BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – This weekend my bones could feel the equinox changing. I felt chilled in the heat of the day. I feel it every year. It makes me sad as summer ends and the year begins its decline. Of course, as the change begins, it is beautiful. The leaves …
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Embarrassing the Help
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA, ARIZONA – Well, isn’t this embarrassing? While I was out of town, I had an (uninvited) guest blogger. Although I would like to, I am unable to remove that blog. She is a master at what she chooses to be a master of — so I will live with …
The Rain on our Parade
BY PAMELA BOWMAN – MESA, ARIZONA – We drove Wistie to college this week. For part of the trip, Wistie and I sat in the back seat and watched one of my favorite movies, FUNNY GIRL. The first ten minutes the audience discovers the story is about a young girl going out to make her …
Guest Post: Greening
BY CYNDI GREENING, ARIZONA, USA — Pamela Jo is out of town. They left Saturday morning to take their first born daughter (although third in the total pecking order) off to college. She won’t return until late Wednesday so I thought I’d do a guest post to keep her blog from being fallow. She’s a …
Find the Smile
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA, ARIZONA – Today on KEZ 99.9FM, they announced that Cyndi Greening has been chosen as one of the Finalists for the Woman of the Year. She will be among 12 others who will be honored later in the year when Beth McDonald makes the announcment as to who is …
Rain Dance
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Sometimes, life gets so serious that just trying to get through it becomes ridiculously funny. Everyone looking at my life, Yesterday I tried to turn away from what is real. I understand denial so much better now. It creates a storm within. I could feel the pull …
Say No To Crack
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA – I love my boys! They are funny and cute and sensitive and musical, and smart and can cook and clean. I could go on and on. I think you can see they are cute comin and goin! Remember boys! Say No to crack!
Protecting the Power …
… the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. — Alex Carey, Australian Social Scientist
Shifting
PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Sometimes, I can almost feel myself moving into another dimension. One day, you watch the sun set; the next day comes and the world feels different. Sounds are muted. Smells are less fragrant. Sights are foggy or hazy. In the end, I have to acknowledge that it isn’t …
The Authentic You
PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be. — Leo Buscaglia Isn’t it interesting that so …