The House on Valencia Street

A sacred cloth to our family. Her preference. Listen to her voice, here, as she asks gentle question.... ___________ ep 160. Flannel - 3/4/2024 ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours 1...

Showing yourself off... can have consequences. Sometimes we bring honesty, at a price. ___________ ep 159. Pony - 2/27/2024 Chappell Roan, Pink Pony Club - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3Liudev18 ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ Nat...

The quiet friend who reads books in silence, for a good time.... These last 5 decades at least. His wardrobe was wild, at least in grade school, thanks to his seamstress mother. We'd wear matching shirts, now and again. The Scholar, comes for a visit today. ___________ ep 158. Giraffes in Walla Walla notes. 2/20/2024 ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ __...

He had secrets, that would not be contained. This psychic girlfriend, saw way more than bargained for, during a warm nap on my new boyfriend's couch... The Remote View, that changed everything. _______ ep 157. His Bloody Secret - notes 2/13/24 ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Lang...

The path to peace after abuse in a family, might take "successive approximations" - says Doctor Ramani. "No Contact" is one option, yet it's a fluid dynamic. A few tools shared, that help carve space, with peace and healing in mind. _______________________ ep 156 - Zinger notes - 2/5/2024 _____ Doctor Ramani: https://doctor-ramani.com/ ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Al...

Grandma had a different scent, that seemed innate. So did Darlene. Turns out, science explains why some elders, smell like talcum powder, or something sweet, reassuring.... _______________________ ep 155. Musk notes. 1/29/2023 _____ “But a smell shivered him awake. - " author Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/365811-but-a-smell-shivered-him-awake-it-was-a-scent...

When the Arctic air settles in the Willamette Valley, and the power and heat come and go, a shelter can be found. _______________________ ep 154. Trust notes. 1/22/2023 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Avai...

In the ice of January, a dark haired boy at the coffee shop, smoking too many cigarettes. Ice blue eyes. And riddles to speak... _______________________ ep 153. Daniel notes. 1/16/2023 _____ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assau...

My left handed grandma, wrote this left handed grandgrrl, a few words to live by. My ancestor poet.... _______________________ ep 152. Letters - Mildred notes. 1/9/2023 Mildred, my grandma, Darlene's mom - provides a poem and a letter for content, this episode. _____ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available...

When we're responsible, yet won't own it, there's a defense mechanism for that. You can transfer accountability, to any ole person or goat.... _______________________ ep 151. Over There notes. 12/25/2023 "Inside the Downfall of Queen Catherine Howard - A story at Hampton Court Palace holds that it is the sounds of Catherine Howard's screams that can be heard on occasion in the...

A celebration day, a silent night, perhaps a silent day, as well. A visitor arrives in contemplation. _______________________ ep 150. Bodhi Tree - 12/25/2023 _________ Bodhi Tree, the fig tree with heart shaped leaves, where Buddha is said to have received enlightenment, circa 500 BCE : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree ___________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildre...

Time away from the green goddess, brings a shift, & new life. How a month away from medicine, & vice, feels... Also an ancient blessing, brings deep comfort, from a common historical holy book. __________ ep 149. Sprung from numb; and a Psalm from Mom - notes _______ Corrections: The prairie wagon mentioned in the pod is called a CONESTOGA rather than Calistoga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Letters from Darlene, while I'm a child cresting on adult. Also Mike, who had a hobby with our family. Darlene's heart is right on the page, reminding me why I still think of her daily, 18 years after she's passed on. __________ ep 148. Letters to the Editor - 3 - Darlene and her Magic Mike - notes _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ Nation...

6 inch spiked hair, a sensible blazer and a woman warrior heading straight at me.... she was the Mad DJ. My long friend Mr. Lemon drew me closer to this monolith of a woman... I still think of her. ________ ep 147. Mad DJ - notes _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spa...

Jane Seymour finally shares a very vulnerable truth, about Somewhere In Time. She is the only living person, who knew this. It's good news, and I am very happy. Also - spirit leads me to an old book, with a new bit of knowledge. ________ Ep. 146 - The Secret I Knew - Jane Seymour finally tells the truth - notes - 11/27/23 _____ "Jane Seymour Admits She + Christopher Reeve Fell Madly in Lo...

She blazed in, she blazed out, through lesbian dating games & night hikes. Raven was the hiking buddy everyone wanted. Yet something was simmering... _____ Ep. 145 Raven the Amazon notes 11/20/23: ________ Patrick Teahan, LICSW https://www.youtube.com/@patrickteahanlicswtherapy _____________ John Fugelsang, Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour (a rare comedians who discusses Christianity in an approachabl...

Fate brings change, quick. The power of lightning is understood. And the largest funeral ever held, in Mannanah, Minnesota, at least by 1914 standards. ___ Ep. 144 notes. Instant 11/14/23 _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual...

Jackpot! Meditation rustles up a channeled chat, with Mohmah Darlene. New details about the House emerge, who rented it, and why. New concepts to me, that might explain what happened there, from Darlene's perspective. "Take what you like, leave the rest. " ___ Ep. 143 notes. "Zesty" Conan O'Brien. "Clive Clemens' inappropriate response channel." The bit is...

Drawn into conversation, somewhere in between, with an ancestor who... is in the mood to party. ___ Ep. 142 notes. Her Hat. 10/31/23 _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours 1-800-656-467...

Options explored, after hours towards art, scrapped.... Etymology on the one dark word that fits this particular house, late at night. ___ Ep. 140 notes. Air 10/24/23 ______ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory ________ Deadwood, by David Milch: " It’s place is called Deadwood, a lawless, sordid camp inhabited by gold chasers and hoople heads, dope fiends and gunslingers, craven murder...

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Brick by brick, the new house forms. A distracting neighbor, helps show that easier options are present. Buddhist techniques, which kept Thai boys alive recently, during a monsoon, with little air. Mind bested matter, in this case. The movie Brazil, with 3 different endings, illustrates a soul trapped in two places, same-time-like. _____ Ep. 139 notes. Happy Ending 10/17/23 ______ "The Thai S...

Darlene and I move to the bungalow, with my new writing talent, and a secret about women.... The French One shares her truth, with a twist. Armistead Maupin, dishing on Rock Hudson, brings home a familiar hiding place. _____ Ep. 138 notes. Closet. 10/9/23 ______ Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_City The 1st TV series https://en.wikipedia.org...

When premonition proceeds a visit, from one unique gas powered chariot, in the origins of last century. Also - struggling to shower, mentally? Can't brush your teeth? Executive Function skills, and you. Symptoms of when they break down, and pointers for progress. _____ Ep. 137 notes. Model T Ford. 10/2/23 ______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National...

New rain, too much sleep, and a furnace fired up, first time this season. A rainbow bridge... a necessary thing. _____ Ep. 136 notes. "It chooses you" 9/25/23 ______ Marco Polo, Netflix. Subject matter - Kublai Khan, Empress Chapi, Mongolia, Italy. - https://www.netflix.com/title/70305883 Kublai Khan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan ______ "Tales of the City" by Armi...