The lightning streaks across the dark ominous clouds as Sadë watches for a millisecond before scampering off terrified. At this very moment Sadë is in a cubby hole hiding from another thunderstorm storm that frequent Colorado afternoons. She pants while peering out of her cubby with a concerned look in her soft brown eyes. Sadë…
Wild Beauty vs. Beastly Mankind
UPDATE!!! Arturo will not be allowed to leave for the Canadian Polar Bear Sanctuary has been the recent statement this past September. This is the culmination archetype of Greed in humanity, at it’s worse! Arturo is the primary attraction for the Mendoza Zoo; this means most moneys paid per capita are spent to see a…
That’s Life!
That’s Life! Two words to begin an uncharted yet simple Sunday. This day turned into quite the adventure. Starting first with fixing my blogsite. These past several weeks or so, I had noticed over 600 messaged in my spam file all deleted. And Not by me. A computer glitch? Yes, supposedly for my protection by…
One Idea !
My Mission – One Idea! If you can imagine it, you can create it. You create the image, you can live that idea! There are approximately 7 billion people on this planet. If everyone thought of 1 (one) idea, an idea that would make their life better, change their life to…
God Confided In Me He Was Atheist
Yes, God Confided In Me He Was Atheist! Now this statement will get a lot of attention! I see multiple conversations immediately and mostly of the argument slant. Precisely why I chose this little phrase that I over heard. Certainly, not for the lack of topics to write upon, I have several in the works…
Tinnitus: I Need To Hear Your Lips
We all question our place in the universe: The Artists’ job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for emptiness of existence. Gertrude Stein Last week my good friend Lisa asked me, “what kept you going through all these years?” I didn’t have an answer for her other than a quick…
Why Do You Have My Dog?
Sometimes life is bitter and some moments are worth the bitterness. Or are they? These words came to mind during hours, moments and months after realizing the recovery I had made from brain injuries were more than plausible, recovery was in effect and I had changed for the better. Earlier in the beginning years…
TBI – I forgot I had a Brain Injury
You don’t choose a life, you live a one. Some people feel they have a great amount of control in their lives until the fickle humor of life takes you on a detour. The unimaginable enters without knocking. Throughout life we all make simple life choices, as I did one day after being diagnosed with…
Goodbye, So-long, Farewell – ON-Line Dating ;~)
Online dating do connect people across the globe! There are many success stories of people who find wonderful relationships, form friendships and long lasting romance. Being a straight female, with a quirky sense of humor and well educated in behavior science and psychology, the latter two skills might had been my own guillotine. Still, this…
TBI – Trapped In Your Brain
First thought I wish to share with you, is, if you have a TBI, you are “still” YOU! You did not lose you, you need to relearn how to make yourself function from the inside out. Here we are standing together at a point in life I call “the finish line is our starting point™”….
TBI -The Elephant Has Left A Stench Behind of Sadness
Life is a series of moments, one after another and each one must be let go of. In the end, we all will die, what is in the middle is what counts. I encourage you to do the things you want to do. (Noted from a wonderful must see movie, “Now Is Good”, it’s about…
Saving My Arabians Eye – Revisited 2013
I wrote this story last year, September 2012 when my beloved Arabian KlassicAmir almost lost his left eye, (it was a gut wrenching time). This story bears telling again, for we humans pollute this planet, the pestilent we combat have grown stronger and more defiant; how are we to protect our animal kingdom and ourselves,…
Living From Your Heart
“You must live what is in your heart” said a young hitchhiker several weeks ago. This simple statement has not left my mind, instead filled me with wonderment. When we are born, we are filled with innocence, trust, strength in vulnerability as a newborn. At times, perchance,we have the ability to regain this fortitude with…
Kitty and The Toilet Paper Roll
For animal lovers of all ages! One day I found Wiyaka’ska seemingly relaxed while sunning himself basking in the bathroom sink of our Santa Fe earthly hovel. Suddenly he disappeared! The sun poured in from the large picture window as I sat in the living room. Looking up from my computer where I was…
2014 A Year of Change
As I grew up I was of the impression life was continuous, adapting the concept that The Finish Line is a Starting Point, seeing new beginnings where we might see only an end is Opportunity – new adventure – new people to meet and better our current relationships. No moss could ever grow on my…
Changing Life Up
Life needs to be changed up! This is short and sweet; It is time to Change up life. One subject I have been avoiding and that I need to write about is TBI, Traumatic Brain Injuries. Yes, this is a trauma story. Nonetheless it affects millions of people including myself. The aftermath and grueling recovery…
Agony of TBI, the GRIT in Recovery (a recent speech)
Recently I gave a speech here in Colorado Springs to other medical providers. It was an “Experiential” speech delivered to a small audience. To help those understand a TBI from the inside out, taking them through the experience of having a Traumatic Brain Injury. There was a small applause from the dozen or so members…
Bumper Stickers: do they really have something to say?
Yes this is the bumper of my beloved Arabian horse with a point. Some bumpers are enjoyable, some are curiously interesting and some – more annoying – that sparks a wonderment of “why would anyone think of such a phrase?” More, find the need to display on the back end of a vehicle? Two of…
Private Parts ~ Personal Privacy or FaceBook
Today I spent an hour on the phone with my bank USAA. Not for any improper calculations, I was asking about legalities of what I should disclose to a potential landlord. The application form conceivably asked every personal question except, when was my last OBGYN examine and blood type. The form requested: social security number,…
Ohhhh – The Drama of Moving!!!
Hello, yes it has been and will be a bit before I have sat and wrote another blog. I did not go away, instead I am moving from New Mexico to Colorado; a beautiful state I moved to in the late 1980’s and call my home. This move has been drama filled. One, Colorado is…
MicheleElys Be Yourself ~ BLEND OUT! 