I was so moved and inspired by Jeanne’s post yesterday at The Barefoot Heart that I decided to write about my own knots. I am full of them, mostly on strings pulled too tight. The emotional knots have manifested into physical ones, creating pinched nerves in my back and hand, making it painful to even [...]
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Rain
“Why do clouds cry so much, growing happier and happier?” Pablo Neruda It has been raining for 24 hours in Los Angeles. It doesn’t look to let up any time soon. But I know that, at some point in the future, the sun will reemerge from behind the grey clouds and shine on a land [...]
Posted by emmajames on January 18, 2010
http://pleasurenotes.com/rain/
Money
I’m just going to say it… I really love money. It brings me great pleasure. The acquisition of it. And the spending of it. What keeps me up at night, however, is the lack of balance between those two pursuits. I seem to be exponentially more skilled at spending the stuff than acquiring it. I’ve [...]
Posted by emmajames on September 10, 2009
http://pleasurenotes.com/money/
Pants, Part Two
About a month ago, I wrote about a Sudanese woman named Lubna, whose story I came across while reading Nicholas Kristof’s blog. Her trial was today. She did not win. She did not lose. She is now at a crossroads. As I sit here in my jeans and cleavage revealing tank top, I wonder what [...]
Posted by emmajames on September 7, 2009
http://pleasurenotes.com/pants-part-two/
Advance Notice
There is a march in Washington, D.C. on October 10 that is dear to my heart. I will not be able to attend, but perhaps, given this advance notice, you may choose to go. It is a gathering of like-minded people, of all persuasions, who believe that the fight for equal rights didn’t end in [...]
Posted by emmajames on August 20, 2009
http://pleasurenotes.com/advance-notice/
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