tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74559854353756684092024-03-05T20:10:18.435-08:00Puzzling this other goddess. Like Me!Ramblings and Rants about the world around a modern day goddess who is mostly dumbfounded by the places she finds herself inhabiting.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-72764063716539800842017-04-23T17:45:00.001-07:002017-04-23T17:45:49.646-07:00Tripping, Tipping on Tips...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...Too many places online tell you that no matter how shitty the service is that you MUST tip! I don't agree!
If a waiter or waitress wants to keep their customers, keep their job and keep their employer in business they need to do their damn job!
I've gotten really tired of the, "but I'm OWED a Jooooob!" whine by whoever is making the current whine. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-88793041600319221752017-01-02T18:25:00.001-08:002017-01-02T18:25:45.318-08:00Pieces of my past...
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...for some reason this last year and the deaths have been especially hard on me. When Michael Jackson died in 2009 it was sad, but it wasn't as emotionally wrenching for me as this past year has been.
It started a year ago with the death of a legend. When David Bowie died 2 days after his 69th birthday of liver cancer. It hit me really hard for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR 97030, USA45.5140983 -122.4228701000000145.4695858 -122.50355110000001 45.558610800000004 -122.34218910000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-19779098136955357712016-12-26T09:18:00.001-08:002016-12-26T09:18:25.112-08:00Why is This a Mystery and Not Common Sense?
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...In 2010 the Smithsonian Channel did a Mystery Files special on Leonardo Da Vinci. It received about 3 1/2 stars around the web when I looked it up, and had 2 on Netflix. I thought it was informative and well put together, though there was no real "mystery" to it. The narrator was making a big point of the fact that Leonardo most likely didn'tAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-68938703225087612682016-12-25T13:35:00.000-08:002016-12-25T13:35:43.864-08:00Yuletide Cheer and all that stuff...
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I love the holidays. I love entertaining and seeing my family and having people over. I always have. But I don't like the drama. I really just want everyone to get along and have a life supported by loving people. My mom was a drama Queen. She was in a tizzy any time we had people over and would clean a clean house for days. ;P
I SO wasn't Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR, USA45.5001357 -122.4302013000000245.4111172 -122.59156280000002 45.5891542 -122.26883980000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-46974588221070911122016-10-27T14:49:00.000-07:002016-10-27T14:49:14.808-07:00Why the Garbage and Litter people?Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
Civic Dr. in Gresham, Oregon
This is symptomatic of a growing problem I see everywhere and hate. Our beautiful scenery despoiled constantly by garbage and litter.
I had just gotten off the light rail MAX train this particular evening following a mother and her two children and watched her throw the farthest away white sack out intoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-64669785583320921262016-10-26T15:20:00.001-07:002016-10-26T15:20:06.696-07:00Rediscovering Musicians
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
It's strange after a twenty plus year hiatus from most music because I couldn't stand the added pain to actually be able to enjoy listening to some music occasionally again. My soon to be ex-husband was a sweetheart and gave me his old ipod for my last birthday and I've been working to fill it up to listen to it during the walks I take. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-43512379797941117312016-10-17T00:00:00.002-07:002016-10-24T04:50:11.016-07:00Hazards of the WalkSome goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...you'd think when they put in access for handicapped people they'd have disabled people help design them.
The bumpy yellow strip used on these types of ramps for traction are slick under your feet in rain, ice and snow and painful to cross for me with arthritis in my back, knees and arms on a scooter or walker. I expect to be in pain&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-33585613257586296552016-08-29T16:42:00.000-07:002016-08-29T16:42:41.239-07:00Tie me Up, Tie me Down, Tie me all Around...
Wikimedia CSD 2
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I was starting to read an erotica novel last night, or was it the night before? Anyway...(Oh come on you didn't think the interwebs invented porn do you? Libraries were there long before that! And still have great collections! And streaming that shit is SO much easier now. LOL) So anyway, to explain, erotica is kinda like romance Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-10196477089396318892016-08-04T16:25:00.001-07:002016-08-04T16:25:27.557-07:00Organizing for a daySome goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I finally got disgusted with digging through the drawer multiple times and not being able to find what I was looking for. You know the way it goes. You have one drawer that has several types of things in it so you always have to dig through it to find what you want.
So this entire basket of clothing came out of a 4" deep drawer. That started Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR 97030, USA45.5140983 -122.4228701000000145.4695858 -122.50355110000001 45.558610800000004 -122.34218910000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-16961554001165130192016-07-14T02:16:00.001-07:002016-07-14T02:16:51.330-07:00Catz Daze
This is Aria. She likes to be under the covers. And when she's not, she likes to attack feet!
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me..
But woe betide any human subject who wakes her furry butt up!
or not...some are just curious...
But Aria has one MAJOR kitty trait...
and can't help looking into the well, or laundry machine as it were to see if Lassie might Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR 97030, USA45.5140983 -122.4228701000000145.4695858 -122.50355110000001 45.558610800000004 -122.34218910000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-27642331305637005232016-07-02T15:43:00.002-07:002016-07-02T15:43:16.072-07:00The White Man's Burden....a conversationSome goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...okay, this was a phrase I had heard all of my life and kind of glossed over, "The White Man's Burden." I didn't even know where it came from. Then I had a conversation with my immensely intelligent daughter who is majoring in history and discovered it was from a Rudyard Kipling poem, written to defend Eugenics and the Euro-centric beliefs spreading Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR 97030, USA45.5140983 -122.4228701000000145.4695858 -122.50355110000001 45.558610800000004 -122.34218910000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-40693860134559983032016-06-04T01:30:00.000-07:002016-06-04T01:30:26.022-07:00Mint tea for me...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
After sleeve bariatric surgery I was told to stop drinking carbonated beverages, and no caffeine. with the migraines I don't really drink caffeine anyway, but the carbonation was a BIG change. I used to never be seen without a diet pepsi in my hand. Then a diet Shasta when I realized how sensitive I was to aspartame. I now drink adult cool aid Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-53250796483050033342016-06-03T16:06:00.003-07:002016-06-03T16:06:47.563-07:00One of my favorite restaurants...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I know it's silly to think so much of a fast food place, but this one...I just like the way they put the landscaping in, and they serve a Sobe I can drink that's not carbonated that I mix with their tea.
It's located out near where Powell Blvd meets Burnside Rd in Gresham. The few buses that go to this area only run intermittently and stop early Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-87858337079309365272016-05-23T02:00:00.000-07:002016-05-30T19:00:22.046-07:00Things my Father taught me...
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...going introspective as I and my daughter visited my parents' graves last month. I try to make it a habit to visit their graves at Willamete National Cemetery on my Dad's birthday so it's a happy memory, not a sad anniversary, like a death anniversary. I want to think of them as they were while alive.
I got thinking about the eulogy I gave for my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR, USA45.5001357 -122.4302013000000245.4111157 -122.59156280000002 45.5891557 -122.26883980000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-67269857833028123982016-05-22T13:38:00.000-07:002016-05-22T13:38:16.889-07:00The lovely month of May...
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
it's that time of year, even bunnies are out to play. I saw one on my way to the MAX the other day and had to stop and snap his mug shot. Yeah, it was a really cheesy thing to do, but come on, I live in the city. How often do you see little bunny foo foo hopping out of the forest? I mean I live in the third largest city in Oregon. I was seriously Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-67938093135389393852016-05-21T08:07:00.000-07:002016-05-21T08:15:35.122-07:00Flavor rant...keep your chemicals...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
I remember hearing about a post on a blog or a story on the TV news or in the press when Starbucks made the decision to use Strawberries to color their cold drinks instead of red dye no. 40 or whatever. It is that dye that is in everything you seem to buy with the least tint of red in it. And I thought it was ridiculous it was even a story.&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-72758069628631320262016-04-21T00:49:00.001-07:002016-05-21T06:49:10.639-07:00Clusters and others and the menopausal migraineur meets the puzzled goddess Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
Fugue state is an old term for that time in the migraine cycle that you are hyper aware that a migraine will happen, expect it, dread it if you want the truth, but can't look away any more than you can at a train wreck.
Well....that's if you're a migraineur who gets "classic" migraine as I used to. Before 30 and pregnancy, estrogen, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-32817309963826655592016-04-17T01:09:00.002-07:002016-04-21T00:22:38.303-07:00I don't have any close friends anymore, but I somehow always have conversation...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I meet the most interesting people on the transit system, but then, I find people fascinating. I almost feel like I'm having too much fun when I commute, that it should be more of a hardship, like for my early twenties son.
I feel so sorry for him. He invariably gets these half, (or totally) potted older women who stink to high heaven of boozeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-27255714432488019722015-08-23T04:23:00.001-07:002016-04-21T00:29:38.440-07:00Divorcing the Disease...
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
It's been a long time, some of you have heard the news from family members, though I've talked to very few people about it...these last months since Spring 2013 have been painful and traumatic and hurt filled for the whole family. The title here isn't a clever play on words, after over 22 years of marriage and raising two beautiful children, my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0Gresham, OR, USA45.5001357 -122.4302013000000245.4111157 -122.59156280000002 45.5891557 -122.26883980000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-23997147230506697602013-06-15T20:41:00.000-07:002016-03-18T22:49:38.037-07:0090% Used Books... something's got to go...maybe some people?
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
It's been a long time...It isn't as if I don't have things to say. The world is still turning. I still have teenage children, I'm still married and I'm still facing health issues that have made my life one of challenges from the time I can open my eyes in the morning until I may close my eyes at night.
My daughter has startedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-46592886237184327572011-08-21T16:47:00.000-07:002011-08-21T17:29:02.701-07:00It's done so I can share a Midsummer Knight's Comic....?
Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
Text for the Herald
Let it be known that We, Thorin, Dread Sable Lion, and Dagmaer, Fair
and Gracious, Sable Lioness have Created to the Rank and
Dignity of a Knight Our Trusty and Well Beloved,
Lourenço de Compostella and have made him the same on
account of his Chivalry and Prowess upon the field. Let all An
Tirian hearts rejoice as a new made Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-7338489415059212062011-08-16T08:27:00.000-07:002011-08-20T21:17:51.304-07:00Next time I agree to this short of a timeline....shoot me....Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me... I always let the helium float that hand up and say yes. I know better. Dayam. I knew better when I did the 2 charters for Stormgods. It burned me out for weeks. My disabilities and helium hand do NOT mix. There's more than one reason I had to stay home from Stormgods.
I knew better this time. But I'd promised Eleanor a charter for this reign and itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-55885147048750533282011-08-08T15:39:00.000-07:002011-08-08T15:39:10.100-07:00The hands are it.Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
Really. Luckily the black plague only visited for a few weeks and left awhile back.
If you are squeamish about stuff, you might want to stop reading now. This is a gross pictures alert. But truly, it was like a train wreck that got worse every day. I couldn't hold anything, and I couldn't stop poking at it or taking pictures.
The first few days Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-6618797232217457392011-04-23T21:08:00.000-07:002011-04-23T21:08:15.776-07:00passing of a friend and companion...Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...I hate being this cliche. EVERYONE blogs about losing their animals. EVERYONE blogs about losing family. I think I did that too...maybe. That one hit much harder, for longer, and still hits on a daily basis so maybe I didn't...I don't really remember right now. But EVERYONE blogs about their dead pets...I'm going to too...
She was named ShadowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455985435375668409.post-12675157116320013282011-04-12T23:03:00.000-07:002011-04-14T01:41:27.385-07:00The green and yellow that's NOT going to Estrella, or Pennsic....Some goddesses are puzzled by this...like me...
Colors of glass in greens primarily because it was done as a Hauksgar$r prize piece. Bottom bead on this part of the strand was work with specifially applied stringer. 3rd from bottom was a failed englobing attempt and there are 4 different designs using dots.
Lately I've been watching the You Tube and learning howAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com0