Category Archives: Fear

The Cover of the NY Times

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

A month or two ago I was having a conversation with a friend who was trying to figure out how they felt about something they had done: were they ashamed or, was it indeed no big deal? The event was … Continue reading →

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The Tugboat Follies

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

A few weeks ago my fabulous sidekick Ms. Marsue asked me what my new blog was about. She didn’t ask me to summarize it. But I felt the need and was unable to do it. I couldn’t not add all … Continue reading →

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The hair of my enemy

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

I like change; I crave change yet I find it uncomfortable. This conundrum can make for lots of good things in terms of discovery, and lots of ‘what were you thinking” in terms of hairstyles.  To begin with I have … Continue reading →

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Put down the gun?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

A few weeks ago a very learned friend told me a story that has stuck with me and I would like to share it. Years ago she was part of a spiritual/therapeutic type group that met regularly to work together; … Continue reading →

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The Unbearable Lightness of Forgetting

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

Sometimes the lightness or the forgetting comes from organic sources, as in “it just happens.” I walk into a room with a task in mind and it dissipates as I arrive on the threshold of the room of the intended … Continue reading →

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Heart Healthy

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

This past winter I experienced a clearinghouse of death. I lost everything from my confidante Hector the Beta fish, to my first love and that five-year friendship to my confidence in what I believed to be true. I had no … Continue reading →

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A Long Walk to the Short Bus

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

I was involved in a rumble at the bus stop. Not exactly a West Side Story rumble. Ok, not exactly a rumble either, more like a small physical altercation, some screaming, flailing and a crowd of on lookers appalled at … Continue reading →

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The Last Ride

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

Last August I wandered into a cigar bar and had a few martinis’ to celebrate my sister Amy’s life on the anniversary of her death. I do not smoke, so the martinis were medicinal in order to control the choke … Continue reading →

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Small Steps

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

Today is July 5th 2009 and at 2:30pm it is the one year anniversary of me pulling into San Diego from New York. There have been lots of changes in this past year, good, bad and everything else on life’s … Continue reading →

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Bubble of Fear

Posted on June 24, 2012 by kyra333

There are times in my life when I look back to where my fear of what might happen was so strong it dominated reason, biology, and eclipsed reality. That bubble of nerves sat getting bigger and pressed up inside me … Continue reading →

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