starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	Lucid Dreaming - 10/23/2010 According to research In a Lucid Dream, you can be aware that you are dreaming. Lucid dreams give you the ability to control your own dreams and steer them toward the direction you want. In the lucid state, you are more willing to confront threats and as a result, become more self confident. Lucid Dreaming can be used as a tool for dealing with and overcoming ... 1 response(s), 2 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 16 - 10/23/2010 It was strange to be in the company of my father, he really didn’t know what to with an eleven year old, he had two sisters but beside that I don’t think he had been around much. Comparing to eleven years old today, I was a mere , with no experience and much unsophisticated. He would ask me different things to what I had no answers, the poor man was totally out of his comfort zone, that was ... 3 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 15 - 10/22/2010 When I was eleven I became a Musketeer. I had read Dumas book ‘The three Musketeers” and fell in love with Porthos, he was the blond handsome one in the middle of picture on the book cover, he had shoulder length blond hair that curled in the most endearing way, as far as I could see from the picture, blue eyes, a black hat with a huge fluffy feather, shiny knickers and white socks and always ... 8 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 14 - 10/21/2010 A couple of years passed, I would get an occasional letter from my mother, but beside that I never saw either parent. The other students would go home for the summer, winter and other holidays, I was left behind and by myself with the routine that the nuns had set in the beginning, but many times they did not bother to check on me if I was joining for Mass, and was able to sleep in. I had a ... 10 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 12 - 10/19/2010 My father was hired by an American engineer firm that had a contract with the Peruvian Government. They were building roads, bridges and dams, it was a massive program, my father was in charge of the dam, it was in the Andes about seven hours from Lima, the roads were hazardous, and very difficult to reach specially in the rainy seasons when the roads were washed away. The place was called ... 6 response(s), 4 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK, SECOND # 8 IS ACTUALLY # 9...my mother - 10/11/2010 I am loosing tract of the preset, since looking into the past. 1 response(s), 0 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 8 - 10/10/2010 MY mother: Most women are borne to be mothers, some are not, my mother belonged to the latter, somehow God had devoid her of the mother instinct. She was the youngest of the five siblings. I have been told that my grandmother spoiled her rotten being the youngest and the prettiest. Money seemed to have been no object in the family house hold, she spends the winters in the city and in the ... 2 response(s), 4 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 7 - 10/10/2010 There some rather laud noises coming from the down stairs winery, lots banging, it was there when I went to kindergarten and still when I came back home. I asked the house keeper why they were making so much noise; she said they were knocking some walls down. I must be a little more respectful and call the house keeper by the right name, her name was ‘Froken Aarup’, and that is what I called ... 7 response(s), 5 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 8 - 10/10/2010 History of my maternal grandfather: My maternal grandfather was a mystery to us all, little was known about his family. This is what I know: He married my grandmother who was a widow, her husband that was quite a bit older than her; the marriage had been arranged by her family, was not a happy one and was childless. Her dead husband was the original owner of the winery, when he died the winery ... 5 response(s), 4 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 6 - 10/8/2010 That fall (would be 1945) pulled wagons arrived at the apple orchard, many people had been hired to pick the apples of the trees, it was a very exciting time for my cousins and me, we were quite isolated out there in the country, so it was interesting to talk to new people. We had been told not to bother these people they were there to work, so we sat in the grass eating apples and watching ... 1 response(s), 4 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 5 - 10/8/2010 My aunt was married to a sea captain, he was Flag Ship Captain for for the Danish-French Line, so he was hardly ever home, but obviously home enough for me to have four cousins to play with. One was older than me one same age and two younger. My grandfather had given my aunt a piece of land that was right on the water, there was a little building on it that had been roughly converted to a summer ... 3 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 4 - 10/7/2010 There was wagon that was drawn by a that would come into the courtyard a couple times a week, bringing milk and eggs, during the war was this was restricted and people were only able to get small amount of these luxuries, obviously I had no idea what this meant, we had plenty of milk, cream and eggs. The house keeper would tell me the was called “prince” and belong to my grandfather ... 5 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK - 10/7/2010 As I was laying in bed last night thinking how far back I could remember from my earliest childhood. I have not made it a secret that my childhood and teenage years were pretty awful and very unhappy.. I must have been about three, remembering the sirens when blaring because a German airplanes were approaching, could hear terrible blast and see fire, remembering hiding under my mothers bed, or ... 15 response(s), 6 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 3 - 10/6/2010 My grandfather was a big fish in a small pond, he was in the wine import and export, the real state consist of a block radius, the apartment was on the first floor, bellow that was the wine cellar that at one time had been part of a convent, it had long underground tunnels where the nuns would go to towards the chapel for mass, and had where their sleeping cells, now hundred years later my ... 3 response(s), 4 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	GOING BACK 2 - 10/4/2010 The train finely came to the stop I was to get off, one of the passenger, I think it was a woman, but her face is a blur, had a sweater on, she had been sitting next to me holding my hand, I remember clearly the brown sweater, it felt ruff against my cheek. Somebody opened the window an yelled something out to a person standing on the platform. The woman let me to the entrance of the train, a ... 2 response(s), 5 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	I AM JUST WONDERING (copy of my blog) - 9/30/2010 I see more and more blogs that "only friends of so and so may respond" ...So how does this work? Is it because you write a blog, and if somebody doesn't agree with you, they are not your friend, or you can't handle the answer or both?....I responded to a blog that one of the members said they were leaving and this was a horrible and very dangerous place, I, like others said I was sorry to see ... 3 response(s), 5 votes
starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	Last Meal for the Dying - Willingly or Otherwise - 9/28/2010 I have been a care provider for persons who were actively dying and the inclination for the family is to feed them. It is usually not the right thing to do. Food is used to sustain life which is not the goal of a dying person. It can prolong death versus prolonging life. The last meal is usually something very simple. Cottage Cheese or Cream of Mushroom soup. ... 0 response(s), 2 votes
karinpepita 109 F 62  questions	WANT TO LAUGH TODAY? (copy from my blog) - 9/27/2010 IT CAN BE HARD KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE AS A COURT REPORTER These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that ... 3 response(s), 4 votes
bigblock 77 M 251  questions	expiration of tax cuts - 9/27/2010 it seems we have been bombarded with talk about the expiration of the bush tax cuts, especially for the upper 2% of wage earners. if those were left to expire the added revenue to the government would be in the neighborhood of 14 billion dollars. i know that sounds like a lot of money, and it is a fair piece of change, but it is only enough to run the federal government for about 9 days. i would ... 0 response(s), 4 votes
starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	I'll Pray For You - 9/24/2010 Haven't been in church since I don't remember when Things were going great 'Til they fell apart again So I listened to the preacher As he told me what to do Said you cant go hating others who done wrong to you Sometimes we get angry But we must not condemn Let the good Lord do his job And you just pray for them I pray your brakes go out Running down a hill I pray and ... 6 response(s), 9 votes
frenchsalsa2 76 F 271  questions	HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE?? - 9/24/2010 Husbands are husbands A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan. 'What was that for?' the man asked. The wife replied 'That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it that I found in your pants pocket'. The man then said 'When I was at the races last week Jenny was the name of the I bet on'. The wife apologized and went on ... 5 response(s), 5 votes
dinty3 79 M 116  questions	Bell Book and Candle, or better ways to spend cold days. - 9/21/2010 It seems winter is just around the corner. Thursday morning I slid down the deck, crunched across the frost covered grass and scraped the ice off the windshield of the truck before driving off to work. Since it was 30F I also turned on the heater. The past four days have been around 30 to 48F, kinda cool out, so what to do. I dug out all my old books to re-read. Things like Edgar Rice Burroughs ... 5 response(s), 3 votes
starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	My Little Life on the SFF Porch - 9/20/2010 It was quoted And if you had a life, you wouldn't be on here. So................... Is it possible to have a Life AND be on SFF? I've been on SFF since 2006 with the Current Handle. Since that time, I survived a flame war and I've had two relationships that are now terminus. I've gone from West Virginia to Texas to Nevada to Arkansas back to ... 7 response(s), 7 votes
starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	Astrology, Beliefs, and Burning the Ephemeris - 9/20/2010 So how should I feel if Pastor Loonytoon was to burn the Ephemeris because he has a Belief that Astrology is a Sin? I would laugh at him and think to myself. The Ephemeris is the Astrologer's Tool to find the position of the Sun, Moon and Various Planets when calculating a Chart. A Belief is an opinion that has been accepted as fact ... 2 response(s), 8 votes
frenchsalsa2 76 F 271  questions	HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS CON-MAN? - 9/16/2010 I also reported this in blogs.... CON-MAN ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING GULLLIBLE WOMEN OF $1.5 MILLION! It was reported on the news today that a 49-year old Toronto man (who originated from India) is accused of using his charm to dupe at least six women of $1.5 million (they apparently saw him as “Prince Charming”), becoming engaged to two of them along the way. Police said the ... 5 response(s), 4 votes
dinty3 79 M 116  questions	I have arrived to the future - 9/15/2010 Oh yes, I have arrived to the computer age. This weekend I was hacked into and things charged to one of my accounts. So I did what any one in my shoes would do, I called my to get me out of a mess. Several computer pass word changes and phone calls later, my computer world is back to normal. I think. Any one else been attacked? How did it go? 1 response(s), 2 votes
LittleStorm 60 F 1  question	Removing someone from your list of contacts - 9/15/2010 It needs to be easier to remove some one from your list of friends. Still looking for the Delete button! I blocked, but his offensive pictures still show, when I go to my page of friends. 2 response(s), 3 votes
ClassA 83 F 204  questions	She Is Not Betty Boop - 9/14/2010 Read about a person, especially a celebrity, and form an opinion. I read that Betty White was a starch animal lover and had no interest in having a , reason she never became a mother. She married Allan Flunt because he already had a family and was finished, in addition fell in love. My opinion of her was not good. Now she is in her 80s and standing tall telling the world "we seniors maybe ... 3 response(s), 9 votes
dinty3 79 M 116  questions	Call me dusty - 9/13/2010 Did you know house dust contains dead epithelial cells from your body? While wandering thru Wally World yesterday, mrsdinty and I heard these two ladys talking about towels. "Feel this one, it is so rough, who would use a towel like this?". Did you know towels are used for more than just drying off? Yep, they are also for hygine/beauty aid and act as an exfoliate. The very short ... 3 response(s), 3 votes
starwomyn 70 F 376  questions	Thoughts about Burning the Koran - 9/12/2010 Despite the fact the Preacher Terry comes across as a total Loonytoon - He DOES have a Solid Constitutional Right to burn the Koran on September 11th as long as he meets the local fire codes. The Radical Islam's are going to be offended no matter what. They are always looking for excused to be offended. The Lawabidding Islamic American Citizens already possess Korans and I ... 4 response(s), 8 votes