Carnal Zen is my forum to explore all the ideas, contradictions, religions and credit card bills that pepper my life.
I have been banned.
So I sit, sequestered on the sofa with laptop and a glass of red. Glorious smells waft in from the forbidden kitchen. I’m not allowed to ask what dinner is but the garlic smell is distinct. My toes are buried between cracks in the pear cushions. The front door is swung half open as the cats wander [...]
Lori tagged me to share 7 things. Surprisingly - I’ve started and stopped writing this post a few times. One would assume that a blogger - who speaks largely about her life and experiences would find this easy. I didn’t. To make it worth writing (and reading) I felt I had to find real value in [...]
We won.
By “we” I don’t mean Democrats.
I don’t mean Obama supporters.
I mean Americans.
About 100 million of them who got up and voted- no matter which candidates or amendments they supported.
The very first thing I am going to do to celebrate, is remove the political bumper sticker from my car. It is no longer serving its [...]
Who’s there?
Me.
Me Who?
Me - who wouldn’t be wasting my life knocking on other peoples doors for answers if I knew who I was and what I wanted.
I ran across a Gary Zukav quote today which says “Please… tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep [...]
Several years ago, on my way to work one morning I met with a suprise at the tollbooth. The attendant explained that the gentleman ahead of me had paid my toll. Assuming it was a friend, I sped up to get a closer look. To my surprise, it was a perfect stranger who received my wave of thanks. It [...]