Personal Life
Protected: BDSM Meme….you won't see this again
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Protected: the crash…..
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Friends with Boundaries
Addiction has touched my family in more ways than I can count. [Significantly redacted] I was recently asked to remove this post. I felt extremely hurt and silenced by this request. After much contemplation I have decided to remove what I think was at issue and retain the rest of this post without edit. I [...]
Access to the Filter
I have been struggling with how to integrate more life blogging – work, salsa, dating, etc. into TDP. While I have always been quite transparent on here, some things have remained under the cut, especially recently. Until I figure out how all of this is going to work, these types of posts will remain under [...]
Protected: Is that a want or a need?
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Protected: I didn't see that one coming….
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Breaking through..
TDP has been quiet for a while, but I am definitely back. I’ve been battling some writer’s block. Work has been incredibly busy. Salsa is also taking up a good portion of my time, especially now that I am committed to the Spring 2010 Showcase. So, here is a little run down of where Kathrin [...]
NaBloWriMo Day 9: On the Move and Making it Happen
I haven’t been extremely successful in posting regularly for NaBloWriMo. I am up against deadlines at work (way past the deadline actually), and writing anything is the last thing on my mind by the time I settle in for the night. I am grappling with how I am going to document my journey to healthy [...]
NaBloWriMo Day 1: 30 Day Experiment on Healthy Eating on a Tight Budget
Ok…yeah, a bit late but I am doubling up today!! I have struggled with my weight as long as I can remember. I nurtured my love affair with food from an early age. Although moving around (dad was/is military) has helped me to adapt to changes, it also turned me into an introvert in many [...]
In the Lexicon of Hate
This post is long overdue. I started writing weeks ago but got distracted by work. I get distracted easily – sometimes to my own peril! Case in point – I was on the bus several days ago (weeks at this point) trying to finish my much overdo Citizenship Day post. Everything was hunky dory. One [...]
Serendipity Strikes Again
While Philadelphia is the 6th largest city in the US, it often reminds me of living in a small town. Friday night served as reinforcement of this notion for me. After a long, mind-numbing week, I made my way to Varga (10th and Spruce) to have a few much needed drinks with my friend, Stephanie. [...]
Protected: Self-Preservation
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Creating Safe Space
Hey, everyone! This has been a long time coming. I need to carve out a safe space where I can process relationship issues. I have been extremely open about my journey as a mixed chick, finding my birth father and constructing a community I truly feel invested in and a part of. This is what [...]
Noise, Silence and Other Balancing Acts
Whoever said that silence is golden, was out of his or her mind! For better or for worse, I am surrounded by noise almost every waking hour. Whether it is engaging with people at work, going out with friends, stuffing headphones in my ears, or constantly having some news program on at home (MSNBC is [...]
The Way of the Blogger
I am sure by now many of you have heard through the grapevine about PittGirl, a Pittsburgh blogger who has been writing anonymously for some time now. Her writing is witty and edgy, and has quickly become one of my top five daily reads. However, she recently outed herself and shut her site down. I [...]
Channeling Randy Jackson and Other Craziness…..
I would like to share a recent conversation with you that I had the other night with my downstairs neighbor’s son – brace yourselves! When I got home, I forgot that Samson had the last of his food last night. So, I packed up the pooch and off to ShopRite we went. On the way [...]
My Hero….and my munchkin!
So, as many of you know, my dad was home on leave a week or so ago! He is currently stationed in German. He initially retired from the U.S. Army in the early 90s and has since been working for the federal government. He re-upped a little over a year ago and has been stationed [...]
The Baby and the Bathwater, Uneasy Change
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker What if that person is you? Seems like I only talk about trials and tribulations lately. The saga with my birth-father is never ending. My dad’s family is as loony as ever – especially with my cousin’s [...]
Seeking the Cranberry, Part I
So, I am reaching back to my original blog – Seeking the Cranberry. It was born as I was breaking through a spiritual plateau of sorts. Most of those old posts were posted in private mode. I may re-post them to the public, but it suffices to say that I was going through an awkward [...]
My Dad's Cool Like That!
This post has absolutely nothing to do with the general themes of this blog, but I just need to share…. I got a card from my papa today. He isn’t a very mushy man. He gives great hugs, but heis a military man. Even after all these years, he is larger than life to me. I don’t [...]
