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There’s no Costco in Heaven. December 27, 2015. December 27, 2015. He was once a stallion, strong with a chiseled jaw and tall stature, now well past his mid-80’s and considerably withered. My ears were playing tricks on me because I thought he said, “We don’t have a Costco in Heaven.” No one in ear-shot looks surprised, leaving me no clue as to what was really said. What will marathons look like, though are those from heaven? I told you before. How his days were numbered. There were weeks that stret...

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So then I just put on my crazy pants and took the day off… | Matilda the Moonraker

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So then I just put on my crazy pants and took the day off…. July 12, 2015. July 12, 2015. I will trump your regular 8 hour work day, your one hour workout and your dinner-kitchen exploits and raise you; storytime, blog writing, cookie baking, friend visiting, weed pulling, power cleaning, crafting, conglomerating, adventure finding, fundraising, bug hunting, kid coaching, bird training, carnival practicing, chicken wrangling bliss…but sometimes a girl just needs a little break. Hurry home for lunch.

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An Oregon Thing | Matilda the Moonraker

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August 23, 2015. August 23, 2015. It Was Night Time. Here I am in Bohemia, and I am having a flashback to CowCountry. In the high deserts of Central Oregon, the nights are crisp and clear. It sounds like an exaggeration to the rest of the country but trillions of stars stand out like bright sequins, the light from the stars so bright that the Cascade Mountains are backlit, a ragged, majestic silhouette of razor sharp peaks . None of that was happening here in Sonoma. A while …thinking about familie...

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There’s no Costco in Heaven | Matilda the Moonraker

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There’s no Costco in Heaven. December 27, 2015. December 27, 2015. He was once a stallion, strong with a chiseled jaw and tall stature, now well past his mid-80’s and considerably withered. My ears were playing tricks on me because I thought he said, “We don’t have a Costco in Heaven.” No one in ear-shot looks surprised, leaving me no clue as to what was really said. What will marathons look like, though are those from heaven? I told you before. How his days were numbered. There were weeks that stret...

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Religion | Matilda the Moonraker

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July 9, 2014. July 12, 2014. From the very beginning. She knew her conflict,. Pulling on her,. And fleshy in her mind. Or concepts ill defined,. And hers to align,. A burden too big to confine. And her condemnation,. The consecration of wine. Means feet on the ground,. Moving mountains intended for the climb. For peace to find. Still, not sated or resigned,. Never dulling the roar of the cry. A storm, not a gale,. Other hesitations and strife,. Made bashful, brittle, dry. But for these wars. You are comm...

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A Time and a Place | Matilda the Moonraker

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A Time and a Place. Up to now I’ve been pretty kind. I’ve been hiding behind who everybody thinks I am, (who I kinda wish I was). Okay, I shared a couple poems, that’s risky because they are so personal, except who really reads them anyway right? In reality it was you I’ve been protecting from the garish and ugly truth. I’m just like everybody else. I want people to like me…except I grow disenchanted with people liking me based on half the truth, a partial honesty that leaves out things I...You are comme...

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Scraps of Armor | Matilda the Moonraker

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October 13, 2015. October 14, 2015. Days would slip by when I could not eat, I would force myself to drink water, cringing at the thought of food. I withered, physically, emotionally, spiritually…I felt like I was dying. I was in hiding, hoping that all of the turmoil would melt away but not at the expense of going back to the past. The love that holds us…. I am not a sentimentalist. I just held that scrap of red paper and wept before I could even start the car to pull out of the school parking lot. ...

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You’re not a special snowflake! | Matilda the Moonraker

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You’re not a special snowflake! July 22, 2015. July 23, 2015. 8220;Buddhism has a word called Vipassanā, or (vipaśyanā) (व पश यन for all of you Sanskrit speakers. It means insight into the true nature of reality, and it’s Three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering [or unsatisfactoriness], and non-self. 8220;Roughly translated they mean nothing is permanent including you, shit happens and you aren’t a special snowflake.”. F@ % you for saying that, I am too a special snowflake! At some point in my d...

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Don’t Thank a Marine | Matilda the Moonraker

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Don’t Thank a Marine. May 25, 2015. May 25, 2015. Or any other member of our military for that matter. I didn’t serve so I obviously can’t speak for any of them but it just seems self-serving. I didn’t know my Aunt Helen quite as intimately as I did my Grandpa. I knew her and adored her, though I didn’t spend the same amount of time with her. Seems like I was always sitting on his lap or following him around hoping for a story, a song or a joke (. He was a Marine. 8220;Let’s go babe.”. Thankfully I alway...

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I Like it Hard | Matilda the Moonraker

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I Like it Hard. September 2, 2014. September 2, 2014. It takes all kinds people. We are all different. Even when you think you’ve found your soulmate you may be disenchanted with how starkly different you both actually are. Take my spouse and I for instance. Expect a lot out of life ( Do Expect A Lot. 8230;that you intend on getting through your own efforts) but to not expect everyone else to have the same expectations…maybe. Well I am. An authority on that matter. It works for me though, so far. You&#82...