Ken did not have the same requirement to fulfill sexually. I often have wondered about why Ken was not endowed by the Mattel Makers but figured he represented emasculated man because Barbee could be powerful without him. But, sadly, I believe today that he was not endowed because he was never meant to make the men sigh or want bigger. Men never had to live up to the physical totality of perfection. They would always be safe from boob jobs (unlike us) and the Mattel folks didn't want them to feel inadequate (which is the gift Barbee left us women).
So when my girls were born, the last doll I let them have was Barbee. I hope that making them wait was a good thing. I believe (being among the less endowed) that having bigger breasts would make them want to develop more and faster and have the same sort of wants we women of the 60s have. I didn't want that set of wants for my girls. And I wanted them to feel that they would be whole even if they lost a breast to cancer. I wanted them to be able to think of themselves as Amazons who could give up a breast and keep on hitting life just as hard as before. Pray g*d that that is how they will always feel.
The Barbee craze hit women hard but breast cancer hits us harder. We were all given an image of perfection on the outside -- not on the inside. I have yet to see a Barbee with a prosthetic breast. I have yet to see Mattel make amends by giving to breast cancer research. Come on, Mattel, one or the other would be nice.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Numerologically Speaking
LIFE PATH NUMBER 4
A hard worker with a highly developed sense of responsibility, you are the solid individual whose work can benefit an entire community. Life doesn't seem to come easy for you, but this is a source of strength. What you have is what you have created for yourself. It could be said that you thrive on adversity, but wanting to work for what you get is closer to the truth. You will only accept that which you have earned, and you are not seeking a "free ride" in any area of your life. You are organized, hard-working, steady, and willing to follow the necessary routines to accomplish goals. You have an excellent ability to concentrate and the tenacity not to give up on a project until it is completed.
Your inner growth and development are more important to you than what you are doing with your outer, social life. Your life has been marked by struggle, but patience, devotion, and endurance will be the keynotes to your success.
A hard worker with a highly developed sense of responsibility, you are the solid individual whose work can benefit an entire community. Life doesn't seem to come easy for you, but this is a source of strength. What you have is what you have created for yourself. It could be said that you thrive on adversity, but wanting to work for what you get is closer to the truth. You will only accept that which you have earned, and you are not seeking a "free ride" in any area of your life. You are organized, hard-working, steady, and willing to follow the necessary routines to accomplish goals. You have an excellent ability to concentrate and the tenacity not to give up on a project until it is completed.
Your inner growth and development are more important to you than what you are doing with your outer, social life. Your life has been marked by struggle, but patience, devotion, and endurance will be the keynotes to your success.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
How to Grow Grey Hair
13 Ways to Grow Gray Hare1. Take responsibility for your life.
2. Make decisions and back them up.
3. Be definite in your speech.
4. Make good choices.
5. Have a positive attitude even when surrounded by neutral or negative events or people.
6. Be willing to learn.
7. Be flexible.
8. Leave room for failure and not judging yourself harshly.
9. Leave room for others to fail and not judge them too harshly either.
10. Be compassionate. Don’t tailgate others when they are doing their jobs.
11. Be aware that you don’t have to share every single thing that has happened in your life or your day with anyone but the universe.
12. Stop when you see an animal in trouble. Stay with them until they are safe again.
13. Never stop praying for peace and grace.
Have gray grace your day, your hair, your face.
Bunnies?
The working conditions for the rabbit in the hat.
Doesn’t look very good, does it? This bunny is pretty darned stressed out by being in that hat all the time. Reminds me of how our work conditions are now. We never know when that pesky magician is going to pull us out of the hat, sit on the hat, give the hat to Goodwill or the trash man. That’s a lot of tension for the average bunny to take. No wonder this little guy is sweating it.
Getting through
I am sticking with the Hare Theme. March = Hare or March Hare. All of that stuff. So here we go….
My Chinese astrological symbol is the hare/cat. I have no idea why hare and cat are the same in the iconography for this but it is a simple design and very pleasing to my eyes. Perhaps I will make some sketches of it to use as a copyright mark for my writing and art work. Or perhaps not. It may not work out in practice as nicely as it does to just stuff onto a piece of paper.
Time will tell. There is just such a lot to do in March. At least this March. My list gets longer and longer and my sighs louder. None of which helps actually accomplish things. It is a good thing that I have a catcher upstairs like the one at the top of the symbol that will shortstop any trouble that comes my way while I am distracted by Bess and Tigger. Thank goodness for goodness and grace.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Lotus Grows in Muddy Water
And, oh boy, it is muddy around here today. Both inside and outside ... Mission murk is going to be how long a straw do I need to get clear up to the top of the water? Or do I need a straw so much as I need to know I am right where I am supposed to be right now? Faith, Acceptance, Surrender? I am not there exactly, yet!
There is a wonderful entry I saw last week about Transitions. I will find the link to it. The end of one time and the beginning of another are lonely events. We all come into the world one at a time, we all leave one at a time and transitions are a lot like that. Leaving behind the familiar for the new is tough stuff and holding on to left overs is understandable but delays the process of growth. So acceptance is, I guess, what I will need to work on a lot to be able to pole the ship of self away from those familiar (if not always so comfortable) shores.
Until then,
Peace
There is a wonderful entry I saw last week about Transitions. I will find the link to it. The end of one time and the beginning of another are lonely events. We all come into the world one at a time, we all leave one at a time and transitions are a lot like that. Leaving behind the familiar for the new is tough stuff and holding on to left overs is understandable but delays the process of growth. So acceptance is, I guess, what I will need to work on a lot to be able to pole the ship of self away from those familiar (if not always so comfortable) shores.
Until then,
Peace
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